Repeated contact sends Kasey Kahne into the wall, Carl Edwards sliding Your browser does not support iframes. Carl Edwards pushed Kasey Kahne into the wall off of turn four. Kahne was not happy and returned the favor a lap later. And while Kahne's car sustained damage on both sides from the impact, Edwards ended up with the worse end of the deal. Let's rewind to how the conflict started. … [Read more...]
Daytona to install SAFER barrier on wall Kyle Busch hit
Daytona to install SAFER barrier on wall Kyle Busch hit Daytona International Speedway announced plans to install SAFER barrier on the wall that Kyle Busch hit during February's Xfinity Series race. Busch hit a bare concrete wall and suffered a compound fracture in his right leg and a broken left foot. He's currently out of action and being replaced by David Ragan in his No. 18 for Joe Gibbs … [Read more...]
Kevin Harvick wins pole at Phoenix
Kevin Harvick wins pole at Phoenix Kevin Harvick's quest for seven-straight top-two finishes has an nice advantage on Sunday. Harvick won the pole for the race at Phoenix, posting the fastest times in the second and third rounds of qualifying on Friday. His compadre on the front row? Joey Logano, the Daytona 500 winner who has qualified in the top five of all four Sprint Cup races this … [Read more...]
Kevin Harvick wins at Las Vegas
Kevin Harvick wins at Las Vegas Your browser does not support iframes. A year after after seeing a great car at Las Vegas go for naught because of a broken hub, Kevin Harvick's fast car was aptly rewarded on Sunday. The defending Sprint Cup Series champion controlled the last half of Sunday's race at Vegas and captured his first win of the season and his third-straight top-two finish to … [Read more...]
Addington fined, Wolfe on probation for Vegas infractions
Addington fined, Wolfe on probation for Vegas infractions NASCAR announced Tuesday evening that two crew chiefs were disciplined after Sunday's race at Las Vegas. Steve Addington, the crew chief for Justin Allgaier, was fined $25,000. Allgaier's car was too light in post-race inspection. Weight to make the car hit minimum weight came off during the race and was found on the track. … [Read more...]
Kurt Busch reinstated by NASCAR and is eligible for Chase
Kurt Busch reinstated by NASCAR and is eligible for Chase Kurt Busch was reinstated by NASCAR on Wednesday, will race this weekend at Phoenix and is eligible for the Chase. “As we stated last week, the elimination of the possibility of criminal charges removed a significant impediment to Kurt Busch’s return to full status as a NASCAR member,” Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president, … [Read more...]
Brian Vickers back in the Sprint Cup Series at Las Vegas
Brian Vickers back in the Sprint Cup Series at Las Vegas Brian Vickers will make his 2015 Sprint Cup debut at Las Vegas on Sunday. Vickers missed the first two races of the season after offseason heart surgery to address a complication from a patch that was inserted in his heart in 2010. And he said Friday that doctors originally weren't committal about his ability to return to driving in … [Read more...]
Jeff Gordon wins Las Vegas pole
Jeff Gordon will start first in what could be his final race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gordon turned a lap of 194.68 MPH to win his second pole in the first three races of the 2015 season. When you count his pole run at Homestead in the final race of the 2014 season, it's three of the last four. Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano, the driver who won the pole at Atlanta last week, will start … [Read more...]
Brad Keselowski to run 2 awesome retro paint schemes in 2015
No other Sprint Cup Series team is going to run a collection of cars in 2015 better than the No. 2 team. We've already expressed our love for Brad Keselowski's regular all-white scheme and on Thursday night in Las Vegas, Team Penske revealed two cars that Keselowski would run later in the season. One is a replica of the black and gold No. 2 that Rusty Wallace drove. Keselowski will drive it … [Read more...]
Power Rankings: We can’t drop Logano after a top five
Power Rankings: We can't drop Logano after a top five 1. Joey Logano (LW: 1): There's no way to drop Joey after finishing fourth. Yeah, three of his closest pursuers in Power Rankings all finished ahead of him, but after he got the pole and ran in the top five for most of the day, there's no point in dropping him from the top spot. Before the race, Logano also said he was going to donate … [Read more...]