It seems like the perfect combination on paper. The team that won the Indianapolis 500 last year has hired last year's Indianapolis 500 pole winner to be their driver.
The last time that Aric Almirola had a Sprint Cup Series ride things went far from planned. The year was 2008 and Almirola had just signed with then Dale Earnhardt Inc..
JR Motorsports has become pretty good at picking winners and Wednesday afternoon they signed a driver who they believe will be their next one in the Nationwide Series.
With the turning of the calendar it brings a New Year and NASCAR season. Preseason testing at Daytona is just weeks away, meaning every team has begun to tact up a list of goals they’d like to have accomplished by Homestead in November.
Throughout the years, the world of sports and entertainment has seen its share of fallen heroes, those who in one way or another touched the lives of those around them.
Imagine, if you will, this scenario: Mr. Rick Hendrick arrives at the official home of his North Carolina based NASCAR empire. As he walks through the building, with a typical smile on his face, he waves at his employees and greets them with a cheerful good morning.
While Jeff Gordon, as well as the rest of his NASCAR colleagues, may be enjoying Christmas with family and friends, his sponsor, the AARP Foundation’s Drive to End Hunger campaign, is taking no holiday.
AJ Allmendinger has asked the jolly man from the north pole to ignore the wish list he previously sent him. There’s nothing else Allmendinger could find under the tree that will top what he received on Wednesday afternoon, that being a ride at Penske Racing.
Just weeks after mutually agreeing to part ways with Penske Racing, 2004 Sprint Cup Champion Kurt Busch has landed a full time ride in the 2012 Sprint Cup Series with James Finch's Phoenix Racing.
Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 NC Fraternal Order of Police Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing (RWR), returns to Darlington (S.C.) Raceway looking to build on a solid performance.
The Cook Out Southern 500 Sunday at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway will mark Ryan Preece’s 10th career NASCAR Cup Series start at the 1.366-mile oval and his fifth in the Southern 500.
Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team, fresh off a win last Saturday night at Daytona, are headed into this weekend’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with a burst of momentum.
Panini America has announced that it will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 15 AM Racing Ford Mustang, driven by two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano.
NASCAR returns to Darlington Raceway this weekend, also known as the “Lady in Black.” Bowman finished eighth in the May race at the 1.366-mile track. In 13 starts at Darlington, Bowman has one top five, four top 10s and has led 42 circuits.
For the first time in over a decade NASCAR will return to the south-central North Carolina Piedmont for the highly anticipated return of major league stock car racing to Rockingham Speedway.
