Third time’s the charm didn’t hold true for Martin Truex, Jr. and Furniture Row Racing. NASCAR penalized three teams and suspended one crew member on Wednesday for infractions that occurred during last weekend’s Sprint Cup and XFINITY events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The No. 19 and 78 teams of Carl Edwards and Truex were …
Smoke has begun to rise. On Wednesday Stewart-Haas Racing released a medical update on Tony Stewart, team co-owner and driver of the No. 14 Chevrolet, and the prognosis is positive. Stewart was involved in an ATV accident in late January that left him with a burst fracture of the L1 vertebra, forcing him out of the …
Team Penske Open West Coast Swing with a Bang Last season, the West Coast stretch of Las Vegas, Phoenix and Auto Club belonged to Stewart-Haas Racing. Kevin Harvick won both Vegas and Phoenix, and Kurt Busch looked like he’d take the win at Auto Club until a late-race caution bunched the field up and allowed …
Jimmie Johnson’s win tied him with Dale Earnhardt for seventh all-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. How high will Johnson rise on the list before he retires? Can he catch mentor Jeff Gordon, who sits third with 93 wins? Amy Henderson, Senior Editor: I think Jimmie Johnson’ll slot in just behind Jeff Gordon. He …
And just like that … BOOM, confetti! It wasn’t expected, yet it wasn’t surprising to see Jimmie Johnson in Victory Lane at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. Six-Time was the closer that day, beating original namesake Kevin Harvick by using pit strategy to take the lead late and surviving a last-lap dash to the victory. …
One roof flap violation? Probation. A second one just a week later? Time to drop the hammer. NASCAR announced Wednesday it’s suspended Cole Pearn, crew chief for Martin Truex, Jr.’s No. 78 Toyota, for a race after a violation found during pre-race inspection during the Atlanta race weekend. NASCAR officials found an issue with the roof flap, …
Forty-two cars are entered for this weekend’s XFINITY Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including the previous two race winners Austin Dillon and Brad Keselowski. Dillon and Keselowski highlight the list of five Sprint Cup drivers entered in the Boyd Gaming 300. Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott and Aric Almirola are also entered. Dillon will …
Once again, the Sprint Cup Series will race with fewer than 40 cars on Sunday in the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Thirty-nine cars are entered for the race, the third of the season and second consecutive race at a mile-and-a-half track. With six previous winners in the field, it looks as though …
Two: The amount of laps Matt Kenseth lost after failing to heed a black flag during the early stages of Sunday’s race. Kenseth was penalized for illegal fueling after the gas man placed a wrench on the deck lid of the car during a stop while the gas can was engaged, and while crew chief …
A quick exam of the last few seasons shows that only the best restrictor plate drivers – Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski – have been able to get to victory lane. Is it still fair to say anyone can win at Daytona or Talladega, or has NASCAR finally put fate in …
No one saw it coming. Shocked is the reaction that immediately came to mind as the NASCAR collective woke up on Wednesday morning to news that Stewart-Haas Racing would no longer be fielding Chevrolets, and beginning in 2017, Fords. What were team co-owners Gene Haas Tony Stewart thinking? Why would he abort a partnership with Hendrick Motorsports, …
Fourteen teams from across the three NASCAR national series were either penalized or warned by NASCAR on Wednesday, including Daytona 500 second-place finisher Martin Truex Jr. Truex’s No. 78 team was given a P2 penalty for a violation regarding the roof flaps during pre-qualifying inspection. The flaps did not lay flush with the roof following …
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