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Childress, Rudd Enter NMPA Hall Together

Deb Williams — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:32:05 +0000

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR championship team owner Richard Childress and the sport’s “Iron Man” Ricky Rudd never envisioned induction into halls of fame when they began their respective NASCAR careers, but it seemed only fitting they enter the National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame the way they [...]

All-Star Moments: No. 4 – Jaws, Junior And The Beginning

Jim Pedley — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:47:45 +0000

It’s NASCAR All-Star Race week. It’s a week that culminates in a race which, despite the fact – or maybe because of the fact – that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series’ most memorable moments. Which All-Star Races are the most memorable? This week, RacinToday.com will count down it’s [...]

Indy Speeds Climb As Teams Get Serious

John Sturbin — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:10:29 +0000

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com After three days of working primarily on race day setups for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500, Team Penske got serious about qualifying Tuesday. The results produced the team’s fastest laps around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with all three Penske drivers exceeding 220 mph. Three-time Indy 500 champion Helio [...]

A Wild, Unpredictable Weekend For F1

John Sturbin — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:59:19 +0000

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Pastor Maldonado’s breakthrough victory in the Spanish Grand Prix is the latest installment in an FIA Formula 1 World Championship that continues to be delightfully…unprixdictable! Maldonado, of Williams/Renault, became the fifth different winner driving for a fifth different constructor on the Circuit de Catalunya, holding off Spanish hero and two-time World [...]

NASCAR Penalizes Kurt Busch

Info Manager — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:27:11 +0000

RacinToday.com Kurt Busch has been penalized for his actions during last Saturday’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway. Also penalized were a crew member for Busch’s team and two members of Ryan Newman’s Stewart-Haas Racing team. Busch, driver of the No. 51 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was fine $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until [...]

All-Star Moments: No. 5 – ‘The Tide Slide’

Jim Pedley — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:31:34 +0000

Things Get Racy During Practice At Indianapolis

John Sturbin — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:46 +0000

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti picked up the pace for Andretti Autosport during practice Monday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where speeds for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 aren’t always what they seem. With a number of IZOD IndyCar Series teams admittedly using the final hour of the six-hour [...]

Rick Hendrick’s 200th Victory Is A Classic

Jim Pedley — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:32:54 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com It’s tough to get a perspective on numbers in auto racing. The sport just changes so often. In fact it is changing, basically, from day to day as technological advances, rules, schedules and facilities all make for a sport that is in constant flux. Not so with stick-and-ball. The only significant [...]

Saavedra Has Mother Of A Day At Indianapolis

John Sturbin — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:45:37 +0000

Native Colombian Sebastian Saavedra welcomed his mother to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Mother’s Day in “hey, watch this” fashion, posting the fastest speed of Day 2 of practice for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500. Saavedra, driver of the No. 17 Team AFS Chevrolet for AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport, toured the 2.5-mile IMS oval in 40.6272-seconds [...]

Shelby’s Influence Reached Down To Street Level

Jim Pedley — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:53:31 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Me and the guys who grew up on the hard, cracked-concrete streets of our blue-collar, auto-town neighborhood during the the late 1950s and ’60s were not really Cobra guys. Vette guys, 409 guys, Super Stock guys, Mopar guys, Poncho guys, Javelin guys, 442 guys, ‘Stang guys; for sure. We could tell [...]

SunTrust Duo Wins In Jersey

Jim Pedley — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:20:50 +0000

RacinToday.com SunTrust Corvette DP co-drivers Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor and No. 69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Ferrari 458 teammates Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato drove to victory Sunday event at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Angelelli and Taylor picked up their second consecutive GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car [...]

Kinser Back To Winning Ways

Jim Pedley — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:25:20 +0000

RacinToday.com Steve Kinser snapped a 27-race World of Outlaws winless streak on Saturday at Williams Grove Speedway. Kinser, the World of Outlaws career wins leader, entered the event with only five feature laps led this season. That changed as he led the final 23 laps of the $12,000-to-win main event and then dominated all 12 laps of [...]

Johnson Ends ‘Drought’ At The Southern 500

Info Manager — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:09:56 +0000

Jimmie Johnson broke a 16-race winless streak Saturday night when he won the Southern 500 Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway. He got the victory by pulling away from Tony Stewart on a restart with two laps to go. The victory by the five-time champion gave Hendrick Motorsports its 200th Cup series victory. “I want to thank all [...]

Rookie Leads Field As Indianapolis Opens For 500

John Sturbin — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:53:58 +0000

Rookie Josef Newgarden topped the timesheets as preparations began Saturday for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Newgarden, who won the Freedom 100 Firestone Indy Lights race at IMS in May 2011, posted the quickest lap around the 2.5-mile oval of 220.250 mph in the No. 67 Dollar General Dallara/Honda for Sarah [...]

Honda, Corvette Win At Laguna Seca

Info Manager — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:41:43 +0000

RacinToday.com Muscle Milk Pickett Racing got its second straight victory in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón on Saturday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In the GT class, Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner also took their second consecutive win. Seven cars in the GT class were within two seconds in the closing hour [...]