NASCAR announced today the 2012 class of inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The five-person class, which will be officially inducted in a ceremony during the weekend of Jan. 20, 2012 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte.
Michael Waltrip: "I know Darrell, and I know his story. I know how he started. He was about 10 years old driving by a go-kart race in a parking lot in Owensboro, Kentucky . He was just mesmerized."
Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet travel to the Irish Hills of Michigan this weekend to compete in Sunday's Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Biffle on Michigan: “I love Michigan. It is my favorite track on the circuit and I’m really looking forward to going there. I like Michigan because I’ve had success there with wins in the Sprint Cup Series and the Truck Series."
QUOTES Carl Edwards on racing at Michigan International Speedway : “I feel like MIS takes every part of your team and taxes you. You have to have really good strategy, you have to have a great car and a big engine."
He now has 84 career NASCAR Sprint Cup victories, but Jeff Gordon constantly thinks about one win. The next one. Last Sunday at Pocono, Gordon led 37 of the final 41 laps en route to his second win of the 2011 season.
NAPA AUTO PARTS driver Martin Truex Jr. and new crew chief Chad Johnston are off to a solid start after earning a 10th-place finish and gaining two spots in the point standings at Pocono.
Return to the Irish Hills of Michigan: Jamie McMurray will be making his 17th career NSCS start at Michigan this weekend when he takes the green flag in his No. 1 McDonald’sChevrolet.
The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is always a special race for six-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and this year’s trip to Summit Motorsports Park gives him a chance to add two more trophies to his extensive collection
