Sun, 10/31/2010 - 09:08 by harsheeb
DaytonaBeach -- NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications Jim Hunter has died at age 71, racing circuit officials said Saturday.
Hunter, who had been battling cancer for a year, was one of auto racing's giants, said NASCAR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian France.
"For more than 40 years, Jim was part of NASCAR and its history. He loved the sport, but loved the people even more," France said. "It seems as if everyone in the sport called him a friend. Jim will forever be missed by the NASCAR community. Our sympathies go out to his entire family."
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Fri, 10/15/2010 - 09:57 by Rakhi
Concord, N.C. -- Jeff Gordon, who is fourth in NASCAR's Chase for the Championship, won the pole Thursday for Saturday's Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Gordon turned in a lap around the 1.5-mile oval in 191.544 mph. It was his first pole since last November in Texas and the 69th of his career. He moved into a tie for third place with Cale Yarborough on the all-time pole winners list.
During the final practice for qualifying, Gordon was only the 33rd quickest.
"I'm just in shock," Gordon said. "You look at our practice speeds and how hard we were trying to run fast laps. I actually think it was a blessing that we weren't good in practice today, because we were really hoping the track would come to us."
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Thu, 10/14/2010 - 11:07 by Rakhi
Charlotte, N.C. -- Five auto racing greats will be inducted into NASCAR's Hall of Fame as part of the institution's second round of honorees, officials said Wednesday.
Joining this year's inaugural five will be the 2011 class of David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Lee Petty, Ned Jarrett and Bud Moore, NASCAR said.
The first four are former champion drivers while Moore is renowned as one of stock car racing's most successful owners.
The five join the initial 2010 class of Bill France Sr., Richard Petty, Bill France Jr., Dale Earnhardt and Junior Johnson.
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Tue, 10/12/2010 - 06:38 by harsheeb
Terrehaute -- Former NASCAR driver Shane Hmiel was critically injured in an accident at the United States Auto Club Silver Crown race in Indiana, race officials said.
During a qualifying run Saturday, Hmiel's car hit the outside wall and rolled several times at the Terre Haute Action Track.
The 30-year-old racer suffered head injuries when the roll cage in his car was heavily damaged, the (Terre Haute) Tribune Star reported.
Hmiel was airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and listed in critical but stable condition, USAC officials said.
"We are very concerned about Shane and offer our resources and our support to his family during this time of healing," said Kevin Miller, USAC president and chief executive officer.
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Thu, 10/07/2010 - 09:51 by Rakhi
Mobile, Ala. -- The Alabama resort town of Gulf Shores adopted a law this week requiring permits for filming, a measure that could keep some reality shows from taping there.
The Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register said the law passed Monday could prevent the producers of a planned "Jersey Shore" spinoff called "Redneck Riviera" from setting up shop in the coastal community.
The newspaper said the show's producers are combing the Gulf Coast for young people who "drink sweet tea, talk endlessly about NASCAR, sport a rebel flag (on your bikini or jacked-up pickup truck,) listen to loud country and/or Southern rock, or enjoy walking around shirtless or in Daisy Dukes."
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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 11:38 by Rakhi
Concord, N.C. -- Clint Bowyer and Richard Childress Racing Tuesday lost their final appeal of a 150-point Sprint Cup championship penalty levied against them by NASCAR.
NASCAR Chief Appellate Officer John Middlebrook said he had ruled that Bowyer's points penalty will remain. Bowyer won the first race in the championship Chase, held Sept. 19 at New Hampshire, but his car failed a thorough post-race inspection conducted at NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C.
The NASCAR official, however, reduced the suspensions for Bowyer crew chief Shane Wilson and car chief Chad Haney.
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Sun, 09/26/2010 - 10:53 by Rakhi
Dover, Del. -- Kyle Busch won his NASCAR-record 11th Nationwide Series race of the season Saturday, edging Joey Logano to take the Dover 200 at Dover International Speedway.
Busch held the lead for all but eight of the 200 laps and was able to fight off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Logano down the stretch to win by 0.4 seconds.
Busch broke the old record of 10 Nationwide victories in a single season originally set by Sam Ard in 1983 and then equaled by Busch in 2008. In the process, he claimed his third career win at the one-mile Dover track.
Third place went to Carl Edwards while Reed Sorenson and Kevin Harvick rounded out the Top 5.
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Thu, 08/19/2010 - 12:10 by Rakhi
Daytona Beach, Fla. -- NASCAR officials announced Wednesday a new track will be added to the Sprint Cup schedule for the first time in a decade.
In addition, the 2011 schedule calls for the championship chase to begin in Chicago rather than Loudon, N.H. Atlanta and Fontana, Calif., will each host one race instead of two as they currently do.
The Sprint Cup series will race for the first time at Kentucky Speedway, which will host its inaugural race July 9. A second date for Kansas Speedway was also added, an event that will be held June 5 the week after the 600-mile event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Tue, 08/10/2010 - 23:38 by harsheeb
Kansas City -- The Kansas Speedway will be the site of two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races next year, the track owner said Tuesday.
In addition to the fourth race of the 2011 championship chase, which will be run Oct. 9, the Kansas Speedway will have a race June 5. The move comes at the request of International Speedway Corp., which asked NASCAR to move one race from Fontana, Calif., to Kansas City, Kan. ISC owns both tracks.
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Wed, 07/28/2010 - 21:46 by Inderjit Singh
Oshkosh -- NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was hospitalized with injuries after his business jet crashed while landing in Oshkosh, Wis., a spokesman said.
Roush, 68, and an assistant were flying into town for the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture show when his plane left the runway at Wittman Regional Airport, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Wednesday.
AirVenture spokesman Dick Knapinski said after departing the runway the Beechcraft Premier came back down and then skidded to a stop.
Photos taken at the time of the crash Tuesday evening show Roush being helped from the damaged aircraft with apparent facial injuries, the Journal-Sentinel said.
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Sat, 06/12/2010 - 10:11 by Rakhi
Brooklyn, Mich. -- Kurt Busch won his second pole of the season Friday with the fastest qualifying lap for this weekend's Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.
Busch, who has won twice at this track, posted a speed of 189.984 mph for his one qualifying lap. It was the 12th pole of his Sprint Cup career.
Showers fell at the conclusion of qualifying and wiped out the practice session scheduled for late in the day.
Jamie McMurray will start alongside Busch, having missed the pole by .04 of a second.
Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson qualified third, followed by Kasey Kahne and Jeff Burton.
Mark Martin won the spring race in Michigan last year and Brian Vickers captured the event held in August.
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Thu, 06/10/2010 - 11:02 by Pankaj Damin
Daytona Beach, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Wednesday it had fined Front Row Motorsports crew chief Steve Lane $100,000 and suspended him for 12 weeks.
Driver Travis Kvapil and car owner Doug Yates also had 150 points taken away from their season-long totals, and both car chief Richard Bourgeois and tire specialist Michael Harrold were suspended for 12 weeks.
NASCAR officials said the penalties were handed out because of illegal valve stem caps used on Kvapil's car last weekend in the Sprint Cup event at Pocono Raceway.
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