Ben Kennedy's truck gets into catchfence at Kentucky (Video) Less than a week after Austin Dillon's car flew into the catchfence at Daytona International Speedway, Ben Kennedy's truck hit the catchfence at Kentucky Speedway. In the late laps of Thursday night's Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky, Kennedy moved up in front of another truck. He said he heard he was clear on his radio. … [Read more...]
Fan hit by debris from Austin Dillon crash calls it ‘terrifying experience’
Fan hit by debris from Austin Dillon crash calls it 'terrifying experience' A woman hit by debris from Austin Dillon's car in the nasty last-lap crash during the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Monday morning said she wondered as Dillon's car was flying into the fence if it was the end of her life. Five fans were treated for minor injuries after the wreck. Pieces of Dillon's car flew towards the … [Read more...]
Power Rankings: Jimmie Johnson holds serve
Power Rankings: Jimmie Johnson holds serve Our Power Rankings are far from a scientific formula. In fact, it's the perfect blend of analytics and bias against your favorite driver. And you think we dislike your favorite driver, so it makes sense, right? Direct all your complaints to us at [email protected]. 1. Jimmie Johnson (LW: 1): It was like Talladega all over again. And likely … [Read more...]
Austin Dillon says severity of wreck hit when he talked to brother
Austin Dillon says severity of wreck hit when he talked to brother Austin Dillon started looking at videos of his crash not long after he emerged from the infield care center on Monday morning. Dillon's car launched into the catchfence at the end of the rain-delayed Coke Zero 400 at Daytona. After making contact with Denny Hamlin's car, Dillon's car flew over two lanes of cars and slammed … [Read more...]
Big crash happens early at Coke Zero 400 (Video)
Big crash happens early at Coke Zero 400 (Video) Sunday's Coke Zero 400 was delayed over three hours because of rain. When it finally got going before 11 p.m. ET, it didn't take long for the first big crash to hit. David Gilliland cut down in front of Clint Bowyer on lap three. He wasn't clear of Bowyer and went spinning off Bowyer's bumper. As drivers behind the two checked up, chaos … [Read more...]
NASCAR won’t hold end-of-season banquets at Trump properties
NASCAR won't hold end-of-season banquets at Trump properties The 2014 Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series banquets were held at Donald Trump's Doral resort in Miami. The banquets will be at a different location in 2015. Following controversial comments by the business mogul and (again) presidential candidate, a NASCAR spokesperson said Friday that the sport would look for a … [Read more...]
The big one hit in Friday’s first practice (Video)
The big one hit in Friday's first practice (Video) Brad Keselowski made contact with Kyle Busch in turn 2 during the first practice for Sunday's Coke Zero 400. A crash started from there. Busch collected other cars including Martin Truex Jr., Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle. Here's how it happened. Your browser does not support iframes. Busch wasn't too happy that … [Read more...]
Practice speed nets Dale Earnhardt Jr. the pole at Daytona
Practice speed nets Dale Earnhardt Jr. the pole at Daytona A Saturday afternoon thunderstorm in the vicinity of Daytona Beach meant Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start first in Sunday's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Qualifying ended up being cancelled and the grid was set by the speeds in Friday's first practice session. Junior was fastest. So he's got the pole. He's joined on … [Read more...]
Happy Hour: The Confederate flag and television coverage
Happy Hour: The Confederate flag and television coverage 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. It has not been a slow week in terms of feedback. The role of the Confederate flag in NASCAR has generated a lot of responses from y'all. … [Read more...]
Goodbye Fox; It’s NBC’s turn to broadcast the Sprint Cup Series
Goodbye Fox; It's NBC's turn to broadcast the Sprint Cup Series Hello glory, goodbye strife. We now have NASCAR on NBC in our life. Apologies for the trite adaptation of a line from NBC's commercials promoting its NASCAR coverage. But given Fox's coverage of NASCAR throughout the 2015 season, there's perhaps no more appropriate way to describe the switch from Fox to NBC for NASCAR. Starting … [Read more...]