Ricky Stenhouse Jr, the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion, will take over the No. 17 Ford in the Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2013. Matt Kenseth and Roush Fenway Racing will part ways at the end of the 2012 season.
During the NASCAR Sprint Cup weekend at Sonoma we witnessed a former dirt track driver from Kansas prove that he can turn left and right on asphalt with the best of them.
During Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, the tweets were being submitted left and right concerning America’s number one motorsport.
Saturday was a great racing day. We saw what I consider great racing. After the Nationwide Series race at Road America where the storylines were so great and the racing was so great.
Jeff Gordon finally caught a break for once in a race when he ran out of fuel coming off Turn 11. Crew Chief Alan Gustafson took the blame for the incident for failing to tell Gordon when to come down pit road.
The last few weeks have been tough on Kurt Busch. From struggles with performance, saying the wrong things and getting suspended, he finally had a nice Sunday drive with no controversy.
Clint Bowyer held off Tony Stewart and won Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 race at Sonoma, CA. This was Bowyer’s first win of the season and the first win since joining Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR).
In the five NASCAR Cup Series events at COTA, Hendrick Motorsports leads all teams in wins (two), poles (two), top fives (10), top 10s (12) and laps led (83).
