NASCAR adjusts practice and qualifying schedules for next three races NASCAR has made tweaks to the practice and qualifying schedules at Las Vegas, Phoenix and Auto Club Speedway in the goal of avoiding the mess that happened before qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The first practice at the three tracks has been shortened by 10 minutes. Qualifying has been moved back five minutes. If … [Read more...]

Brett Moffitt to drive No. 34 for Front Row in next 3 races Brett Moffitt has a ride for NASCAR's western swing. The Michael Waltrip Racing driver will pilot the No. 34 for Front Row Motorsports for the next three races. The No. 34 is open because its original driver, David Ragan, is filling in for Kyle Busch at Joe Gibbs Racing. Moffitt will drive at Las Vegas, Phoenix and Auto Club … [Read more...]

Hauler containing Travis Kvapil's Sprint Cup car reported stolen Team Xtreme has withdrawn from Sunday's race at Atlanta after the No. 44 car Travis Kvapil was scheduled to drive was reported stolen from the parking lot of a hotel overnight Thursday. The team said the car was in a hauler attached to the back of a truck. Ok, to clarify. @Teamxtreme44 transporter is @amsupdates. The guys … [Read more...]

Kyle Busch has surgery on his left foot Kyle Busch had his second surgery on Wednesday. Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Busch had what it termed successful surgery on his fractured left foot. The surgery happened after Busch was transferred back to North Carolina from Daytona Beach, where he had surgery on the broken leg he sustained in the Xfinity Series crash Saturday at Daytona … [Read more...]

Atlanta adding more safety measures for race Atlanta Motor Speedway is taking some extra measures for its race weekend. The track is now the second weekend on the NASCAR circuit and announced Tuesday that it would put tire barriers on the inside turn four wall. In Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Daytona, Kyle Busch hit an unprotected concrete wall and broke his right leg and left foot. … [Read more...]

Atlanta Motor Speedway gives Jeff Gordon a bandelero for his kids Jeff Gordon has said he doesn't want 2015 to become a farewell tour. But you can be damn sure he's going to get a lot of gifts throughout the season. The gift he got from Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday was pretty cool. The track gave him a No. 24 bandalero car for his kids Ella and Leo. “That is amazing," Gordon said after … [Read more...]

Kyle Busch released from hospital Following two surgeries for the injuries he sustained in a crash in Saturday's Xfinity Series race, Kyle Busch has been released from the hospital. While my teams r still doin amazing work, we r here doin up final adjustments getting ready for recovery at home! pic.twitter.com/SK8oAFNmWL — Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) February 27, 2015 Two surgeries, two … [Read more...]

Atlanta qualifying marred by 13 cars failing to go through inspection Friday's qualifying session at Atlanta was blighted by inspection issues that apparently plagued 13 teams More than a quarter of the 47 cars attempting the race didn't get to make a qualifying attempt because they didn't get through inspection on time. According to Fox Sports 1, NASCAR said all 13 cars were at least on … [Read more...]

Happy Hour: It revolves around the Busch brothers Happy Hour is back, back again. Happy Hour is back, back, tell a friend. 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. Llamas, llamas everywhere on Thursday. We even heard they were testing a … [Read more...]