Aric Almirola captured the pole for Sundays Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a lap of 192.940 MPH, 27.988 seconds, giving Richard Petty Motorsports a front-row sweep.
The panel of over 50 people named the 2013 class to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Once again there are only five inductees, something I’ve railed about before. The Hall of Fame, in my opinion needs to have more people inducted each year.
With the first race of 12 in the books for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, the season is off and running. Jeff Lapcevich was one of the drivers who ran the Vortex Brake Pads 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and was able to come home with an eighth place finish after pit road problems.
Growing up just miles away from the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kyle Fowler developed a love for car racing. Fowler, now a 19 year old from Symrna, has grown to become a major prospect in the eyes of one small car operation.
Over the previous weekend we watched the #48 Lowes team again rise to the occasion during the NASCAR Sprint Cup's All Star weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. We watched team owner Rick Hendrick enjoy the best week ever and get the ride of his life.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. would have loved to have won Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star race and the million dollars that went with it. But after putting on a strong performance from the Sprint Showdown to the main event, he’s anticipating a bigger night when the points are on the line next Sunday.
For Justin Lofton and Brad Keselowski it all came down to restarts. That’s what would decide who was going to win the North Carolina Education 200 at Charlotte on Friday night, two late restarts that changed the night for both of them.
As the checkered flag flew on the 2012 Sprint All-Star Race, people immediately began to talk. How can the All-Star Race reward $1 million to a driver who ran the majority of the race in the back of the pack, riding around trying to avoid trouble?
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Second annual Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Sunday afternoon. Stenhouse won in convincing fashion, with a 1.465 second margin of victory.
Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon powered to the top on Friday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, taking the provisional No. 1 position to open this weekend’s MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge.
