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Analysis: Are drivers athletes? NASCAR’s founder thought so
FanZone Sports | 8 hours ago by Kyle Ocker
The image of a racecar driver hasn’t always lent itself to inclusion among the world’s elite athletes. Perhaps the memories of Dick Trickle smoking a cigarette behind the wheel or Richard Petty streaking around the track in blue jeans and a T-shi read more
NASCAR fans innocent victims in Time Warner/Fox battle
FanZone Sports | 14 hours ago by Kyle Ocker
Come January 1, 2010, over 14 million cable customers will no longer have Fox networks. Fox, of course, televises many of sports’s biggest events, including a large bulk of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. Unless Time Warner Cable and F read more
2010 Budweiser Shootout New Criteria
Racing News Digest | December 28th 2009 by Michael Pratt
There goes NASCAR changing things up a bit again. But I think I like it. In fact I have liked quite a few of the recent changes that have taken place. The point of the “revised criteria” is to give a stronger driver line-up for the fans read more
RCR crew member Richardson dead at 37
FanZone Sports | December 26th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Richard Childress Racing pit crew member Donald “D.J.” Richardson, who was stricken with the H1N1 virus over the Thanksgiving holiday, died Friday night of complications from the illness, according to a team release. Richardson, 37, of Le read more
Craven win at Darlington in '03 top Cup race of decade
Unrestricted: My Nascar Rants & Raves | December 25th 2009 by Antonette
By Official Release DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Media members have selected the top races of the decade for all three national series. The list of races for the poll was compiled following discussions with the three series directors, other longtime obse read more
Will the No. 13 be Kyle Busch’s Biggest Downfall for the 2010 S…
FanZone Sports | December 25th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Kyle Busch the gambler? It does sound kind of odd that a driver who was born and raised in a city that is world famous for its gambling adventures, would even consider taking a chance that fate would take away from him the way it has done so many peo read more
Sponsor Switches in NASCAR Just Part of the Business
FanZone Sports | December 24th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
I saw the weirdest thing a few days ago. I was in the middle of one of my thrice-daily Jayski.com runs, checking the paint scheme gallery for some of the cars that will run next year, when I saw a No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford for Carl Edwards that read more
Bobby Hutchens’ wife Sharon dies of cancer
FanZone Sports | December 23rd 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Sharon L. Hutchens, wife of Stewart Haas Racing’s Bobby Hutchens, died Tuesday evening after a bout with breast cancer at the age of 45. The Hutchens family is asking for donations to the Susan G. Komen Foundation in hopes of finding a cure for read more
NASCAR tweeks Bud Shootout qualifying criteria; Dale Jr will be e…
FanZone Sports | December 23rd 2009 by Kyle Ocker
For the second consecutive year in a row, NASCAR has changed the way drivers will become eligible for the first technical race of the season, the Budweiser Shootout. Starting with the upcoming shootout, the chase field from the previous season, forme read more
Wednesday’s Race Report Update
The Race Report | December 23rd 2009 by Sam Atwell
By Sam Atwell Well the question has finally been answered. Are racecar drivers athletes? The answer is a resounding yes. By none other than the Associated Press. By naming 4-time Sprint Cup Champion, Jimmie Johnson, as Male Athlete of the Yea read more
Johnson Associated Press Man of the Year
Sneaks N' Gear | December 22nd 2009 by Jyle
Jimmie Johnson can stand a little taller today as it was announced by the Associated Press that Jimmie Johnson is the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year. This is great for NASCAR and all of the competitors and the industry as a whole to have o read more
AP Names Jimmie Johnson The Athlete Of The Year
Racing News Digest | December 22nd 2009 by Michael Pratt
Jimmie Johnson has become the first race car driver to receive the AP’s “Athlete Of The Year” (male) award in the 78 years of it’s existence. Johnson became the first driver in NASCAR history to win 4 consecutive Championships read more
Danicia Patrick Will be Racing the Boys
Yielding Wealth | December 18th 2009 by Miranda
The boys will have someone to watch on the NASCAR tour this year as Danica Patrick will be on the grid for this year. This is great news for the sport of racing, as there just aren’t enough women behind the wheel of a race car in the industry. Dani read more
ARCA Daytona Test: Lost in the Danica Shuffle
Full Throttle | December 16th 2009
The Danica to NASCAR bruhaha, after her ARCA indoctrination of course, has become the 10,000 pound elephant in the room with every ink stained scribe opining both pro and con on her imminent arrival, or not, in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series. It read more
Milwaukee won’t hold NASCAR races in 2010
FanZone Sports | December 16th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
The operators of the Milwaukee Mile announced today that the scheduled 2010 Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races will not be held at the track. The track is operated by the Wisconsin State Fair Park Board, which has not been able to read more
IMG looks to double down with Danica and Dale Jr.
FanZone Sports | December 16th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Danica Patrick’s representatives at IMG soon will be talking to the brands endorsed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. as both camps seek opportunities to combine the star power of the two drivers. Even though Patrick’s move to NASCAR has been in the works si read more
Punch returns to pit reporter, Reid takes the lead at ESPN
FanZone Sports | December 16th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Marty Reid, whose 28-year career with ESPN has touched all forms of motorsports the network has covered, will expand his role and join analysts Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree in the booth as lap-by-lap announcer for ESPN’s full season of NASCAR cover read more
Cat Celebrates 80th Year on the New York Stock Exchange with RCR
FanZone Sports | December 15th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Richard Childress Racing, along with the No. 31 Caterpillar-sponsored Chevrolet, was the center of attention during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this past Friday, in honor of Caterpillar’s 80th anniversary on Wall Street. Caterpi read more
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Petty, and Brian France: I Am Not My Gra…
FanZone Sports | December 15th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
What is it that Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Petty, and Brian France all have in common besides their affiliation with the NASCAR racing series? NASCAR as we already know has a very rich history that goes beyond what the three of these men’s fathers co read more
Addington named Kurt Busch’s crew chief
FanZone Sports | December 14th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Steve Addington will serve as crew chief for Kurt Busch’s No. 2 Dodge team in the Sprint Cup Series, Penske Racing announced Monday. read more
NASCAR wins ruling over former Kentucky Speedway ownership group
FanZone Sports | December 11th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
NASCAR and its ruling France family won a big court victory Friday as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of NASCAR and sister company International Speedway Corp. in an antitrus read more
Hey Danica, Is This Really NASCAR? Or Just Show Me the Money?
FanZone Sports | December 11th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
The writing was on the wall when Roger Penske signed JR Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski, who was the hottest prospect coming out of the Nationwide series, to a three year contract before the 2009 season even came to a close. Keselowski was being g read more
Farm Bureau Insurance ends sponsorship of Joe Gibbs Racing
FanZone Sports | December 10th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Farm Bureau Insurance has ended their sponsorship of Joe Gibbs Racing, ending the two year relationship the sponsor had with the team in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series efforts. This is according to an updated front page of FBI Racing’s read more
Lesa France Kennedy says new ticket prices attracting many new bu…
FanZone Sports | December 10th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
While the economy’s outlook is still bleak on the surface and NASCAR’s attendance is still on a slight drop after the 2009 NASCAR season, the race tracks have spent much of this year, and the offseason, lowering ticket prices, among other read more
Danica Patrick joins the world of NASCAR
Bent Corner | December 10th 2009 by Rick Rottman
Get your pink Rebel flags ready. The auto racing series known for turning left is about to get an infusion of estrogen. Indy Racing League’s Danica Patrick will be racing in select NASCAR Nationwide Series races. The Nationwide Series is the read more
Danica Patrick joins the world of NASCAR
Bent Corner | December 10th 2009
Get your pink Rebel flags ready. The auto racing series known for turning left is about to get an infusion of estrogen. Indy Racing League’s Danica Patrick will be racing in select NASCAR... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit read more
Kahne: RPM’s switch to Ford “a needed change”
FanZone Sports | December 8th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
While at first Kasey Kahne was a bit skeptical of Richard Petty Motorsports change from Dodge to Ford, he said that after seeing the performance his teammates Elliott Sadler and AJ Allmendinger had in the Yates Ford powered machines, he thinks the ch read more
Showtime to begin weekly NASCAR series next year
FanZone Sports | December 8th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
SHOWTIME Sports has signed a multi-year deal with NASCAR, America’s No. 1 spectator sport, to produce and televise premium television’s first weekly highlights and analysis show dedicated to auto racing. read more
RCR crew member recovering from bout with H1N1
FanZone Sports | December 7th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
Richard Childress Racing pit crew member Donald “D.J.” Richardson is recovering in a Massachusetts hospital from severe complications due to the H1N1 virus. read more
20 years later, pit road a safer place for crews—and media
FanZone Sports | December 7th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
The question gets asked nearly everytime a pit road reporter from one of the four TV networks that cover NASCAR pops in to deliver some of the happenings from the pits. That question is: “Why are they wearing fire suits?” The simple answe read more
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