Grand American Rolex
Grand-Am : Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona — Wilkins, AIM Autosports Capture First PoleTwo years ago, AIM Autosports debuted in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 competition at Daytona International Speedway for the Brumos Porsche 250. Thursday, Mark Wilkins gave the team its first pole position, winning the pole for the Brumos Porsche 250.
NASCAR
Randy Moss Motorsports to Debut in Truck Race at Kentucky Speedway»
Daytona Beach, Florida (July 3, 2008) - Randy Moss, NFL All Pro wide receiver with the New England Patriots, will make his debut as a NASCAR team owner on July 19 in the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. Moss has purchased a 50-percent stake in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team owned by [more…]
Almirola in No. 8 for 2009, Martin to Hendrick No. 5, Dario and 40 Team Out at CGRFS»
Almirola to Pilot No. 8 Car Full Time in 2009
Rookie driver promoted to full-time Sprint Cup status next season: After spending two seasons sharing a car with veteran Mark Martin, 24-year-old Aric Almirola will take over the No. 8 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet full time in 2009. …Almirola, from Tampa, Fla., began sharing [more…]
Nationwide Series News and Notes — JGR’s Dave Rogers Shines from the Pit Box (Daytona Preview)»
Roger That: No. 20 Crew Chief Rolls With The Changes
Keller Returns To Top 10 For First Time Since 2006
In The Loop: Can Clauson Keep Up With The Veterans?
Leffler’s Car A Top-Three Starter Over Last Five At DIS
No Stewart? No Problem For Rogers, No. 20 Team At Daytona
Change is good. Just ask Dave Rogers.
The crew [more…]
Sprint Cup Series
Almirola in No. 8 for 2009, Martin to Hendrick No. 5, Dario and 40 Team Out at CGRFS»
Almirola to Pilot No. 8 Car Full Time in 2009
Rookie driver promoted to full-time Sprint Cup status next season: After spending two seasons sharing a car with veteran Mark Martin, 24-year-old Aric Almirola will take over the No. 8 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet full time in 2009. …Almirola, from Tampa, Fla., began sharing [more…]
Pure Stats — Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola At Daytona International Speedway»
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 30, 2008) – The July 4th weekend NASCAR tradition continues this weekend at Daytona International Speedway – the 50th running of what is now known as the Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola. The milestone lends itself perfectly to a By the Numbers:
2 – Margins of Victory in this race that [more…]
Good Call Makes Kurt Busch Winner as Rain-Soaked New Hampshire Race Ends 17 Laps Short»
LOUDON, N. H. (June 29, 2008) - Kurt Busch and his No. 2 Miller Lite team decided to go for fuel mileage Sunday, hoping to salvage a good finish in the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
For most of the afternoon, Busch raced under the radar while Tony Stewart, Casey Mears [more…]
Nationwide Series
Nationwide Series News and Notes — JGR’s Dave Rogers Shines from the Pit Box (Daytona Preview)»
Roger That: No. 20 Crew Chief Rolls With The Changes
Keller Returns To Top 10 For First Time Since 2006
In The Loop: Can Clauson Keep Up With The Veterans?
Leffler’s Car A Top-Three Starter Over Last Five At DIS
No Stewart? No Problem For Rogers, No. 20 Team At Daytona
Change is good. Just ask Dave Rogers.
The crew [more…]
Stewart Notches Another Nationwide Series Win for JGR in New Hampshire»
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Camping World 200
presented by RVs.com
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Fast Facts
Race Winner: Tony Stewart
Age: 37
Team: No. 20 Old Spice Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Dave Rogers
Edwards Ends NASCAR Nationwide Series Drought At Milwaukee»
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (June 21, 2008) — All it took to end Carl Edwards’ year-long NASCAR Nationwide Series winless streak was to change crew chiefs.
The defending series champion had gone 36 races without a victory, and team owner Jack Roush decided that was enough. So Roush Fenway Racing swapped crew chiefs earlier this week, with [more…]
Craftsman Truck Series
Randy Moss Motorsports to Debut in Truck Race at Kentucky Speedway»
Daytona Beach, Florida (July 3, 2008) - Randy Moss, NFL All Pro wide receiver with the New England Patriots, will make his debut as a NASCAR team owner on July 19 in the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. Moss has purchased a 50-percent stake in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team owned by [more…]
Hornaday Finds Victory Lane at Memphis, Moves to the Top in Points, Tops in Wins»
By Tim Tuttle
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (June 28, 2008) — Ron Hornaday Jr. led the final 129 laps and survived a green-white-checkered finish to win the O’Reilly 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Saturday night at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Hornaday’s victory in the Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet was his third of the season and boosted him into the [more…]
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Driver Focus — Memphis Could Be Opportunity To Make Up Points for Hornaday»
Ron Hornaday
No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado
NASCAR Truck Series Race 12 of 25
Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park
IRL
Indy Racing League Weekend Preview — Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen»
Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen : Dixon eyes record-setting fourth consecutive win at The Glen
Four-time winner?
Scott Dixon will attempt to win his fourth consecutive race at Watkins Glen. If he wins, Dixon will become the first IndyCar Series driver to win four consecutive races at one track. Dan Wheldon entered the 2008 [more…]
Kanaan wins caution-filled race at Richmond»
RICHMOND, Va., Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Tony Kanaan claimed his first victory of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, winning the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway by 4.7691 seconds over Helio Castroneves.
Kanaan, starting from the pole, led 166 of the 300 laps to claim his 13th career victory and his first since Belle [more…]
An interview with Danica Patrick — On Fair Game in the Media, Being Sweetheart or Villain, More Short Ovals»
(Ed. note — This interview was conducted prior to qualifying at Richmond )
THE MODERATOR: Danica Patrick, why don’t you go ahead and talk about you came here last week to test. And that was something that you really haven’t had an opportunity to do a lot of this year, you’d said. So it was hopefully [more…]
NHRA
NHRA — Top Fuel and Funny Car compete on 1,000-foot track instead of 1/4 mile»
GLENDORA, Calif.– As the investigation continues into the tragic accident that took the life of driver Scott Kalitta, NHRA announced today that beginning at the Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver, Colorado, both the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes will race to 1,000 feet instead of the traditional 1,320 feet or one-quarter mile. [more…]
Herbert Wins One “For His Boys” at Norwalk»
T. Pedregon, Anderson and Arana also win at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park
NORWALK, Ohio – Doug Herbert raced to an emotional Top Fuel victory Sunday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals and dedicated his first win of the season to the memory of his two young sons who were tragically killed in a highway [more…]
Fuller, Hight, Line and Krawiec claim No. 1 qualifying honors at Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals»
Johnson Drives Mopar to K&N Challenge Victory
NORWALK, Ohio – Allen Johnson drove his Dodge Stratus to the $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge victory Saturday at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.
In other racing, Rod Fuller, Robert Hight, Jason Line and Eddie Krawiec claimed No. 1 qualifying positions and will lead their respective categories into tomorrow’s 11 a.m. [more…]
American Le Mans
Dyson Racing — “There Are No Speed Limits On The Road To Excellence”»
Venerable ALMS Team Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Racing
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Twenty-five years ago, Rob Dyson raced a1983 Firebird at the IMSA Coca-Cola Three Hours of Lime Rock. Of the thirty-seven cars entered in that race, there is only one team still racing today: Dyson Racing.
The upcoming American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at [more…]
American Le Mans Series News — Driver Lineup for Intersport Racing Second Entry, Tim Pappas and Chris McMurry Receive Business Honors»
FAULKNER, LEWIS JOIN INTERSPORT RACING AT MID-OHIO
Intersport Racing announced today Star Mazda veteran John Faulkner will join Champ Car Atlantic star Ryan Lewis in the team’s second LMP1 car as driver for the Acura Sports Car Challenge July 17-19 at Mid-Ohio in the 2008 American Le Mans Series.
Lewis will be behind the wheel for the [more…]
Audi Sport North America News — 30th race for the Audi R10 TDI»
Two ALMS races within eight days
US comeback for defending champion Dindo Capello
“Clean Diesel” with advantage over Ethanol
Ingolstadt [2008/06/30] – After a seven-week break, the American Le Mans Series continues in the middle of July with back-to-back races: At Lime Rock (Connecticut) and Mid-Ohio (Ohio) the world’s fastest sportscar contest two races within eight days [more…]
Grand American Rolex
Grand-Am : Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona — Wilkins, AIM Autosports Capture First Pole»
Two years ago, AIM Autosports debuted in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 competition at Daytona International Speedway for the Brumos Porsche 250. Thursday, Mark Wilkins gave the team its first pole position, winning the pole for the Brumos Porsche 250.
Grand-Am Rolex Team Focus — GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Rides Momentum Back to Daytona»
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Hot on the heels of their first 2008 victory two weeks ago, reigning Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Champions Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty and GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing will be looking for consecutive victories in both the Rolex Series and the Brumos Porsche 250 when [more…]
Grand-Am Team News — Stevenson Unleashes Pontiac Power For Best in GT Ranking»
In the GT class of the Grand-Am Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16, one team has been consistently up front finishing on the podium five times in the last six races. And in the three races since the Rum Bum 250 race at Laguna Seca, the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports BryanMark [more…]
