While many top-tier NASCAR teams are facing the loss of major sponsorship dollars, Front Row Motorsports has managed to not only weather the storm but to attract even new sponsors to their program.
Michael Waltrip Racing's 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season has been nothing short of a breakout year. At the start of 2012. Michael Waltrip Racing had never had a driver qualify for the chase in its 5 year existence in the NSCS
One year ago today Carl Edwards had firm control of his Sprint Cup Series title hopes. He was the favorite heading into the Chase, having led the point standings for much of the year and performing at a level of consistency that hadn’t been matched.
Should Jeff Gordon fail to make the Chase after next weekend’s race at Richmond he might look back to one lap during the 2012 season. Not the many bad weeks he had to start the year, not the hard fought yet mediocre finishes, but one lap in Atlanta.
Denny Hamlin held off Jeff Gordon on Sunday and won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was Hamlin’s fourth win of the season, the most of any driver thus far and places himself in position to top the standings when the 12-driver Chase starts after next weekend's race at Richmond.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and his Roush Fenway Racing team have made their 2012 season all about never giving up. From their first win of the season in Las Vegas to the most recent Saturday night in Atlanta, the No. 6 Cargill team is one that just doesn’t quit.
Well Skagit is in the books. It was exciting. It was thrilling. In the end for one young man it was magical down right fairy tale if you want to be real honest about it. It is a rare thing that a local driver can come to the greatest show on dirt and beat the greatest drivers in the world. Very Very rare.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) NRA American Warrior 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Stenhouse passed Kevin Harvick with one lap and half to go to win his fourth race this season and his first race at Atlanta.
Michael Waltrip Racing has never placed one their cars in the Sprint Cup Series Chase for the Championship, they've never had a driver finish in the top 10 in points. But after Sunday night’s race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, the AdvoCare 500, MWR could check one of those off their list by having both of their full-time drivers locked into the 2012 playoffs.
David Gilliland will being driving his No.38 Ford Fusion at Atlanta this Labor Day during the Advocare 500 with special attention to a local business and the US Military, both having ties to local towns just outside of Raleigh, NC.
AAG Racing competed at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) earlier this year in USAC competition with Mustang Cup USA, with Chris Clarke piloting the No. 9 entry.
Fleetio announced an expanded multi-year partnership with 23XI Racing, continuing Fleetio’s primary sponsorship of Corey Heim in select NASCAR Cup Series races.
For owners running the 6.7 Cummins platform in high-demand dual-purpose applications, addressing the thermal and contamination issues that undermine engine health under load becomes a top priority