Even though Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s current deal isn't expected to expire until 2012, Rick Hendrick has confirmed that the two parties are working out a new contract extension already.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the NMPA Hamburger Helper Most Popular Driver Award for the 8th consecutive year. He accepted the award on Thursday in Las Vegas at the NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers 2010 Awards Luncheon.
When it was announced last year at the Sprint Cup Series banquet that Rick Hendrick would be receiving Bill France Award of Excellence, nobody was surprised.
When Robin Pemberton uttered those now infamous words, "Boys, have at it" it was anyone’s guess what type of a season the sport was in for. Looking back at the 2010 Nationwide Series season, it became quite clear that the drivers lived by those words each weekend.
Richard Petty has fallen under the curse as well. The seven-time NASCAR champion is struggling to keep his Richard Petty Motorsports racing team afloat.
When Robin Pemberton uttered those now infamous words, “Boys, have at it” it was anyone’s guess what type of a season the sport was in for. Looking back at the 2010 Nationwide Series season, it became quite clear that the drivers lived by those words each weekend.
Through the history of NASCAR, there are only few driver-crew chief relationships that are capable of creating dynasties. One of those would be the combination of Johnson and Knaus
During the gap between the conclusion of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the beginning of champion's week in Las Vegas we thought there might be a shortage of interesting story lines.
Monday morning's announcement that said "King" Richard Petty has successfully put together an investment team to take control of the NASCAR Sprint Cup team that bears his name left us all stunned.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, capped off a triple-header weekend of competing at the World Center of Racing by nearly winning the Daytona 500 prior to a final lap spin.
The 25-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led a race-high 40 of 200 laps and won the second stage before being shuffled to 10th place in his ninth Daytona 500 start.
The 2020 Cup Series champion from Dawsonville, Georgia, was leading on the final lap and with the finish of the 2026 Daytona 500 in sight before he wrecked and ended up in fourth place.
The two-time O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Corning, California, executed two crossover moves and dodged a final-lap multi-car wreck to become the 44th competitor to win the Great American Race.
