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Kyle Busch Becomes The King Of Corn Country

Info Manager — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:17:07 +0000

RacingToday.com Kyle Busch passed Kevin Harvick for the lead with 24 laps to go and went on to win the U.S. Cellular 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night. Busch led 183 of the first 250 laps but surrendered the lead to Harvick on a pit stop with about 50 laps to go. Havrick [...]

Iowa Interested In Second Nationwide Date

Jeff Hood — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:40:48 +0000

Newton, Iowa – Iowa Speedway has not formally requested a second Nationwide Series date in 2011. But officials at the 7/8-mile oval that plays host to the second annual U.S. Cellular 250 tonight in front of a sold out crowd will gladly listen if NASCAR is willing to offer. “We’re confident we’ll be renewing our agreement with [...]

Sides Thrives At Ohsweken

Info Manager — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:44:27 +0000

RacinToday.com Jason Sides dominated the World of Outlaws race at Ohsweken Speedway in Canada to get his his third win in four starts at the track. For Sides, the $10,000 triumph was his fourth World of Outlaws A-Feature win of the season which is a career-high. He won in the series debut at Ohsweken in 2007 and [...]

Racin’ News Today: Sadler Gets His First Truck Victory

Info Manager — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:28:51 +0000

In racin’ news today: Elliott Sadler held off Kasey Kahne after the second of two green-white-checkered restarts to win the Pocono Mountains 125 Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway Saturday afternoon. The victory was Sadler’s first in the truck series. Kahne finished second and Matt Crafton was third. Sadler has now won races in all three of [...]

Atlanta Motor Speedway Partners with 35 Fan-Friendly Hotels

Info Manager — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:10:19 +0000

RacinToday.com HAMPTON, Ga. – Atlanta Motor Speedway has increased its list of fan-friendly hotels to 35 local partner hotels for the track’s Labor Day NASCAR night racing weekend. Each partner facility guarantees a room rate of $120 or less without requiring a mutli-night stay during the Sept. 3-5 weekend. Because many hotels have limited availability for the [...]

Stewart Powers To Pocono Pole

Info Manager — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:23:14 +0000

RacinToday.com Tony Stewart won the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway with a qualifying lap at 171.393 mph on Friday. The pole for the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, was Stewart’s second of the season 12th of his career. Stewart, a two-time series champion, is looking for his first victory of 2010. “Well, we’ve been [...]

Hamlin Talks About Fines

Info Manager — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:07:37 +0000

On Friday at Pocono Raceway, Denny Hamlin met with the media for the first time since it was reported that NASCAR was issuing secret fines to drivers who say things that the racing series feels are harmful to its brand. Hamlin acknowledged that he was one of the two drivers issued fines – reportedly for $50,000 [...]

Nashville Will Not Follow Gateway Out The Door

Larry Woody — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:42:21 +0000

By Larry Woody | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Dover Motorsports has canceled next year’s NASCAR races at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, after closing the company’s Memphis track last year – a dismal reminder about the sport’s financial state of affairs. However, another Dover track, Nashville Superspeedway, is making plans for the 2011 season and track spokesman Cliff [...]

Memo: Believability Has Been Put On The Line

Jim Pedley — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:42:55 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Let’s see what’s in the old Morning Memo today: Friday morning at Pocono Raceway and Iowa Speedway, NASCAR’s top drivers are/have been, one by one, participating in what have come to be known as “hauler chats”. They will stand or sit in front of cameras and microphones and notepads and voice [...]

Woody: Martin-Hendrick Mess May Get Ugly

Larry Woody — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:00:48 +0000

By Larry Woody | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Mark Martin is a proud old warrior who has no intention of accepting a bum’s rush out the back door at Hendrick Motorsports. He made that clear last week in a rare flare of temper after ESPN commentator Ray Evernham said Martin should gracefully – even gratefully – surrender his ride [...]

Trucks, History Are Headed To Pocono Raceway

Jim Pedley — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:47:04 +0000

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com To be blunt, not many Sprint Cup Series drivers get excited about racing at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania. It’s a long race on a track which some call dangerous. But this weekend, the Camping World Truck Series will be racing at the bizarre 2.5-mile Pocono triangle for the first time ever [...]

Labonte Lands At JTG Daugherty

Info Manager — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:42:01 +0000

RacinToday.com JTG Daugherty Racing announced today that 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte will take the place of Marcos Ambrose as driver of the No. 47 Toyota Camry for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 36-race schedule. “JTG Daugherty Racing is a solid race team that has come close to winning races with Marcos Ambrose [...]

Kinser Wins Drummondville Debut

Info Manager — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:53:06 +0000

RacinToday.com Steve Kinser was victorious in the World of Outlaws first-ever race at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada before a standing room only crowd on a picture perfect Tuesday night. Kinser started on the outside of the front row and battled his teammate Donny Schatz in the early going, taking the top spot from him on [...]

Woody: The Brickyard Has Lost Its Dazzle

Larry Woody — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:45:46 +0000

Larry Woody | Senior Writer RacinToday.com I remember the buzz of excitement and anticipation that surrounded NASCAR’s first race at Indy in 1994. It was racing’s equivalent to the moon landing. Stock car drivers were going where none had gone before. By the time NASCAR headed back for last Sunday’s 17th trip, the buzz had subsided to a [...]

Roush Moved To Mayo Clinic

Info Manager — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:25:18 +0000

RacinToday.com Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing and chairman of Roush Enterprises, was transferred to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Wednesday evening. Following surgery Tuesday night related to the facial damage sustained in the accident, he remains in serious, but stable condition. Roush was injured in a plane accident at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, [...]