The social media website Twitter was buzzing with news of the "hiccups girl"- a devoted fan who predicted the driver's win just hours before when she got hiccups- quickly becoming Jeff Gordon's lucky charm.
Regan Smith has been described by Mark McCardle, managing director of competition for Furniture Row Racing, as one of the best-kept secrets in the garage area.
Robby Gordon, driver of the No. 7 Speed Energy Dodge for the team that bears his name, was placed on immediate and indefinite probation today by NASCAR.
This weekend the Sprint Cup Series visits the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Kobalt Tools 400. Matt Kenseth will start from the pole, an extreme rarity for the driver.
Overall, out of the nine writers who sent in picks last week, only two went 0-0 in their picks: Matt LaFlair and Kyle Ocker. Ryan O’Hara and Mark Odor both correctly picked Jeff Gordon as the race winner at Phoenix. O’Hara was also able to pick Ryan Newman, who finished fifth, as his dark horse pick.
While it is most certainly early in the NASCAR season, with just two races under their collective belts, a few unusual names are present in the top ten in points.
Just when it seems Michael Waltrip could get no more exposure, with his new book and his singing and dancing in the new NAPA commercial with teammate Martin Truex, Jr., Waltrip has taken yet another starring role.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing wasn’t fueling around in Talladega Sunday. Brad Keselowski was the mastermind of a Stage One strategy that became the talk of the race.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 23 of 189-overscheduled laps and went from 11th to 1st in half of the final lap during an overtime shootout to score his first superspeedway victory and increase his points lead by 73 points with two-scheduled events remaining.
