Gillian Zucker, who runs NASCAR’s Los Angeles outpost, gets a new fall Cup weekend in 2009…when she hopes things are a lot cooler (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] Nope, Kentucky Speedway didn’t make the cut for NASCAR’s 2009 Cup tour schedule, which NASCAR president Mike Helton released Tuesday afternoon.But Helton and CEO […]
Humpy Wheeler warms up for the Tour de France (Photo: Harold Hinson/Lowes Motor Speedway) By Mike [email protected] Einstein’s brain may have nothing on what’s inside Humpy Wheeler’s head, and the legendary NASCAR promoter, who is finding life after running Charlotte’s Lowe’s Motor Speedway to be just fine, thank you, is – Gasp! – now writing […]
When Lesa France Kennedy (R, talking with NASCAR president Mike Helton) asks for a Sprint Cup date, she probably won’t get a no from her brother Brian France and uncle Jim France (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] Maybe it’s a case of ‘In your face, Bruton Smith,’ but the NASCAR […]
It was all Kyle Busch Sunday at Watkins Glen, in his eighth Sprint Cup win of the year (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] Kyle Busch made Jeff Gordon eat a little crow Sunday, completing a NASCAR road course sweep this season with a surprisingly easy victory over teammate Tony Stewart […]
Marcos Ambrose, who will drive in Sunday’s Cup at the Glen for the Wood brothers, celebrates winning Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide 200 (Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] Hey, remember the Woods?The legendary stock car team, that ran for years out of a shop just north of Winston-Salem, up in Stuart, Va., […]
Robby Gordon may be NASCAR’s top rain-racer….will that help him at Watkins Glen? (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] If Tony Stewart thinks becoming a NASCAR owner-driver will be any panacea next season – even with hefty support from General Motors and Chevy team owner Rick Hendrick – maybe he should […]
Patrick Carpentier and his daughter wave to the crowd at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, where his turnaround began (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] For Patrick Carpentier this may be judgment week: is he doing the job?The Montreal native, who is making a racing comeback this season, in NASCAR […]
Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin last summer at the Glen. Gordon and Stewart have won 15 of the last 22 NASCAR Cup tour road races, and Stewart goes for two in a row at Watkins Glen International Sunday (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] Rain tires at […]
Some NASCAR fans may be grumbling, but politicians certainly still love NASCAR: Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and NASCAR president Mike Helton look over Denny Hamlin’s Toyota at Pocono Raceway (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) By Mike [email protected] It’s been a ragged summer for NASCAR, and the weekend’s […]
Montreal last summer was warm and sunny for NASCAR racers…this time around, though, it was rain—and rain tires!? (Photo Credit: Elsa/Getty Images for NASCAR) By Mike [email protected] Horsepower, horsepower, who’s got the horsepower? Lee White, the Toyota racing boss, says his teams are getting a raw deal from NASCAR with that horsepower-cutting engine rules change […]