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SHR Hires Grubb To Be Crew Chief Of No. 14
The Lead Lap | September 6th 2008 by Michael
Stewart Haas Racing has announced the hiring of Darian Grubb as crew chief of the No. 14 Sprint Cup entry that Tony Stewart will drive next season. Grubb left his position at Hendrick Motorsports as engineering manager to take the position with SHR. read more
NASCAR Postpones N’Wide, Cup Races
The Lead Lap | September 5th 2008 by Michael
Citing fear for the safety of the fans, NASCAR postponed both Friday night’s Emerson Radio 250 Nationwide Series race and the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Sprint Cup race from Richmond International Raceway due to the threat of Tropical Storm Hann read more
It comes down to...
My Auto Racing Opinion | September 5th 2008 by John
Image by Getty Images via Daylife After 26 weeks of competition for some the season really begins or ends this weekend. After this weekend the chase for the Cup will be set. Who will be the 12 drivers in contention to win the Cup after this weekend? read more
Cerebral Matter
Doc's Head Games | September 5th 2008 by Doc Eslinger
Each week, “Cerebral Matter” highlights articles, anecdotes, and analyses related to the psychological aspects of performance.Head Games in auto racing:The battle for the IndyCar championship is won on the course, but Helio Castroneves is trying read more
GEM Sues Gordon Over Tentative Purchase Of RGM
The Lead Lap | September 4th 2008 by Michael
ESPN is reporting that Gillett Evernham Motorsports has filed a suit in North Carolina Superior Court Robby Gordon, claiming that Robby Gordon Motorsports violated the terms of a tentative agreement that would have sold his one-car Sprint Cup team t read more
Stremme To Drive Penske’s No. 12
The Lead Lap | September 3rd 2008 by Michael
Penske Racing has named David Stremme driver of the team’s No. 12 Alltel Dodge for the 2009 Sprint Cup season. Stremme, who drives for Rusty Wallace Inc. in the Nationwide series, replaced Sterling Marlin at Chip Ganassi Racing in the No. 40 Co read more
Franchitti To Return To IRL, Replace Weldon at CGR
The Lead Lap | September 3rd 2008 by Michael
Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) announced that Dario Franchitti will drive the team’s No. 10 Target Dallara Honda in the IndyCar Series next year. The former IndyCar champion and Indy 500 winner will become a teammate to Scott Dixon in the Indy Raci read more
UPS To Sponsor Ragan, No. 6?
The Lead Lap | September 2nd 2008 by Michael
I’m hearing that UPS, which has been rumored to be headed to just about every team with an opening this season, has agreed to sponsor Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 6 Ford and David Ragan. Throughout this season, UPS has been linked to Rich read more
Chase Picture Taking Shape
The Lead Lap | September 1st 2008 by Michael
With the end of the Pepsi 500 from Auto Club Speedway, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Jeff Burton all clinched spots in the Chase. And, with their second- and fourth-place finishes respectively, Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick will secure thei read more
Johnson Wins Pepsi 500
The Lead Lap | September 1st 2008 by Michael
Jimmie Johnson led 228 of 250 laps at the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, showing everyone he is ready for the Chase and that he should not be counted out as a championship contender. At one point, Greg Biffle, who was running second to Johnson, had read more
Busch Wins Camping World RV Service 300
The Lead Lap | August 31st 2008 by Michael
Kyle Busch continued his NASCAR dominance, leading all but six laps at Auto Club Speedway to win the Camping World RV Service 300 under caution when Josh Wise wrecked on the white-flag lap. The victory is Busch’s seventh on the season, and the read more
Carpentier Looking For A Ride
The Lead Lap | August 29th 2008 by Michael
A NASCAR blog for the North Carolina’s Winston-Salem Journal is reporting that with Gillett Evernham Motorsports’ hiring of Reed Sorenson, Patrick Carpentier seems to be the odd man out. It doesn’t sound like the Canadian driver h read more
New Format For The Budweiser Shootout
The Lead Lap | August 27th 2008 by Michael
NASCAR’s pre-season showcase from Daytona International Speedway that featured the previous Sprint Cup season’s pole winners and past winners of the shootout has seen its eligibility requirements change starting next season. The Budweiser read more
Sorenson To GEM In 2009
The Lead Lap | August 26th 2008 by Michael
Gillett Evernham Motorsports has announced that Reed Sorenson has signed a multi-year contract to drive for the team next season. GEM said that a sponsor and number announcement would be coming soon. No word on plans for Chip Ganassi Racing’s N read more
Surprises, Non-Surprises and a rant...
My Auto Racing Opinion | August 26th 2008 by John
Image via Wikipedia Well, the worst kept secret in NASCAR (how many times have we said that this year???), Joey Logano is going to replace Tony Stewart in the Home Depot Camry next year. It seems that people are pretty split on whether Logano is goin read more
NASCAR’s “Tip-O-the-Hat” to Manufacturers
Full Throttle | August 26th 2008 by Marc
So, there’s a change to next year’s Budweiser Shootout format at Daytona. Instead of it being a race between the previous years race and pole position winners it will pit a field of 24 cars representing the top six teams from Chevrolet, D read more
Jason Bowles Leads Wire to Wire
Full Throttle | August 24th 2008
Jason Bowles led wire-to-wire to take the win in the Pipe Careers 200 presented by Pipe Trades at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night, giving him a sweep of both NASCAR Camping World Series West events at his home track this season. read more
It’s Official: Mears To RCR
The Lead Lap | August 23rd 2008 by Michael
Richard Childress Racing announced that Casey Mears will take over driving duties of the RCR’s No. 07 Jack Daniels Chevy for Clint Bowyer, who will be moving over to RCR’s No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevy. General Mills was not comf read more
Speed TV Floating NASCAR Rumors
Full Throttle | August 23rd 2008
Take these two items posted by Speed TV for what they’re worth, which could be a lot, or they could be similar to what the software design community calls “Vaporware.” 1. Between now and the end of the 2008 season, Scott Speed likel read more
IndyCar Going to Turbos?
Full Throttle | August 23rd 2008
Although not officially announced, it appears that IndyCar officials are at least talking publicly about part of that future... and it is said it will use turbos. read more
Mansfield Hosts Camping World East
Full Throttle | August 23rd 2008
Mansfield Motorsports Park hosts the NASCAR Camping World Series East’s return to short-track racing with the Mansfield 150 Saturday, August 23. read more
Keselowski Nabs Second NNS Win
Full Throttle | August 23rd 2008
Clint Bowyer made an uncharacteristic unforced error that handed Friday night’s Food City Nationwide Series 250 to Brad Keselowski at Bristol Motor Speedway. read more
Keselowski Wins Food City 250
The Lead Lap | August 23rd 2008 by Michael
Brad Keselowski capitalized on Clint Bowyer’s slip in Turn 2 to pass him in the closing laps, and drive away and win the Food City 250 from Bristol Motor Speedway. The victory is Keselowski’s second Nationwide win this season. Keselowski, read more
Danica Patrick Big Shoes
BigShoes | August 22nd 2008 by Violette DeSantis
And someone found my site searching for, of all things, Danica Patrick shoes. Say what? That’s what I said. My gosh I hope it wasn’t Danica Patrick herself…why that would make her…what’s the word I’m looking for…you all reply what you t read more
Columnist Seeks To Squash Debate Whether Driver = Athlete
The Lead Lap | August 22nd 2008 by Michael
ESPN features a column written by Ed Hinton that seeks to squash the debate, once and for all, as to whether drivers are athletes. Hinton asserts that drivers are not athletes, but in the end says it does not matter. Instead, Hinton takes issue with read more
Aarons To Sponsor MWR’s No. 00, Reutimann
The Lead Lap | August 22nd 2008 by Michael
Michael Waltrip Racing has announced that Aaron’s Sales & Lease Ownership will sponsor the team’s No. 00 Sprint Cup entry and driver David Reutimann for 18 races in 2009. The company will also sponsor MWR’s Nationwide entry for read more
Pigs are Flying Over Big Lake Minnesota!
Full Throttle | August 22nd 2008
A state-of-the-art motorsports track complex, envisioned to attract the biggest names in racing, is being proposed for 400 acres in the Big Lake area. The $200 million facility would accomodate 90,000 fans and could expand to more than 150,000, said read more
Is This a Clue Where Senna is Going?
Full Throttle | August 21st 2008
The F1 community has been playing a version of Where’s Waldo every time the name Bruno Senna crosses someone’s lips or gets printed. So I wonder… is this a clue? Bruno Senna, nephew of Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, currently occu read more
A1GP Season Opener Delayed
Full Throttle | August 21st 2008
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has moved A1GP Mugello, Italy from the opening round of the 2008/09 championship following a delay in the build schedule of the new chassis. read more
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