Martin Truex Draws Shootout Pole
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The grid for this weekend’s Budweiser Shootout was decided by random draw on Friday evening.
Michael McDowell has been signed to drive the #98 Phil Parsons Racing Ford in 2012, which merged with Whitney Motorsports during the off-season. Predominantly a start-and-park team in 2011, PPR have acquired sponsorship from Curb records to run full time in 2012, and are optimistic that with the returning McDowell, 27, they can crack the top 35 in owner’s points.
This weekend’s Bud Shootout at the Daytona International Speedway is set to offer the best indication yet as to how the new restrictor plate regulations will affect the action in the Daytona 500.
A frequenter of Jimmy Spencer’s attentions on SPEED Hub for all the wrong reasons last year, Brian Scott is hoping to put his inconsistent 2011 behind him and start winning in 2012
Front Row Motorsports have announced that Pat Tryson has joined the team to work as David Gilliland’s crew chief. Gilliland, 35, will embark on his third year at the team in 2012.
Richard Childress Racing’s Paul Menard is aiming for a spot in the Chase in 2012, having broken his duck on his 167th start at the Brickyard 400 last summer.
ÂThe 50th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona featured a strong NASCAR contingent, with Penske’s new signing AJ Allmendinger, and Ganassi duo Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya, as well as Michael McDowell and Italian road course ringer Max Papis in front running DP cars.
Stewart-Haas Racing have made a deal with Tommy Baldwin Racing which sees Danica Patrick take over Dave Blaney’s guaranteed spot in the season opening Daytona 500.
Roger Penske is optimistic that Brad Keselowski can prove a capable team leader in 2012. Penske, who fired Kurt Busch after one controversy too many, picked up AJ Allmendinger to drive the no.22 car in the offseason, but with the Richard Petty Motorsport refugee yet to win a race in his NASCAR career, the onus will very much be on Keselowski, a three-time winner last year en route to fifth in the Chase, to lead the team to its first Cup title in 2012.
Richard Petty Motorsports announced on Thursday that they will run Michael Annett in a new NASCAR Nationwide Series team in 2012. Iowan Annett, 25, finished ninth last season with Rusty Wallce Inc, and believes the move to the gold standard team will help him become a race winner.
Bill Elliott will make a comeback this July when he drives the no.50 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona in July. Elliott, 56, famously won the first Winston Million in 1985 – a prize of one million dollars up for grabs for anyone who could win three of the four ‘grand slam’ races on the NASCAR tour – which earned him the nickname ‘Million Dollar Bill’.
Richard Childress Racing will run 9 cars this year across the three series in NASCAR and will run a tenth for at…
Michael Waltrip has said that his team is in a stronger position than ever before ahead of the 2012 campaign. Waltrip, who…
Chip Ganassi has stated that the performance of his NASCAR team in 2011 was “pathetic.” Ganassi, whose Indycar and Grand Am teams…
The new Robinson-Blakeney Racing Sprint Cup team has announced that J.J. Yeley will drive its No. 49 Toyota for the entire 2012 season.
Greg Biffle hopes that an expansive restructuring of his no. 16 Roush Racing team will enable him to return to Chase Competition. …
Kyle Busch says that cutting down the number of races he runs in other levels of NASCAR will help him focus more on winning the big prize – the Sprint Cup.
