NASCAR issued penalties to JR Motorsports’ No. 88 Nationwide Series team for infractions found at O’Reilly Raceway Park. The team violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20A-12.3T (unapproved left front shock [...]
Jamie McMurray used a two-tire gamble to become only the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season, joining Dale Jarrett and Jimmie Johnson. The win also gave team owner Chip Ganassi victories in the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, and the Brickyard 400 in the same year.
As I watched Austin Dillon take the checkered flag in the famed No. 3 on Sunday, I wasn’t emotional. I wasn’t connected to it. As a matter of fact, I felt more upset than anything else.
On Friday, Dale Earnhardt Jr looked like the Dale Jr of old, leading many to think “Jr is back.” But, before we say that, we must remember the circumstances under which Jr won the Nationwide Series Subway Jalapeño 250.
Kevin Harvick, polesitter for the Coke Zero 400 due to qualifying being rained out, won the wreck-filled restrictor plate race at Daytona International Speedway. On a green-white-checkered finish, Harvick drove by teammate Clint Bowyer for the lead, then held off Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne to win.
In a tribute to his legendary father, Dale Earnhardt Jr drove his No. 3 Wrangler Chevy to Victory Lane in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Subway Jalapeño 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt led the final 30 laps of the race.
Dale Earnhardt Jr will race four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal at Concord Speedway in Concord, NC for Shaq’s show, Shaq Vs., in which Shaq competes against athletes in their own sports. As part of the show, Shaq is coached in each sport, and a handicap is negotiated in each week. Terms of the race will [...]
JR Motorsports announced that it has signed Elliott Sadler to drive the No. 88 Chevy in 10 Nationwide Series races this season. JRM has also signed a five-race agreement with Delta Apparel to feature its Realtree Outfitters brand as a primary sponsor on the No. 88 Chevy.
Since 2007, when NASCAR moved to the current Chase format ), only one driver — on average — in the Chase after the 13th race of the season has fallen out by the time the Chase has started. Who will go, and who will be in this year?
Kurt Busch overcame hitting the wall not once, but twice to win an action-packed All Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch charged to the front at the beginning of the final segment. Then, he survived two late-race cautions and held off Martin Truex Jr to earn his first All Star victory.