Tag Archive: NASCAR Nationwide Series

May 15

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

NASCAR Sprint All-Star Strategy: Just Stand On It

Charlotte Motor Speedway logoNo points. No problem. Just follow the money. That’s the easiest way to describe Saturday night’s 29th NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (SPEED, MRN Radio, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, 7:30 p.m. EDT). Read the rest of this entry »

May 07

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Darlington: Crown Jewel Still Making History

NASCAR logoNASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, after a weekend of white-knuckle, heart-pounding racing at Talladega Superspeedway, could use a breather. Darlington Raceway, on deck, won’t provide it. Not a chance. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 30

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

There’s No Sure Thing In ‘Talladega Time’

NASCAR logoGentlemen – and lady – get ready to roll the dice. It’s Talladega time, on a 2.66-mile superspeedway that could double as a super-sized craps table.

Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 25

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Kasey Kahne’s Hendrick resume gets better and better

NASCAR logoCall it motivation from within. And Rick Hendrick likely wouldn’t have it any other way. Jimmie Johnson’s road to a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship well might converge with those of one or more Hendrick Motorsports teammates. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 17

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Streaking Busch faces Kansas challenge

NASCAR logoThe Kyle Busch that won 100 NASCAR national series races at a record clip largely disappeared in 2012. He fashioned just one victory overall and missed the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 10

NASCAR National Series News and Notes (+Fast Facts)

Year’s first night race Gen-6’s next challenge

NASCAR logoImproving competition on intermediate, down force-type tracks was paramount in designing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ new Gen-6 race car.

Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 03

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Martinsville: Rough and Tumble ride for all

2012-10-30_0008There are no givens at Martinsville Speedway. Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, winners of 11 of the last 20 races at the 0.526-mile paper clip-shaped track, can speak eloquently to that as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series steamrolls into Sunday’s STP Gas Booster 500.

Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 27

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Earnhardt’s points lead breaks new ground – Being No. 1 is nothing new for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

NASCAR logoBut becoming the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader, which he accomplished with a second-place finish on Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, broke new ground for Junior. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 20

NASCAR National Series News and Notes +Fast Facts

No time to rest for streaking Keselowski

NASCAR logoAnd you thought Brad Keselowski’s championship year was stellar. He’s wasted no time fashioning a follow-up season that has the potential to be even better. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 13

NASCAR National Series News and Notes (+Fast Facts)

Season so far a battle of heavyweights

Bristol Motor Speedway logoFood City 500It’s early but make no mistake, the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is a heavyweight battle of epic proportions as competitors head east for Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in eastern Tennessee.

Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 06

NASCAR National Series News and Notes (+ Fast Facts)

Edwards-Fennig pairing hits the jackpot

NASCAR logoLas Vegas SpeedwayIt’s open to debate whether a 70-race winless streak or the inability to reach last year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ made Carl Edwards irrelevant. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 27

NASCAR National Series News and Notes (+ Fast Facts)

Phoenix offers Johnson Opportunity, Challenges

Phoenix International logoNASCAR logoCan Jimmie Johnson do it again? NASCAR’s media corps predicted Johnson will win his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship this season in the preseason poll. And that was before last Sunday, when Johnson raced his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to a second Daytona 500 victory.

Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 20

NASCAR National Series News and Notes (+ Fast facts)

Danica Patrick, Gen-6 Car Share Daytona 500 Spotlight, Danica Patrick has made history

Danica Patrick pole Daytona 500 2013Daytona 500 new logoNow the challenges for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ first female Coors Light Pole winner – and 44 other drivers – become incrementally greater as the clock ticks ever closer to Sunday’s running of the 55th Daytona 500 (1 p.m. ET on FOX, FOX Deportes, Motor Racing Network Radio, Sirius XM Satellite Radio). Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 08

Piquet Jr confirms full-time 2013 NASCAR Nationwide campaign

Marking his first full-time NNS season

NASCAR Nationwide SeriesNelson Piquet Jr, the first Brazilian to win in one of NASCAR’s top-three series, is delighted to announce that he will run full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) in 2013 with Turner Scott Motorsports. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 14

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Championship Sunday: It’s Not Over Yet

Homestead-Miami Speedway logoNASCAR logoTrite, perhaps, but true: It isn’t over until it’s over. That’s the feeling as two competitors – one a relative newcomer, the other a five-time champion – settle the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 07

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Johnson-Keselowski ‘Bare-Knuckle’ Brawl Heads West – For Jimmie Johnson, it’s some serious déjà vu – the good kind.

NASCAR logo

Johnson leads the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ by seven points over Brad Keselowski with two races remaining. Four times in his five championship seasons, Johnson has topped the standings after the season’s 34th race, making title No. 6 a very real possibility.

Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 31

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Johnson needs Texas success to become lone star

NASCAR logoTexas Motor SpeedwayWith three races left in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, Jimmie Johnson once again finds himself in familiar territory – atop the points standings. However, Texas, where everything is bigger except the points lead, could leave its own brand on the championship race. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 23

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Past Martinsville success an opportunity for Johnson

logoNASCAR logoFor Jimmie Johnson, Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500 represents a huge opportunity – the opportunity to return to the lead of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ and take a major step toward a sixth series championship.

Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 17

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Picking Kansas winner easy as One-Two-Three

NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesKansas SpeedwayEasy to pick the favorites in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400. Just check the top of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ standings.  Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 10

NASCAR National Series News and Notes + Fast Facts

Bank of America 500: A case of which Johnson shows

Charlotte Motor Speedway logoNASCAR logoQuestion of the week: Which Jimmie Johnson will we see at Charlotte Motor Speedway? Will it be the overpowering Johnson, whose five victories in six starts between 2003 and 2005 and 18 consecutive Charlotte races led moved many to proclaim the 1.5-mile track “Jimmie’s House?” Read the rest of this entry »

Older posts «


Switch to our mobile site