Friday, May 9, 2008
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| • Familiar names become top Indy attraction |
| INDIANAPOLIS -- Andretti, Rahal, Foyt. It sounds like throwback day at the Indianapolis 500. |
| • Bowyer comes back to where he started |
| KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chris Bowyer had made the drive up Interstate 35 from Emporia to Kansas City many times in the past. There was always a race car of some kind in tow and what can be loosely described as a race crew jammed into his vehicle. |
• 'Rubbin' in racin' lives on  |
| Running side-by-side at close to 200 mph, he'll give you a nudge. |
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
| • Even NASCAR isn't immune to skyrocketing gas prices |
| CONCORD, N.C. -- As gas prices soar across the country, the thought of paying $6.25 a gallon would make any consumer cringe. |
| • Moise excited about future of women in NASCAR |
| Patty Moise was a regular on NASCAR's Busch circuit for almost 10 years, and drove in six Nextel Cup races along the way. Popular and personable (enough to get a few TV jobs), she never quite made it over the hump, but she was competent, rugged and dogged about it, running her own team for a while. |
| • St. James starts new project to help women drivers |
| Nineteen women have signed up for Lyn St. James' Project Podium, a new grant program that provides matching funds to women drivers who have generated sponsorships. |
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 |
| • FAST IS FUN BLOG: Drag racing has bright future in Utah |
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| • Busch becomes Public Enemy No. 1 for wrecking Earnhardt |
| CONCORD, N.C. -- Three security guards followed Kyle Busch around Lowe's Motor Speedway, where his safety was presumably still in danger from a victory-starved "Junior Nation" incensed over the late-race accident that cost Dale Earnhardt Jr. a victory. |
| • Hamlin limps into testing with bruised feelings and hurt hip |
| CONCORD, N.C. -- Just when Denny Hamlin thought things couldn't get any worse, he fell hard on his left hip playing basketball and could hardly walk when he arrived Monday for testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway. |
| • Busch, Earnhardt won't dwell on altercation |
| CONCORD, N.C. -- Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrated Cinco de Mayo Tuesday at Lowe's Motor Speedway with a long, hot day of testing. |
Monday, May 5, 2008 |
| • Rookies begin practice for Indianapolis 500 |
| INDIANAPOLIS -- No matter their experience at other tracks, all drivers who race in the Indianapolis 500 for the first time are considered rookies. |
| • American Le Mans Series Acura Teams Test at Miller Motorsports Park |
| TOOELE VALLEY -- It's Springtime in Utah. The trees are blooming, the flowers are blossoming and extraordinary sports cars are returning to Miller Motorsports Park. On Wednesday, all four Acura LMP2 teams arrived to test for the fourth round of the American Le Mans Series, the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by The Grand and Little America Hotels, scheduled for May 16-18. |
| • Force gets 1,000th round win |
| MADISON, Ill. -- John Force cemented his position as the most prolific Funny Car driver in NHRA history, becoming the first to reach 1,000 round wins with a first-round victory over Ron Capps in the O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals. |
Friday, May 2, 2008 |
| • What's new in motor sports heading into this weekend |
| This week in motor racing: New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss formed a NASCAR team, following other NFL stars who have taken ownership stakes in stock-car racing. |
| • Sherman bolts NASCAR for IndyCars |
| Brent Sherman started his auto racing career at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. while serving in the U.S. Air Force. |
| • Richard and Kyle Petty cheer up paralyzed vets |
| RICHMOND, Va. -- The smiles on the faces of the veterans in wheelchairs were unmistakably broad Thursday as they posed for pictures with NASCAR icon Richard Petty. |
Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
| • Menard, Earnhardt team work to get on the right track |
| MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Paul Menard scored his best finish of this young Sprint Cup Series season Sunday, but that didn't so much matter. |
| • Still believe NASCAR doesn't need a traveling safety team? |
| Still believe NASCAR doesn't need a traveling safety team? Did you see Dario Franchitti being walked to the ambulance after his Saturday crash at Talladega (Ala.) on what turned out to be a broken ankle? |
| • Consistent Burton leading the Cup points heading to Richmond |
| Kyle Busch is establishing himself as the new star in NASCAR Sprint Cup and Carl Edwards is the winningest driver so far this season. |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| • Danica Patrick will be in comfort zone at Indy 500 |
| Danica Patrick will be among the favorites to win the Indianapolis 500 when practice officially begins Tuesday for the May 25 race. |
| • Drag-racing icon's daughter gets win, becomes Force to be reckoned with |
| There have been female drag racers before, but none like Ashley Force. |
| • McLaren must match Ferrari's technology and overcome crash |
| MADRID, Spain -- McLaren's pursuit of F1 leader Ferrari is suddenly not just about matching the Italian team in the technology department. A violent crash at the Spanish Grand Prix has created an emotional hurdle, too. |
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| • Crew chief change sparks Montoya's best finish of the year |
| CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A new crew chief helped Juan Pablo Montoya to his best finish of the season, a second-place showing at Talladega Superspeedway. |
| • SAFER barriers going into LMS backstretch |
| CONCORD, N.C. -- Lowe's Motor Speedway will have a SAFER barrier along the inside wall of its backstretch by the time the track opens for NASCAR racing next month. |
Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| • Gibbs has another franchise player |
| TALLADEGA, Ala.-- Maybe Joe Gibbs can afford to let Tony Stewart go. |
| • Chrissy Wallace eyes NASCAR career |
| TALLADEGA, Ala. -- What do Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick have in common, other than both wearing Nomex suits and $5,000 helmets to work every day? |
| • Ashley beats father John in all-Force final |
| COMMERCE, Ga. -- Ashley Force beat father John on Sunday in the NHRA Southern Nationals to become the first female driver to win a national Funny Car event. |
Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| • Everything bigger when NASCAR hits Talladega |
| In this day of "bigger is better," nothing gets any bigger -- at least on the NASCAR circuit -- than Talladega Superspeedway, where 43 drivers will tackle the most torturous, gut-wrenching race track in stock-car racing. |
| • Guthrie, St. James not surprised by Patrick's win |
| Janet Guthrie remembers feeling like a sideshow for the main event when she qualified for the 1977 Indianapolis 500, the first woman to race in the world's biggest open-wheel event. |
Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
| • Formula One launches anti-racism campaign |
| BARCELONA, Spain -- Formula One's governing body launched an anti-racism campaign on Thursday at the same track where Spanish fans taunted black driver Lewis Hamilton. |
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