Kasey Kahne credits Keith Rodden with early season success KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kasey Kahne has little hesitation when asked what's sparked his team's improved pace in 2015. "(Crew chief) Keith Rodden and just how he's kind of prepared the cars, got the cars back to where they need to be ... we're excited to go back to the race track," Kahne told Yahoo Sports on Thursday during a promotional … [Read more...]
Danica Patrick: I’d say yes if Ricky Stenhouse proposed
Danica Patrick: I'd say yes if Ricky Stenhouse proposed If Ricky Stenhouse Jr. popped the question to Danica Patrick, he's not going to get a "no" answer. In a taped interview with Darrell Waltrip during Fox's prerace coverage of Saturday's Sprint Cup Series race at Texas, Waltrip asked about the answer to a possible proposal. Patrick said she would say "yes." And then when his brother, … [Read more...]
Kevin Harvick visits Masters, offers up support for playing friend
Kevin Harvick visits Masters, offers up support for playing friend AUGUSTA, Ga. - At any race track, Kevin Harvick can't walk anywhere without running a gauntlet of fans looking for his autograph. But at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, Harvick was just a dude in a golf shirt, easily blending in with the thousands of other dudes in golf shirts. (No, he didn't wear his firesuit, but he … [Read more...]
Kurt Busch wins second pole of the season at Texas
Kurt Busch wins second pole of the season at Texas Friday was a good day to be a Hendrick-powered Chevy. Kurt Busch won the pole for Saturday's Sprint Cup Series race at Texas as three Hendrick Motorsports cars, three Stewart-Haas Racing cars and both Chip Ganassi Racing cars made the final round of 12 during qualifying. It's Busch's second pole of the year. He won the pole earlier in the … [Read more...]
Jeff Gordon is an advocate for a consistent pit road speed limit
Jeff Gordon is an advocate for a consistent pit road speed limit Jeff Gordon has a novel idea for pit road: a consistent speed limit. NASCAR pit roads have a posted speed limit, but the limit is enforced via timing lines. Pit road is divided into multiple timing segments and the time it would take you to travel the pit road speed in a designated segment is the speed limit. So when a driver … [Read more...]
Indianapolis 500 pace car stolen from car dealership
Indianapolis 500 pace car stolen from car dealership Pace cars have a strong allure. Someone stole an Indianapolis 500 pace car from an Indianapolis-area car dealership on Wednesday night (There are multiple cars designed like the pace car for the race). The car has been found, but the suspect has not. The man who stole the car apparently drove it down a flight of stairs and then through a … [Read more...]
All-Star Race adds 20 laps in 2015
All-Star Race adds 20 laps in 2015 The Sprint All-Star Race will be 110 laps in 2015. The format for the race was revealed Wednesday and, like 2014, will consist of five segments. The first four segments will be 25 laps (up from 20 in 2014) and the final segment will be 10 laps. The average position of the field through the first four segments will determine the order cars head to pit road … [Read more...]
Random Recap: The 2004 Samsung Radio Shack 400
Random Recap: The 2004 Samsung Radio Shack 400 Welcome to Random Recaps, our new weekly feature at From The Marbles. In this space, we'll recap a race from the past at the track the where Sprint Cup Series is racing next. This week's race is the 2004 Samsung Radio Shack 500. Need to know how Random Recap works? Click here. Johnny Sauter almost became Elliott Sadler's No. 1 enemy. Sadler was … [Read more...]
Power Rankings: The first 6 races of 2015
Power Rankings: The first 6 races of 2015 1. Daytona: Much like 2014, the racing in the Daytona 500 was a great start to the season. Unlike last year, the sun was out for the race, which created a different set of circumstances for drivers to face throughout the race. But we loved how the 500 turned into a strategy race before late cautions bunched up the field and created the restrictor … [Read more...]
Rusty Wallace to run in the X Games
Rusty Wallace to run in the X Games Rusty Wallace is returning to competitive driving, but it's not in NASCAR. The 58-year-old NASCAR Hall-of-Famer is going to compete in the X Games in June in an off-road truck. From the AP: "I honestly miss driving a car a little bit," Wallace told The Associated Press. "ESPN brought up this possibility and I thought, 'Why not? Let's go knock the cobwebs … [Read more...]