News about Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne and more.
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Jun
June 21, 2008
As silly season 2009 continues to pick up steam, the hottest seat in the NASCAR garage for next year appears to be the #5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, driven by Casey Mears.
Despite Mears’ contract lasting through 2009, many of NASCAR’s top stars have been rumored to take over the seat. The names with the […]
23
Jun
June 22, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who ended a 76-race winless streak last week at Michigan International Speedway, will seek his second consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory today at the Toyota/Save Mart 350.
But oddsmakers do not give Earnhardt much of a chance on the road course at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. At betEd.com, Earnhardt […]
23
Jun
6/22/2008
Sonoma, CA (Sports Network) - Kyle Busch and the Joe Gibbs Racing pit crew made the right moves at the right times and he captured Sunday afternoon’s Toyota Save Mart 350 at the Infineon Raceway. The No.18 M&M’s Toyota crossed the finish line 1.717 seconds ahead of David Gilliland.
The victory was Busch’s fifth of […]
22
Jun
6/21/08
If only stock were available in Kasey Kahne, and I’d have bought about a month ago.
Mind you, after seeing what he did during All-Star Weekend-first in being voted into the show-which in an of itself was no surprise, considering he has more female voters than Hillary Clinton-then driving from the back to win the […]
21
Jun
Nancy Gay, Chronicle Staff Writer - San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, June 20, 2008
Kasey Kahne captured his second pole in his last three NASCAR Sprint Cup races - and his first road course pole - on Friday with a smooth, conservative dance through Infineon’s Raceway’s twisting and blazing hot course.
He’ll be in top position for Sunday’s 110-lap […]
19
Jun
BROOKLYN, Mich. — The Car of Tomorrow is making life hotter for NASCAR’s drivers today.
Heat-stricken drivers had just enough strength to rant about the topic earlier this month at the Pocono 500 and the conversation was a hot topic again last week at Michigan International Speedway.
“I heard someone make a comment, ‘They’re race-car drivers, making […]
26
May
The Associated Press
Published: May 26, 2008
1, Kyle Busch, 1,860. 2, Jeff Burton, 1,766. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,721. 4, Denny Hamlin, 1,596. 5, Clint Bowyer, 1,578. 6, Carl Edwards, 1,538. 7, Kevin Harvick, 1,517. 8, Tony Stewart, 1,511. 9, Jimmie Johnson, 1,493. 10, Jeff Gordon, 1,486.
11, Greg Biffle, 1,483. 12, Kasey Kahne, 1,454. 13, David […]
26
May
Kasey Kahne was barely finished counting the million dollars that he pocketed last week. Kahne won the Sprint All-Star race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway last Saturday night after he was voted into the race by the fans.
Sometimes you have a little bit of luck, sometimes fate intervenes and other times you just have to be […]
25
May
Concord, NC (Sports Network) - Kyle Busch is not only a “lead foot,” but he knows how to make a fuel economy run too. He did just that filling up with 69 laps to go and made it work capturing Saturday night’s Carquest Auto Parts 300 at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The No.32 Braun Racing […]
15
May
Busch Wins at Darlington: #18 Kyle Busch in the one time Indiana Jones Paint Scheme won the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway for his 3rd win of 2008 and his 7th career win. He dominated the later stages of the race and led 169 laps on the night. #99 Carl Edwards was second, with […]
1
May
The championship was called the Nextel Cup, a vehicle called the Car of Tomorrow was still in the development stages, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was still the face of Dale Earnhardt Inc. on that Saturday two years ago in the capital of the old South. NASCAR’s most popular driver recorded his 17th career victory that […]