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Category: NASCAR Nextel Cup
Gibbs, Penske, Allison among NASCAR Hall of Fame nominees
Championship team owners Joe Gibbs and Roger Penske as well as the late Davey Allison are among five new nominees for the 2018 NASCAR Hall of Fame class. NASCAR announced the additions Wednesday.
Kurt Busch wins 59th Daytona 500
The race saw many of NASCAR’s most prominent drivers knocked out in crashes, including Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Danica Patrick.
NASCAR: Joe Gibbs, Roger Penske defend NASCAR as having bright future
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Danica Patrick on Twitter trolls: ‘They’re very unhappy people’
… problem. Patrick, the popular but polarizing figure, still participated with Vonn Miller, Michael Phelps and other sports starts in a “mean Tweets” video produced by athletes affiliated with The Players’ Tribune. “Anything that gets to put people …
Danica Patrick says she has gotten numerous concussions during her career
… a hard collision with the wall at Homestead-Miami Speedway in her rookie IndyCar season in 2005, telling USA TODAY Sports in 2015, “I got knocked out, probably, for a second. I got out of the car, and I don’t remember anything, and I stumbled …
Dale Earnhardt Jr. ‘won’t have any regrets’ to keep racing or walk away
Dale Earnhardt Jr. ‘won’t have any regrets’ to keep racing or walk away Dale Earnhardt Jr. said that he is mentally prepared to walk away from racing when the time comes. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://usat.ly/2m9ZCyf DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Ford fills hole in resume with Ganassi’s Rolex 24 victory
… that had been the biggest target on the Ford wish list. Still, the manufacturer wanted a win in the most prestigious sports car race in the United States, and it came back to Daytona far more prepared with four Ganassi entries. Just like the race …
Ford fills hole in resume with Ganassi’s Rolex 24 victory
… that had been the biggest target on the Ford wish list. Still, the manufacturer wanted a win in the most prestigious sports car race in the United States, and it came back to Daytona far more prepared with four Ganassi entries. Just like the race …
Bold move lands Wayne Taylor Racing, Gordon, Rolex watches
… Taylor was still a driver. It marks the first victory for brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor – two of the most talented sports-car racers in America – and longtime Taylor co-driver Max Angelelli. Their fourth driver? None other than retired NASCAR …
Bold move lands Wayne Taylor Racing, Gordon, Rolex watches
… Taylor was still a driver. It marks the first victory for brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor – two of the most talented sports-car racers in America – and longtime Taylor co-driver Max Angelelli. Their fourth driver? None other than retired NASCAR …
NASCAR overhauls race and playoff format
… race and season.” Mike Joy, FOX NASCAR play-by-play announcer, said the change brought racing more in line with other sports like football (quarters), baseball (innings) and hockey (periods). “The idea of trying to get the viewer in front of a TV …
Jimmie Johnson won his record-tying seventh NASCAR championship in 2016.
The overhaul, announced Monday, assigns three stages to every race. The top 10 drivers at the end of Stage 1 and Stage 2 will be awarded points on a 10-through-1 scale and there will be a break in the racing after each segment.
Jerry Jones saved the NFL from extinction
… Rousey . The Danica Patrick of MMA was paid $3 million to get knocked out in 48 seconds in UFC 207’s main event. Fox Sports did the math and concluded she made $62,500 per second. Speaking of which, Patrick debuted her now “Warrior” clothes line …
Kanaan joins Ford GT squad for Rolex 24 assault
IndyCar regular Tony Kanaan will join Ford Chip Ganassi Racing for its assault on the Rolex 24 at Daytona next month, it has been announced. The 41-year-old Brazilian is no stranger to the US endurance classic, having taken overall victory along with Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon, Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray back in 2015 in a Ford-powered Riley DP.