Greg Biffle took his first win of the year under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway to consolidate his lead in the point standings. The Roush-Fenway Ford driver was a constant threat during the 334 lap race, and was deserving of his 17th career win, the second of the weekend for team-owner Jack Roush after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Nationwide race.
The new-look FIA GT1 World Championship got underway at Nogaro in France with Stephane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor taking victory for Audi in the qualifying race.
Kevin Harvick fired a warning shot to his Sprint Cup competitors with a dominant victory in the Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at the Martinsville paperclip. Harvick, 36, led a record 248 laps aboard his no.2 Tide Richard Childress Chevrolet Silverado and was comfortably able to hold off team-mate Ty Dillon, younger brother of last year’s Truck championAustin, after a late restart, duly collecting the trademark Martinsville grandfather clock for his efforts.
Tony Stewart battled past Kyle Busch to take his second win in three races at a rain-hit Auto Club Speedway. For Stewart, who has won 7 of the last 15 races, including at Las Vegas two weeks previously, his latest visit to victory lane owed a great deal to new-crew chief Steve Addington, who outfoxed Stewart’s former crew chief Darian Grubb, now with Denny Hamlin’s no.11 Joe Gibbs Racing team.
Brad Keselowski took his first win of the season with a dominant performance at the Bristol Motor Speedway, his first since winning the night race at the Tennessee speed-bowl last summer. ‘Special K’ led more laps than anyone else on his way to victory lane, but was made to work hard for it with the Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth and a gaggle of Michael Waltrip Racing Toyotas on his tail throughout the closing stages.
Tony Stewart bounced back after an ECU problem spoiled his day at Phoenix last week to take his first ever victory at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
After Elliott Sadler pulled out of his deal with Michael Waltrip Racing to drive its no.55 for 6 races, Brian Vickers has been given the opportunity to make his racing return.
After a strong fourth place showing at Daytona, Denny Hamlin continued his flying start to the season by wrapping up victory at Phoenix for his 18th career win
NASCAR has docked Jimmie Johnson 25 points and banned crew chief Chad Knaus for 6 races after the no.48 Hendrick Motorsport Chevrolet was found to be running illegal C-Posts before practice for the Budweiser Shootout.
After beating fire and rain, Matt Kenseth was able to hold off his Roush-Fenway Ford team-mate Greg Biffle and a charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the delayed Daytona 500 on Monday night.
Incessant rain on Sunday meant the Daytona 500 has rescheduled for Monday the first time in its 54-year history. Carl Edwards will start from pole alongside Roush-Fenway team-mate Greg Biffle, with defending Cup champion Tony Stewart and 2003 champion Matt Kenseth on the second row by virtue of their Gatorade Duel wins.
The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship kicks off this weekend with the Daytona 500. Tony Stewart is the defending champion after last year’s super-close close finish, but who can challenge him.
It has been announced that the eligibility criteria for the Budweiser Shootout will return to the traditional format used between 1979 and 2008 ahead of the 2013 running of the event. The new rules dictate that only previous Shootout winners and pole-winners from the previous season will be eligible.
Kyle Busch won the closest Budweiser Shootout in history last night in a race marred by several frightening accidents, which included Jeff Gordon barrel-rolling down the front stretch.
Reigning Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne drove a #21 Wood Brothers Ford Fusion showcar along a cloudy Daytona Beach yesterday to kick off the Speedweeks proceedings.
Amid a flurry of last minute deals for the 2012 running of the Daytona 500, David Reutimann has announced that he will have a guaranteed grid slot, driving the #93 BK Racing Toyota Camry.
Robby Gordon has announced that he will return to NASCAR competition with his own team, Robby Gordon Motorsports, for the 2012 running of the Daytona 500.
