Reports: Tony Stewart to retire after 2016 Three-time Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will reportedly retire after the 2016 season. Motorsport.com first reported the news that Stewart, 44, is set to vacate the No. 14 car and Clint Bowyer will take over in 2017. Stewart's retirement would come a year after another icon's departure. Jeff Gordon is retiring from driving full-time after … [Read more...]
Report: Tony Stewart to retire after 2016
Report: Tony Stewart to retire after 2016 Three-time Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will reportedly retire after the 2016 season. According to Motorsport.com, Stewart, 44, is set to vacate the No. 14 car and Clint Bowyer will take over in 2017. Stewart's retirement would come a year after another icon's departure. Jeff Gordon is retiring from driving full-time after the 2015 season. … [Read more...]
Matt Kenseth steals win at New Hampshire as Harvick runs out of gas
Matt Kenseth steals win at New Hampshire as Harvick runs out of gas Your browser does not support iframes. Matt Kenseth swiped his second fuel-mileage win of 2015 on Sunday at New Hampshire and is now guaranteed a berth in the second round of the Chase. Kenseth wasn't in fuel conservation mode over the final laps of the race. He had pitted approximately 60 laps from the finish and had plenty … [Read more...]
It’s official: Furniture Row is heading to Toyota
It's official: Furniture Row is heading to Toyota Surprise, surprise. Furniture Row Racing will field a Toyota in 2016. The partnership was made official Sunday morning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The team also announced that Martin Truex Jr. would be staying for 2016 as well. That news was no surprise either. Truex and the team had expressed their desire to stay together for the … [Read more...]
Carl Edwards sweeps New Hampshire poles
Carl Edwards sweeps New Hampshire poles Carl Edwards qualified first for the second straight time at new Hampshire and will lead the field to green on Sunday. Edwards, who finished seventh in July at New Hampshire, is looking to not only win and automatically move on to the next round but also give Joe Gibbs Racing its second streak of four wins in a row this year. With Edwards' win at … [Read more...]
Furniture Row switching manufacturers; Toyota has Sunday announcement planned
Furniture Row switching manufacturers; Toyota has Sunday announcement planned Furniture Row Racing's long-rumored move to Toyota looks like its becoming official. The team is reportedly set to announce the switch on Sunday morning. Toyota has a press conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and Chevrolet confirmed to Motorsport.com that the team was leaving the manufacturer. “We thank Furniture … [Read more...]
Joey Logano: ‘All of us’ want to run low-downforce rules in 2016
Joey Logano: 'All of us' want to run low-downforce rules in 2016 NASCAR has yet to announce the rules for the cars in 2016. But according to Joey Logano, the consensus among drivers is pretty unanimous for what direction NASCAR should go in. Logano, part of the driver's council, said drivers want NASCAR to take away downforce next year. NASCAR has tried lower downforce packages to rave … [Read more...]
Happy Hour: Can Harvick recover from his disastrous start?
Happy Hour: Can Harvick recover from his disastrous start? Throughout the week you can send us your best questions, jokes, rants and just plain miscellaneous thoughts to [email protected] or @NickBromberg. We'll post them here and have a good time. If Kevin Harvick comes back to win the 2015 championship, he'll have the worst start to the Chase of any Chase champion. After the … [Read more...]
Here’s the car Jeff Gordon will drive at Homestead (Photo)
Here's the car Jeff Gordon will drive at Homestead (Photo) The No. 24 car will be silver for Jeff Gordon's final race in it. The four-time Sprint Cup Series champion is retiring from full-time driving at the end of the season and unveiled the paint scheme he'll run at Homestead, the final race of 2015, on Fox Sports 1 on Tuesday night. Here it is-- @AxaltaRacing's final paint scheme of '15 & … [Read more...]
Clint Bowyer penalized 25 points after Chicago inspection infraction
Clint Bowyer penalized 25 points after Chicago inspection infraction Michael Waltrip Racing's time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series started with a big penalty. It looks like it's ending with one too. NASCAR announced Wednesday that Clint Bowyer and the No. 15 team had been penalized 25 points and crew chief Billy Scott had been suspended three races and fined $75,000. The penalties occurred … [Read more...]