News about Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne and more.
31
Dec
Performance was the name of the game in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing this past season. The level of competition in NASCAR’s most elite arena has been growing over the past decade to the point where stock car racing in America is considered the toughest form of auto racing in the world.
A look at statistics for […]
15
Jul
Kyle Busch now has 7 wins and has won the last 4 races. He is on track to break Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon’s NASCAR single season win record in the Modern Era (1972-Present). This record is 13 wins, Gordon and Petty both have accomplished this feat.
Can Kyle Busch break this record? With 17 […]
30
Jun
Kurt Busch’s win in Sprint Cup series stop at New Hampshire brings his 29-race winless streak to an end.
LOUDON, N.H. — Kurt Busch had strategy and luck on his side. Tony Stewart had neither.
That’s how Busch wound up ending his 29-race winless string Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools […]
27
Jun
It is not what you’d call a shocker, the news this week that Casey Mears will be losing his ride at Hendrick Motorsports come season’s end. What is surprising is that Mark Martin will replace Mears. To the NASCAR-challenged, this is like the New York Yankees replacing a struggling, young outfielder with someone like, say, […]
26
Jun
A year ago, Jeff Gordon “won” the NASCAR Sprint Cup regular season, finishing the first 26 races an eye-popping 312 points ahead of runner-up Tony Stewart.
Gordon’s reward for his fast start? He saw his big margin disappear and found himself second at the start of the 10-race Chase for the championship, 20 points behind Hendrick […]
24
Jun
Jeff Gordon continues to seek his first win of 2008, but no one will be holding a tag sale any time soon for the four-time Cup champion.
Even though he remains winless in the first 16 races, Gordon’s third-place finish Sunday at Sonoma, Calif., helped him jump three spots in the Sprint Cup standings.
He comes into […]
24
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 […]
24
Jun
June 22, 2008
SONOMA, Calif. — For David Gilliland, it always has seemed simple at Infineon Raceway, a tricky 1.99-mile road-course that gives other Sprint Cup series drivers serious fits.
Gilliland made his first Sprint Cup start at the track in June of 2006, but it wasn’t the first time he had raced at the venue. He […]
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 […]
21
Jun
June 20, 2008
SONOMA, Calif. — Kasey Kahne, a driver who’s never had a top-10 finish in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race on a road course, will have a leg up on breaking that drought Sunday, having claimed the pole for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway.
Though Kahne has never finished better than 23rd at […]
20
Jun
In the dominance of Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards this season, there have been at least two top drivers that have not been to victory lane yet this season. Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart have done well in the past at the road course race track, winning 7 of the last 10 races, combined. In […]
4
Jun
Unlike other big league professional sports, NASCAR’s teams and drivers don’t disclose compensation. The public knows what Peyton Manning, Alex Rodriguez and Kobe Bryant earn, but can only guess and wonder about Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch.
NASCAR does release money won from purses, and it’s a recognized fact that drivers get a […]
3
Jun
It was a rough weekend for many top drivers of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, as half of the top 12 in points were damaged in a monster wreck.
I could go play-by-play on how the wreck took place, but why not just check it out below? One thing I found disturbing is the comment made by […]
30
May
The two exchanged heated words at the Coca-Cola 600.
1 NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series races at Dover (Del.) International Speedway on Sunday, and it remains to be seen whether Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon have put their recent mini-feud behind them. Gordon is a four-time winner at Dover, a high-banked, concrete track known as “the Monster […]
27
May
Montoya may drive for Gibbs next season
■ Chip Ganassi won the Indianapolis 500 Sunday with Scott Dixon, but over in Ganassi’s NASCAR camp things aren’t going quite so well.
In fact, Juan Pablo Montoya appears to be getting fed up with the way that things are going and there is speculation that Toyota men Joe and […]
27
May
CONCORD, N.C. – Former Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon had a brief conversation after the Coca-Cola 600 after Busch was apparently upset with how hard Gordon was racing him.
Busch refused to answer a question about it in his postrace news conference, saying the conversation would remain quiet. But Gordon, who finished one […]
26
May
CONCORD — In my Opinion: SCOTT FOWLER (The Charlotte Observer)
As I watched the Coca-Cola 600 unfold Sunday night, I kept thinking about TV shows.
The 600 — ultimately won by Kasey Kahne — was like “Survivor.” Worthy contenders kept getting eliminated, seemingly voted out under mysterious circumstances because they were too strong. Dale Earnhardt Jr. looked […]
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 […]
25
May
Tania Ganguli called this in from the track in Concord -
In the final laps of the Nationwide race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin retaliated after a perceived slight and wrecked Brad Keselowski’s number 88 JR Motorsports car. The contact tore off his fender and drew the ire of both Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr., […]
24
May
COMPILED BY RON GREEN JR.
The Charlotte Observer
Friday, May. 23, 2008
Some notes, observations and one-liners from pole night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
By The Numbers
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Times Kyle Busch had started on the pole in his 126 Cup starts.
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Number of tracks to be owned by Speedway Motorsports Inc. after the announcement Thursday that it will own Kentucky Speedway (along […]
22
May
CONCORD, N.C. — Several of NASCAR’s top Sprint Cup drivers hope to end long winless streaks Sunday at the series’ longest race of the season.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and former Cup champions Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth are among those trying to end dry spells — and slow the momentum of Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards […]
22
May
Updated: May 8, 2008, 1:20 PM ET - DARLINGTON, S.C. Dale Jr.: Busch has “Intimidator’s style
Kyle Busch just might have a little “Intimidator” in him. And that’s from someone who’d know best, Dale Earnhardt Jr. It was only a few days ago Busch and Earnhardt Jr. collided chasing victory at Richmond International Raceway. Dale Jr. […]
19
May
By Raygan Swan, NASCAR.COM
May 19, 2008
CONCORD, N.C. — Joe Gibbs Racing’s head engine builder, Mark Cronquist, knows if he’s going to build outside the proverbial box, the All-Star race is the time to do it.
And so he did, but after watching three engines fail in one weekend, Cronquist admits he got a little “greedy.”
“We got […]
19
May
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kasey Kahne technically wasn’t eligible to run the All-Star race. He didn’t let that stop him from stealing the $1 million prize. Kahne earned his berth in Saturday night’s show not through accomplishment on the track, but in a popularity contest that permitted one driver voted on by the fans to […]
16
May
“Go all-out,” is the response Jeff Gordon had when asked how he was going to approach Saturday night’s All-Star event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. “I think the All-Star race is a fantastic event.”
Gordon and the late Dale Earnhardt are tied for the most victories in the All-Star race with three. Interesting to note is that […]
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 […]
10
May
DARLINGTON, S.C.: Car owner Richard Childress watched Dale Earnhardt win a lot of races and wreck his share of competitors through the years. And while Kyle Busch has gained a reputation for hard driving Earnhardt-style, Childress says the 23-year-old is no “Intimidator.”
“I don’t think there’s a comparison,” Childress said Friday. “Maybe some of what happens […]
7
May
Kyle Busch, like most prairie fires and runaway trains, arrived when the world wasn’t ready for him. For instance, the story at Hendrick Motorsports this year was supposed to be the arrival of Dale Earnhardt Jr., not the departure of Busch. Many knew of Busch’s talent, but few anticipated that he would become the central […]
4
May
Clint Bowyer wins at with the BB&T #07 Richmond: #07 Clint Bowyer won the Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 at Richmond International Raceway for his first win of 2008 and 2nd of his career after #18 Kyle Busch and #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. tangled with a couple laps to go, sending the leader, […]
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 […]