Posted on August 15th, 2007 by
HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina – Kyle Busch, the 22 year old driver for Hendrick Motorsports officially announced on Tuesday morning in a press conference about his decision to leave HM and join Joe Gibbs Racing for the season 2008.
Hendrick Motorsports, which probably has the most popular lineup in NASCAR today announced Busch’s departure this summer when the team signed up NASCAR’s most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will have to let go his popular number 8.
Busch, who has to let go the most popular lineup in NASCAR when he joins JGR Read more »
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Posted on August 12th, 2007 by
Juan Montoya was all anger when his No. 42 Dodge crashed into Kevin Harvick who threatened to “kick his ass” even though Montoya claimed it was not his faultA major shoving competition between Harvick and Montoya came about after Montoya unintentionally hit Harvick’s car and started a full crash chain.
Of whatever came about Harvick said, “My interpretation is you just got run over. I guess the No. 1 (Truex) ran over the No. 42 … it just all goes up in smoke because some people get impatient. It just seems like (Montoya) runs over someone every week.”
Montoya reacted in a completely nonplussed way and attributed this to Read more »
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Posted on August 10th, 2007 by
In the third time in the last four years, rain swept the bud pole qualifying for the centurion boats at the Watkins Glen in N.Y.In a series of lucky strokes, Jeff Gordon again will start first, this will be third time that he has taken advantage of the qualifying being rained out, he has also been at the head of the standing for the previous 17 weeks. The remaining of the lineup of 43 cars was done in consonance with the rule book of the cup.
With his Hendrick Motosports Chevrolet No 24, racing for the eighth time in this racing season, Gordon hopes to score another win. Read more »
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Posted on August 7th, 2007 by
Robby Gordon’s “peace offering.” was finally accepted by Marcose AmbroseLast weekend an incident happened which is probably one of the most controversial in the NASCAR’s recent history, in which Gordon’s offer consisting of driving No 77 Camping World Ford Fusion has been accepted by Ambrose in an uncharacteristic show of forgiveness, even after the disastrous attempt of Gordon to sabotage his first NASCAR win which Ambrose was on the verge of stealing. Ambrose’s regular sponsor Kingsford Charcoal will also have some signage on it.
Last weekend, in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 held in Montreal Ambrose led 37 laps more than any other driver, and was all set to finish winning his first NASCAR Busch Series but was thwarted Read more »
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Posted on August 5th, 2007 by
It was Busch all the way, from the start of the race till the end there was no one who could have thought there could be another winner on Sunday. His dominance was visible at the end of the race with an unbelievable lead lap count of 175 out of a total of 200.
“It’s been 50-something races and that was a tough burden,” Busch said. He snapped his skid of 51 winless races with a dominating win, just a day after the Las Vegas, Nevada born driver turned 29 he also made it into the final top 12 with a coincidental 29 point lead over his nearest rival. Read more »
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Posted on August 4th, 2007 by
The race next week at Watkins Glen will be the last for Juan Pablo Montoya in the Busch Series event, after the race this weekend the team will stop competing in the Busch Series.
The former F1 driver who didn’t find the shift from F1 to NASCAR easy was inducted into the Busch series to help the transition. According to the Chip Ganassi Racing officials, six seasons in F1 had had a lasting effect on Montoya’s racing style and therefore they had to create the Busch program to help him adjust to NASCAR.
Another reason to end the program after the race is that the remainder of the Busch series schedule is conflicting with Montoya’s NASCAR schedule. Read more »
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Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by
A source tells us that Kasey Kahne and Paris Hilton were seen smooching at Les Deux, a Hollywood nightclub on Wednesday. The same was confirmed my New York Daily News, according to the daily, the Nascar driver and the hotel heiress/ex-con had a short chat and parted with the kiss.
“The two of them chatted for a while,” a bystander told the Daily News,” and before they parted ways for the night, she leaned in and whispered ‘God, you’re cute’ and kissed him!”
The Nascar driver who started by racing open wheel sprint cars, at the Deming speedway before moving up and joining the USAC where he was picked by Steve Lewis, was named Rookie of the year in his first year, 2004. He shot to the limelight after he had an impressive first season with an unbelievable five second place finishes, Read more »
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Posted on August 1st, 2007 by
After a remarkable win, Tony Stewart was in for a bad news, he was fined $25,000 and docked 25 points for cursing on T.V. NASCAR imposed the fine for cursing during the after race television interview at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway- his hometown race track, where he had just scored his second win in three years.
“This one’s for every one of those fans in the stands who pull for me every week and take all the (expletive) from everybody else,” he said accepting the adoration of the crowd of orange-clad fans to whom he dedicated this win.
NASCAR also docked Joe Gibbs – car owner 25 points, for his driver’s misconduct. According to sources NASCAR’s representative said the language was inappropriate and detrimental to stock car racing. Read more »
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Posted on July 30th, 2007 by
In an event that may speed up the process of negotiations, Dodge announced that it may give up one of its logo on Kasey Kahne’s Number 9 to facilitate the deal. The leading beer company might agree for a position on the hood, which Dodge is willing to let go if a deal is struck with Budweiser.
Darryl Jackson, the vice president of sales for Chrysler in an interview said, “The Company is always looking for good long-term relationships”. He went on to say that, “Budweiser or whoever is a very, very solid brand. It brings with it a very good clientele base of which just so happens to line up with us pretty well from a Dodge perspective.”
The beer company has been on the look-out for a new name after Dale Earnhardt Jr., who’d announced recently that he wouldn’t keep the Budweiser as his primary sponsor for the Hendrick Motorsports in 2008. Kahne is the company’s top choice to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ray Evernham, #9 - Evernham Motorsports Team owner has been negotiating with Budweiser to sponsor the #9 car in 2008 and the only obstacle so far was the long term deal of Dodge Motorsports to stay on the #9’s hood. Dodge seems to have given way to help ease the monetary strain. Evernham was also heard saying that the team has other offers as well for Kahne’s sponsor.
The deal which is more or less done is set to contribute more money to the Evernham Motorsports than Budweiser was contributing as a primary sponsor. The team suffered two crashes in the last race and is trying to rope in sponsors to get competitive again. Good luck to them.
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Posted on July 15th, 2007 by
Tony Stewart ended a season long drought on Sunday with an impressive win in Sunday’s USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. He was NASCAR’s most prominant diver yet to get a checkered flag this season. He finally has a win for 2007.
This was Stewart’s first victory since winning at Texas on November 5, 2006. He was winless in his last 20 races. This was his second win at Chicagoland Speedway.
Stewart started 19th but managed to move up the field throughout the day. He pulled away late in the race.
Stewart’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo beat Matt Kenseth’s Ford Fusion by 1.727 seconds. Carl Edwards driving for Ford was third, followed by two-time Chicagoland winner Kevin Harvick’s Chevrolet. Casey Mears came in at 5th position after starting the day on the pole.
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HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina – Kyle Busch, the 22 year old driver for Hendrick Motorsports officially announced on Tuesday morning in a press conference about his decision to leave HM and join Joe Gibbs Racing for the season 2008.
