DuPont slashes NASCAR budget
DuPont, long recognized as the leader in hospitality among NASCAR sponsors, is drastically reducing its program this year as part of its companywide cost cutting. Instead of entertaining the 17,000 … Read More
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DuPont, long recognized as the leader in hospitality among NASCAR sponsors, is drastically reducing its program this year as part of its companywide cost cutting. Instead of entertaining the 17,000 … Read More
Max Papis will make his 2009 NSCS debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Italian driver was the 2004 Grand-Am Daytona Prototype champion after a season in which he registered … Read More
Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines employees discovered a punctured oil filter on the engine of Kevin Harvick’s #29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevy after hard contact with the outside wall of Auto Club Speedway on … Read More
Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is favored to win Sunday's Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Johnson – a three-time winner at LVMS from 2005-2007 – … Read More
UPDATE FOX spin on lower TV ratings: Fox Sports’ coverage of the Autoclub 500 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday evening (2/22) was the top-rated, most-watched sports event of the … Read More
Hendrick Motorsports officials say a bad batch of parts led to engine failures by #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #5-Mark Martin in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway in … Read More
Target Corp. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 41 percent as consumer spending suffered amid high unemployment and other economic woes. The discount retailer earned $609 million, or 81 … Read More
Office Depot Inc. said Tuesday it lost $1.54 billion in the fourth quarter as hefty charges and sharply lower sales in North America and abroad weighed on the office supply … Read More
UPDATE Word is that Peter Windsor has secured a release from Richard Petty Motorsports for AJ Allmendinger to test for the USF1 team. Face it, Allmendinger's background is open wheel … Read More
The No. 14 crew for Tony Stewart took top honors Sunday, winning the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award at the Auto Club 500 Sprint Cup race in Fontana, Calif. Stewart's … Read More
UPDATE NASCAR didn’t fill every seat at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, but it filled enough to make track President Gillian Zucker happy. NASCAR estimated race attendance at 78,000 while … Read More
Three of the NASCAR celebrities who endorsed the Sheridan Ridge resort development have returned their lots, and the other two have drastically reduced the price paid, county records show. Quit-claim … Read More
Despite the economic crunch that has hit California particularly hard and predictions of a disastrously small turnout Sunday, it appeared the grandstand that holds 105,000 spectators was more than half … Read More
Jeff Gordon told his team last week after the Daytona 500 that he believed he could have been scored 12th instead of 13th in that Sprint Cup race, depending on … Read More
A new Formula One team based in the United States will announce its plans Tuesday, but no Sprint Cup drivers with connections to the series expect to be involved. Juan … Read More
On Friday afternoon Brian Vickers, driver of the #83 Red Bull Racing Toyota, felt like he was on top of the world after winning the Coors Light Pole Award at … Read More
UPDATE Q: There's no thinking then to try to have for the 500 or a couple of races mandates that you go the full distance regardless: " ROBIN PEMBERTON: "Our … Read More
UPDATE "There was an issue with one motor that lost oil pressure, so they shut it down," [Marcos] Ambrose said. "On the landing, apparently the other motor got jammed in … Read More
Brian Vickers celebrates winning the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway Jason Smith/Getty Images Do you feel good about … Read More
Brian Vickers earned Red Bull Racing Team’s second pole in the past 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races Friday, turning a lap at 183.439 mph during qualifying at Auto Club … Read More
David Gilliland Yates Racing and David Gilliland announced today that they are terminating their relationship due to a lack of sponsorship on Yates Racing’s No. 38 Sprint Cup car. Gilliland … Read More
UPDATE Goodyear’s plan for a bigger tire won’t necessarily alter NASCAR’s phase-in plan for a new model car for the Nationwide Series, series Director Joe Balash says. NASCAR already has … Read More
Attendance at Fontana has been spotty at best for NASCAR The NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Southern California a year ago was hampered by rain that caused numerous delays and … Read More
UPDATE #2 The following is a statement from driver/owner Jeremy Mayfield of Mayfield Motorsports regarding Paul Chodora, who was found to be in violation of the NASCAR substance abuse policy: … Read More