Sometimes it may be hard to like Kyle Busch. All you see on the track is his competitive drive that can lead to heat of the moment actions. That’s in the public eye. What you don’t get to see is what he is like behind the scenes, how much of a nice and caring guy he actually is.
After a rare pit mistake by the No.48 team that cost them a shot at history, Indiana race fans rejoiced as they watched native Hoosier, Ryan Newman triumph over all at the Brickyard. Newman and Johnson were the class of the field all day with Jimmie showing the most strength but this is a team sport and a 17 second pit stop with just a handful of laps remaining is nearly impossible to overcome when your rival takes two tires.
I am normally much more timely on these articles than this, and had actually toyed with the idea of scrapping this one completely to move to something more pressing. But, once I re-read what I had started writing I got fired up about the subject again and decided that this article deserved to be posted and hopefully read.
Ryan Newman is riding home happy after scoring a hometown victory in the 20th edition of the Brickyard 400. Newman holds a very rare honor of not only winning today's historic event, but also having won the 50th annual Daytona 500.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the crown jewels of motorsports. When the speedway finally decided to let stock cars rumble around the 2.5-mile track, it was received with shouts of joy.
Was this onetime event a success? Considering that it was sold out the day tickets became available, that they sold tickets to 48 states, and 4 different countries, was standing room; and from the looks of lawn chair seating as well, then yes it was a success.
In his third feature of the year, Dwayne Baker would score his second win as he would hold off Jeff Hanley and Shane Maginnis. The 2013 Don Biederman Memorial Champion battled side-by-side with Maginnis for many laps before taking the lead in the late stages behind the wheel of his No. 48 Zancor Homes, Innisfil Machine and Welding and Baker Performance Parts Super Late Model.
After winning the season opener at Sunset Speedway in May, Gary McLean returned to victory lane at Sunset Speedway to pick up his second victory of the season.
For years Jimmie Johnson was thought to be superhuman.
His Lowe’s Chevrolet team from Hendrick Motorsports was called invincible. Because year after year it seemed...
Polesitter Ryan Newman captured the lead during the final round of pit stops with 30 laps to go and won Sunday’s Crown Royal presents the Samuel Deeds 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Chevrolet’s championship title-defending campaign in the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series begins this Labor Day weekend as the sport heads to the historic venue tapped as “The Track Too Tough To Tame” - Darlington Raceway.
