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‘Long’ Shot: Stenhouse Hopes Greatness Awaits
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished 12th in the season-opening Daytona 500, a result that would come to define his consistent rookie season. Stenhouse, the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings leader, continued to hammer away at the top 15 and top 20. Still, a win – and a top-10 finish – await. And if he gets [...]
Hamlin, Stewart On Similar Chase Trajectories
Denny Hamlin’s on the right track. Tony Stewart needs to get untracked. That’s the situation for both drivers in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, a race neither has won. Hamlin returned from the disabled list earlier this month at Darlington Raceway and finished second in his first full race since suffering back injuries in late March. He [...]
Solid Season, Experience Gives Junior Optimism
You could say Dale Earnhardt Jr. has some catching up to do. He’s winless at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne boast a combined 15 victories. The track hasn’t spun Junior out. But he hasn’t quite conquered the 1.5-mile layout either. Earnhardt’s record is so-so: five [...]
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Team Chevy – Drivers’ Pre-Race Notes & Quotes at Charlotte
CHEVROLET ON THE TRACK—CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: Chevrolet drivers have won 40 of 108 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Wins by active drivers are: Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Patriotic Chevrolet SS, has six (6) victories at Charlotte Motor Speedway (’03, ’04 – TWICE, ’05 – TWICE & ’09) Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Drive To End [...]
Pittman Captures World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car NAPA Outlaw Classic at New Egypt
World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship leader Daryn Pittman is having the best season of his career, but he outdid himself Tuesday night in the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic at New Egypt Speedway. First he led 17 drivers in shattering the nearly 12-year-old track record in qualifying, then worked past Sammy Swindell on Lap [...]
No Time To Waste Running Coca-Cola 600 Marathon
Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 will be as different as night and day. That’s because the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ longest – and, perhaps, most grueling – race begins in the late afternoon heat and ends in darkness. The 600-mile race comprised of 400 laps around Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile layout is an exercise in strategy. Run [...]
Fellow racers fondly remember Dick Trickle
As most race fans, specifically NASCAR fans and fans of other forms of stock car racing, probably know by now, racing legend Dick Trickle died last week from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Trickle wasn’t among the winningest drivers in NASCAR, but he was considered, one of — if not the — [...]
NASCAR Transcript: Interview With Greg Biffle And Carl Edwards
Q: Greg, other than the distance of the race event, what makes the Coca-Cola 600 so challenging to win? GREG BIFFLE: Well, certainly the timeframe that you go through for a 600-mile race and how much the track changes, the temperature changes, all those things create a huge factor. The start time ends a little bit into [...]
Jeff Gordon: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – Charlotte Preview
In Jeff Gordon’s 700th career start at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway a few weeks ago, the 87-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner notched his 300th career top-five. But what does he remember about his third career top-five — a runner-up finish to Dale Earnhardt Sr. — in Gordon’s first attempt in the 600-miler at Charlotte Motor [...]
Kraig Kinser Earns First 2013 Win at Historic Orange County Fair Speedway
Kraig Kinser stole the show at Orange County Fair Speedway en route to his first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series feature win of the 2013 season. Kinser and his Messila Valley started alongside Chad Kemenah on the front row with both drivers seeking a breakthrough victory. Kinser jumped ahead on the outside and [...]
NASCAR Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Coca-Cola 600
Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. going into the Coca-Cola 600 on May 26. CHARLOTTE-SPECIFIC STATISTICS Aric Almirola (No. 43 USAF Ford) · One pole · Average...Show More Summary
Interview With NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Winner – Jimmie Johnson
You got out that last segment and it was off to the races, but congratulations. How does it feel to win yet another All-Star Race? JIMMIE JOHNSON: It’s incredible, especially in the way we had to go about it tonight. I didn’t do us any favors qualifying yesterday. With this average that we had through the first four segments, [...]
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte – Race Results
POS Driver Car # MFG 1 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet 2 Joey Logano 22 Ford 3 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota 4 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet 5 Kurt Busch 78 Chevrolet 6 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 Chevrolet 8 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet 9 Matt Kenseth 20 Toyota 10 Carl Edwards 99 [...]
Formula 1: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes – Monaco Grand Prix Preview
Monaco facts and stats The tortuous streets of Monte Carlo provide the next challenge for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes on the 2013 Formula One calendar. The Principality’s 3.3km circuit is the shortest and slowest of the season, but it’s also one of the most demanding for man and machine. McLaren has won the Monaco Grand Prix [...]
Busch, Crafton Share Charlotte Connection
Matt Crafton won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. So did Kyle Busch. The two enter Friday night’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 with the same – albeit slightly different – agendas. Each wants a victory. Crafton, however, might be willing to sacrifice the trophy in exchange for maintaining or adding to his [...]
JGR Continues To Dominate, Build Depth
Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway was indicative of the season Joe Gibbs Racing is having. All four JGR entries finished in the top five with Kyle Busch winning and posting his 16th perfect driver rating in the series. It was Busch’s first perfect rating at Darlington and his first since the August 2011 Bristol [...]
Who else will be in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race?
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has the weekend off from points racing, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an off-weekend — far from it. This is all-star weekend. More specifically, Saturday night is the night for the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. And for those not yet all-stars by NASCAR’s criteria, there’s the [...]
Busch, All-Star Made For Each Other – Just Not Yet
Hard-charging Kyle Busch and the NASCAR All-Star Race – a flat-out, give-no-quarter affair – should fit hand in glove. Not so far. Busch not only has failed to win, he’s been down for the count more often than he’s taken the checkered flag. Busch has failed to finish four of seven all-star appearances, three times [...]
Kasey Kahne: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race – Preview
News & Notes ALL-STAR WINNER: In nine NASCAR Sprint All-Star Races at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, Kasey Kahne has one win and three top-10 finishes. In 2008, Kahne became the first driver to win the event after being voted into the race by the fans. The 33-year-old driver has competed in the race every year [...]
Almirola, Menard Hang Tough Going Into All-Star Break
Unofficially, NASCAR Sprint All-Star break represents the closing in on the halfway point of the “regular season.” By no means set, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field does seem to be taking shape. Two races from the official midpoint of the 26-race regular season, the points suggest that only major stumbles should deter [...]