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Video: Dale Earnhardt Jr Go-Kart Racing, Paintball, and Friends
Dale Earnhardt Jr. hangs out with friends, races go-karts, plays paintball, and talks about life.
Video: Dale Earnhardt Jr Go-Kart Racing, Paintball, and Friends
Carl Edwards deserves a suspension, pure and simple (NASCAR)
From AR1-’This small sampling of “tweets” says a lot about NASCAR. Wrecking someone and putting their life at undue risk, as well as that of innocent spectators, is really punishable by more than simply NASCAR, and its not the first time it has happened.’
Brian Vickers: I bet the 12 will think twice about wrecking [...]
Carl Edwards deserves a suspension, pure and simple (NASCAR)
Sadler blames teams for Goodyear tire issues
Elliott Sadler had no complaints for Goodyear, only for those drivers griping about the manufacturer. When asked what it meant that at least a dozen competitors faced tire trouble at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, Sadler was quick with a response: “Yeah, but there were 37 others that didn’t,” he said Tuesday at Darlington Raceway. [...]
Speedway Motorsports revenues drop nearly 10 percent in 2009
Speedway Motorsports Inc.’s overall revenue declined by 9.9 percent in 2009, including a 13.3 percent drop in ticket revenue, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Speedway Motorsports Inc., finished 2009 with a balance sheet showing a $10.3 million loss, while its income from continuing operations was $74.9 million, down 28.2 percent [...]
Speedway Motorsports revenues drop nearly 10 percent in 2009
Interview with Mike Helton on Edwards, Keselowski accident
HERB BRANHAM: Thanks, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the first of today’s two NASCAR Cams. For this first one, we’re joined by NASCAR President Mike Helton. He’s going to open up with a brief announcement before taking some questions from the media. Mike, it’s all yours.
MIKE HELTON: Thanks. Good afternoon, everyone. Revisit just a [...]
Carl Edwards gets 3 race probation for flipping Brad Keselowski, no suspension-UPDATE
UPDATE:
Statements by Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards:
Brad Keselowski: “I support NASCAR in the decision they communicated today. They are not in an enviable position when it comes to these matters, but they do an outstanding job. The unfortunate part about what happened on Sunday is that it has overshadowed a win by the #2 Miller [...]
Carl Edwards gets 3 race probation for flipping Brad Keselowski, no suspension-UPDATE
Truck Crew Members Suspended for Violating Substance Abuse Policy
Matthew Huffstetler, a crew member for the #01 team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and William Keith, a crew member for the #38 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, have been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy. On March 5, both were found to have violated [...]
Truck Crew Members Suspended for Violating Substance Abuse Policy
Carl Edwards gets 3 race probation for flipping Brad Keselowski, no suspension
NASCAR president Mike Helton on Tuesday announced Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards has been placed on probation for the next three Sprint Cup races as a result of Edwards intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski this past Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Helton said the decision came “after meeting and discussing the events Sunday evening, all day Monday [...]
Carl Edwards gets 3 race probation for flipping Brad Keselowski, no suspension
Goodyear on hot seat again over tire issues
Goodyear is facing more questions about the quality of its tires. At least a dozen drivers were affected by tire problems during Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, stirring up complaints that Goodyear supplied a compound that was good for speed but low on durability at the high-banked track. “When they come here [...]
Video: Carl Edwards flips Brad Keselowski at Atlanta
Carl Edwards turns Brad Keselowski around in the closing laps at Atlanta and Keselowski flips into wall:
NASCAR considering possible penalties against Carl Edwards
Brad Keselowski called for fellow Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards to be suspended for at least one race after Edwards wrecked him Sunday in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition for NASCAR, said the governing body would take its time in examining all the facts before [...]
NASCAR takes 4 Cup engines for inspection after Atlanta
Following Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, NASCAR announced that the engines of race winner #2-Kurt Busch, #17-Matt Kenseth, #83-Brian Vickers (random) and #55-Michael McDowell (start-and-park) would be taken to the NASCAR R&D center and torn down for observation. Busch and seventh-place finisher Vickers’ chassis will also be taken to the NASCAR R&D center for [...]
Keselowski calls for Edwards to be suspended, NASCAR considers penalty
Brad Keselowski wants Carl Edwards suspended after contact that appeared to be intentional sent Keselowski’s car flipping and crashing into the frontstretch wall Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Edwards, who was 153 laps down at the time of the incident, was parked for the remainder of the event, costing him one position in the finishing order. [...]
Keselowski calls for Edwards to be suspended, NASCAR considers penalty
Tires a question mark for Atlanta race
The big question mark for most drivers heading into this weekend’s Kobalt Tools 500 remains the tires. After repeated complaints about tire wear in Atlanta, Goodyear has brought another combination for Sunday’s race. “Goodyear’s hardest job is to figure out what makes the best race,” Burton said. “When you have 40 drivers, you have 40 [...]
NASCAR parks Carl Edwards for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski
The Atlanta Sprint Cup race was extended 16 laps past its scheduled 325 because of two big wrecks, including a scary incident that sent Brad Keselowski flying toward the grandstands upside down and resulted in NASCAR parking Carl Edwards for rough driving.
Officials ruled that the crash was triggered by Edwards’ retaliation for an earlier incident [...]
NASCAR parks Carl Edwards for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski
Kurt Busch wins a wild one at Atlanta
Kurt Busch has won again at Atlanta Motor Speedway, pulling away on a second restart after a couple of wild wrecks to capture the Kobalt Tools 500. Busch won the spring race at the 1.54-mile trioval for the second year in a row, beating Matt Kenseth to the line by nearly half a second [...]
Atlanta GM teams and drivers qualifying notes, quotes
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 AMP ENERGY/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET, POLE WINNER:
HOW WAS YOUR LAP? “The Amp Energy/National Guard Chevrolet was pretty good in practice. We just needed to get a little bit better. And we just need to hit that perfect lap. There are a lot of cars out there that are fast and able [...]
Atlanta pole winning interview with Dale Earnhardt Jr
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 AMP ENERGY/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET, POLE WINNER:
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LAP AND STARTING ON THE POLE FOR SUNDAY’S RACE:
“Well, a lot of credit goes to Lance (McGrew) and Chris and the whole team. They worked really hard over the off-season to make us a better race team. Obviously this track [...]
Hamlin claims Toyota down on power, Toyota says no
The president of Toyota Racing Development doesn’t agree with Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin that the Toyota Sprint Cup engine is behind other manufacturers in terms of power and reliability.
“In Denny’s case, at the end of the 2009 season he was being hailed as the heir [to Jimmie Johnson] by the media and he [...]
Atlanta Ford teams and drivers qualifying quotes
PAUL MENARD — No. 98 CertainTeed/Menards Ford Fusion (Qualified 23rd)
“All of the RPM cars got early draws. I think we’re all in the top 10 or top 11, which is pretty big here because the sun is going down and it’s gonna be dark here in another 20 minutes. The car has been good [...]
Atlanta Toyota teams and drivers qualifying quotes
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Starting Position: 2nd
How was your qualifying run? “It was good. It was fast. We probably could’ve had a little bit more but not much. It was a good run for the M&M’s Camry. I’m real happy with that and the way the guys and Dave (Rogers, [...]
Busch upset with Said at Atlanta Cup practice
Kyle Busch was upset with Boris Said after the two made contact during the final Sprint Cup practice session Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Said’s quickest speed in the practice session was 176.067 mph – more than 6 mph slower than Busch and 42nd of the 43 cars in the session. Driving for Latitude 43 Motorsports, [...]
Harvick holds off Busch to win Truck race in Atlanta
Now the man to beat when he shows up for a NASCAR truck race, Harvick pulled away from Busch for a dominating victory Saturday in the E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Harvick’s crew made only one slight adjustment on his Chevrolet truck, taking out three-10ths of a pound of air in the right rear tire [...]
Sprint Cup Atlanta preview
An increased “emphasis on winning” initiative now awards Chase drivers 10 bonus points for each race win during the “regular season” — the 26 races prior to the season-ending 10-race Chase. When the Chase begins, all drivers who qualify have their points “reset” to 5,000, whereupon bonus points are added to create the Chase seedings.
Since [...]
Dale Earnhardt Jr nabs pole in Atlanta
With a qualifying speed of 192.761 mph, Dale Earnhardt Jr. covered 1.54-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway in 28.76 seconds for his first pole since 2008. Kyle Busch qualified second.
Details to follow…
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