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Kenseth Making No Long Term Plans For 2013

Jim Pedley — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:59 +0000

CONCORD, N.C. – Things have gone dang well for Matt Kenseth this season. So well that he was named the winner of the first quarter Driver of the Year award on Thursday. So well that he even beat NASCAR law enforcement officials by having the massive penalties he was issued after the Kansas race trimmed [...]

Castroneves Thinks No. 4 Is Within Reach At Indy

Mike Harris — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:23:39 +0000

By Mike Harris | Senior Writer RacinToday.com INDIANAPOLIS – There was a time when Helio Castroneves thought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was an easy place to figure out. The colorful Brazilian driver came to Indy for the first time in 2001 and surprised everyone, including himself, by winning the race. A year later, he returned to Victory Lane, the [...]

Top Fueler Brown To Go Stock Car Racing

Jim Pedley — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:10:38 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – It was announced during a press conference held at Charlotte Motor Speedway Thursday that NHRA drag racer Antron Brown will take a shot at stock-car racing. Brown, as first reported earlier Thursday by RacinToday.com sources, will test a K&N Series car for Rev Racing, the team owned by Max [...]

Kenseth Wins First DOTY

John Sturbin — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:53 +0000

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Matt Kenseth’s offseason race shop move from Concord to Huntersville, N.C., continues to pay dividends, as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star emerged as first quarter 2013 winner of the Driver of the Year award. Kenseth, the 2003 Cup champion, crushed the opposition in voting among a nationwide panel of 18 [...]

Families Take Center Stage At Hall Of Fame

Deb Williams — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:52:03 +0000

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. – NASCAR has always billed itself as a family oriented sport and seven-time champion Richard Petty said the 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame class announced Wednesday reinforces that sentiment. Petty’s younger brother, Maurice, and Ned Jarrett’s younger son, Dale, were among the five selected by a voting panel that [...]

Bright Lights Find Jack Ingram, Maurice Petty

Jim Pedley — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:27:04 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The bright lights never find some auto racers. The media scrums that search out the pretty boys – the drivers with the big names and high paying endorsement deals – run away from, not to this group. Despite critically important contributions to their sport, some racers in [...]

The Yanks Are Storming Gasoline Alley

John Sturbin — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:45:44 +0000

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Pre-race story lines for the Sunday’s 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 fittingly will be dominated by the possibility of either IZOD IndyCar Series superstars Helio Castroneves or Dario Franchitti becoming the event’s fourth four-time winner. Both popular drivers are bidding to join A.J. Foyt Jr., Al Unser and Rick Mears [...]

Phillips Needs To Be In Hall: Sooner The Better

Jim Pedley — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:09 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Rusty Wallace likes to talk. And when he gets going, he can say a lot of things in a short amount of time. Separating the nut from the shell takes a good ear when listening to Rusty go. It was during one of those go-times 10 years ago, [...]

Kulwicki Team Assembles 20 Years After Title

Deb Williams — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:46:55 +0000

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With very few exceptions, loyalty in NASCAR disappeared with the arrival of the 21st Century. Therefore, when one sees the loyalty that still exists for Alan Kulwicki from his 1992 championship crew, it is heart-warming. Twenty years after losing their mentor, their leader, in a plane crash near [...]

Texas Gives A Warm Welcome To V8 Aussies

John Sturbin — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:55:28 +0000

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com AUSTIN, Texas – Jamie Whincup went 3 for 4 at Circuit of The Americas during the inaugural Texas 400 weekend, and the Australian V8 Supercars Championship superstar wasn’t too proud to admit that he was about chicken-fried. “Crazy, crazy hot out there,” Whincup said after winning the fourth/final 27-lap sprint around [...]

It Was A Gray Day In Topeka

Info Manager — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:36:52 +0000

Johnny Gray raced to his third victory of the season Sunday and moved back into the Funny Car points lead at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event. All three winners were [...]

Jimmie Becomes NASCAR’s All-Time All-Star

Deb Williams — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:59:36 +0000

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – Entering Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway Jimmie Johnson wasn’t sure about his chances in the event due to an 18th-place qualifying run, but when the checkered flag waved the California native had once again rewritten a page in the NASCAR record book. With an [...]

Carpenter Hammers The Big Boys On Pole Day

Info Manager — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:15:39 +0000

Ed Carpenter, the lone team owner/driver in the IZOD IndyCar Series recorded a blistering four-lap average speed of 228.762 mph (best lap of 229.347 mph; 39.2418 seconds) in the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka car to win the pole for the 2013 Indianapolis 500. The one-car team bested the best of Team Penske and Andretti [...]

Whincup, Lowndes Dominate V8 Supercars’ American Debut

John Sturbin — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:42:19 +0000

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com AUSTIN, Texas – It was Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes all Saturday long at Circuit of The Americas, mate, as the Red Bull Racing Australia drivers swept both ends of the Texas 400 doubleheader marking the historic North American debut of the Australian V8 Supercars Championship. Whincup, who started second in [...]

JFR Serves Notice In Topeka

Info Manager — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:25:59 +0000

John Force ended a 19-race No. 1 qualifying slump by racing to a track record performance in Funny Car Saturday at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event. Force, a [...]