NASCAR Archive

  • Montoya in the pits - Photo credit: NASCAR Media

    Montoya Ends Victory Drought At Watkins Glen

    "We executed right and I think we did what we had to all day and we run really smart," said Montoya, who had been close to victory two weeks ago at Indy but lost when his strategy didn't play out in the final stop. "Yesterday we had a good talk with Chip [Ganassi, car owner]. The last few weeks have been really frustrating for the whole team because we've been so close to victory and it seemed to keep slipping away. And to come out here today and get the job done the way we did today, it was big. To tell you the truth I feel more relieved than happy right now."

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  • Colin Turkington - Photo credit: Vince Pettit Photography

    Good Week Bad Week 8

    It’s been a relatively quiet week – unless of course you woke up a dormant volcano. The volcano in question is of course metaphorical, but just when you think these two have stopped getting at each others throats, they manage to find a new way...

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  • Coming to the checkered flag, Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski tangle as the battle for the victory during the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250. - Credit: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images

    Spin ‘n’ Win for Edwards at Gateway

    Carl Edwards took another Nationwide series victory on Saturday night, but under the most controversial of circumstances. Edwards versus Brad Keselowski is turning out to be the NASCAR rivalry right now, and today was just another in a string of incidents between the two. The...

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    Harvick avoids the melee to snatch victory

    The second visit to Daytona this season was a typical plate race - rain delay, crash, red flag, crash, last minute bumpdraft to victory. Though as superspeedway races go, the attrition rate was very high.

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  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. atop the winning car

    3 Still The Magic Number For Earnhardt

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove his father's legendary number 3 to Victory Lane one last time on Friday night, his first win in any NASCAR event for just over two years.

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  • Gordon Shedden - Photo credit: SJK Photography

    Good Week Bad Week 5

    With most of the major series on a break this weekend, it was left to the touring car drivers to offer us some highs and lows. This makes my task this week rather more difficult, seeing as the only thing they usually offer up is crashes galore. I shall soldier on however...

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  • Raymond Parks 1914-2010 Photo credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR

    Raymond Parks dies aged 96

    One of the founding fathers of NASCAR, Raymond Parks, has passed away in his Atlanta home aged 96.

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  • Jimmie Johnson passes Coors Light Pole sitter Kasey Kahne on Lap 1 to take the lead for the first time in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. Photo Credit: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images

    Ambrose’s Critical Error Hands Johnson Sonoma Win

    After 105 laps of swapping places, one final blow decided whether Marcos Ambrose or Jimmie Johnson would come out on top of a race-long scrap for victory at Infineon Raceway.

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  • Carl Edwards

    Edwards dominates at Road America

    Carl Edwards claimed a dominant Nationwide series win at Road America, after stiff competition from Jacques Villeneuve came to nothing after the Canadian suffered a broken battery on the penultimate lap.

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  • Good Week, Bad Week 4

    Good Week, Bad Week 4

    After a long, long, long hiatus due to my 'sabbatical', Good Week Bad Week has been on a very long enforced break. But after over 3 months away, it's finally back and better than ever! Prepare for the same old biased opinions as ever and unashamed bashing of certain figures in motorsport...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Richmond

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Richmond

    A week on the excitement of a race at the biggest track in NASCAR the series heads to Richmond, Virginia, and to a much smaller track, though one that will include no less interest and, probably, contact. Richmond’s 0.75 D-shaped oval nicely straddles the various...

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  • Going The Distance: Kevin Harvick Wins At Talladega

    Going The Distance: Kevin Harvick Wins At Talladega

    It was a race at Talladega that had record writers scrambling for their pens as Kevin Harvick snuck past Jamie McMurray on the run to the checkered flag to take his first win in 115 races, the first victory for Richard Childress Racing since Jeff...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Talladega

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Talladega

    It’s big, it’s scary and it divides opinion like nothing else in the world of NASCAR, and it’s not Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s facial hair. It’s Talladega. The longest oval track in NASCAR – at 2.66 miles – and arguably its most famous in recent years,...

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  • Denny Hamlin Holds ‘Em Off In Texas

    Denny Hamlin Holds ‘Em Off In Texas

    Denny Hamlin, barely two and a half weeks after having surgery on his knee, emerged victorious in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that only truly came to life in the closing stage. Postponed until noon ET on Monday after rain washed out most of...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Texas

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Texas

    This weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas could be the most important race of the season so far, and not just because of you may, or may not cross the finish line first. The 334-lap Samsung Mobile 500 around the Fort Worth track...

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  • Tornado Alert: Ryan Newman Blows To Phoenix Win

    Tornado Alert: Ryan Newman Blows To Phoenix Win

    The story of the first Saturday night NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was a familiar one, but with a twist and not simply because of ‘Tornados’ branding splashed across the winning car in the Subway Fresh Fit 600. The race, or qualifying at least, was...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup: Phoenix Preview

    NASCAR Sprint Cup: Phoenix Preview

    After a week for Easter, during which time drivers and team members had time to introduce themselves to something called ‘family’ the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is on the road again, this time to Phoenix, Arizona and the first Saturday night race of the season....

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  • Knees-y Does It: Denny Hamlin’s Late Charge Take Martinsville Win

    Knees-y Does It: Denny Hamlin’s Late Charge Take Martinsville Win

    Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin overcame a painful knee, and a seemingly inexplicable late pit strategy call to take his first of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season at Martinsville, as the series over came the weather, postponing the race by 24 hours. The...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup: Martinsville Preview

    NASCAR Sprint Cup: Martinsville Preview

    Pop quiz time. What’s 64.5 inches long and 4 inches high and is going to dominate the NASCAR race at Martinsville this weekend? a) The legendary Martinsville hotdog b) the rear spoiler, appearing on the COT for the first time, or c) Jimmie Johnson’s ego....

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  • Jimmie Johnson’s Bristol First Makes It Fifty

    Jimmie Johnson’s Bristol First Makes It Fifty

    In a career that looms over modern NASCAR it seems incredible that Jimmie Johnson had never won at Bristol Motor Speedway, one of NASCAR’s signature tracks. Until today, when Johnson’s first win on the half mile high banks brought his career total to 50 win,...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bristol Preview

    NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bristol Preview

    Ah, short track racing. For many it is the bedrock of NASCAR, the kind of event that showcases the sport at its very best. The closest, most exciting racing of the year, and Bristol Motor Speedway is exactly the kind of track they’re talking about....

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  • After Atlanta NASCAR Needs To Park A ‘Sacred Cow’

    After Atlanta NASCAR Needs To Park A ‘Sacred Cow’

    If you were watching the NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Atlanta at the weekend, you will no doubt have some opinion of what should, or shouldn’t, happen to Carl Edwards over his contact with Brad Keselowski. I won’t go into the details here, you can...

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  • Kurt Busch Wins At Atlanta, Leaves Edwards to Unwind

    Kurt Busch Wins At Atlanta, Leaves Edwards to Unwind

    It is the fates of two of the three Penske cars that will dominate the NASCAR headlines as the Sprint Cup series leaves Atlanta Motor Speedway for a week off ahead of the season’s first short track race, at Bristol. For much of the race,...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Atlanta

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Atlanta

    It’s the fourth race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup this weekend as the series swings back to the Eastern Seaboard of the USA, and the 1.54 mile Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Kobalt Tools 500. The track, and its 24 degree banked turns is recognised...

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  • The February Review

    The February Review

    With less than two weeks before the 2010 Formula One season gets under way in Bahrain, final tests continued this weekend in Spain.  Februarys’ F1 testing started in Valencia moved on to Jerez and finally Barcelona. Despite some bad weather in Spain ( also affecting...

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  • Gordon Beats The House In Vegas, But Jimmie Johnson Cashes In

    Gordon Beats The House In Vegas, But Jimmie Johnson Cashes In

    Jimmie Johnson took advantage of a Chad Knaus call on a late race pitstop to ease past Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon to take his second consecutive win in only the third race of the season. Gordon had been the sole dominant force for most of...

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  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Las Vegas

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Preview: Las Vegas

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes its annual trip deep into Busch brothers home territory with a trip to the 1.5mile ‘quad’ oval of Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Busch brothers – Kurt and younger sibling Kyle – hail from the world famous Nevada city...

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  • NASCAR Preview: Auto Club 500

    NASCAR Preview: Auto Club 500

    After the fanfare of the Daytona 500 the long, hard and even occasionally boring slog to the NASCAR Sprint Cup title begins this week. From the curtain raiser over looking the Atlantic the series ups sticks are drives clear across the US for the first...

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  • Jamie McMurray Scores A Hole In 1

    Jamie McMurray Scores A Hole In 1

    “It’s unbelievable, I can’t really put into words how it feels,” said Jamie McMurray after winning the Daytona 500 Sunday in his first ever start in a Chevrolet and first race with race with new employers Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing. It was a tearful McMurray who climbed...

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  • Piquet Jr finishes sixth in NASCAR Truck Debut

    Piquet Jr finishes sixth in NASCAR Truck Debut

    Nelson Piquet Jr. made his NASCAR debut last night in the Camping World Truck Series finishing a respectable sixth in an indecent packed race. “It was an amazing feeling.” admitted Piquet, “I’m just so happy to be able to finish the race and staying out of trouble,...

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