DanicaPatrick: My dog Pete died 1 year ago about right now. I feel peace today for him….. but I still miss him.
Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman all got lucky breaks in the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 to come home with outstanding finishes at Martinsville Speedway.
Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth weren’t quite so lucky.
Denny Hamlin, slated to undergo surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Wednesday morning in Charlotte, will only need clearance from his doctor to resume competing in NASCAR, according to officials with the sanctioning body.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Denny Hamlin, who has driven with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee since the start of the season, says he doesn’t expect to miss any races after having reconstructive knee surgery scheduled for Monday.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. used to consider the required weekly media session for drivers in the top 12 of the standings a pain.
But after having only to do two required sessions since the start of 2008 (one at the start of 2009 and another the week after the 2010 Daytona 500), Earnhardt Jr. has a little bit different attitude.
It seemed like the craziest call of the year when crew chief Mike Ford called his driver, Denny Hamlin, to pit road with just seven laps remaining in the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway Monday.
After all, Hamlin had led 89 consecutive laps and 170 on the day before the caution flag flew for Jeff Burton’s crash in Turn 3 on lap 493. While Ford knew the call would likely cost the team the lead, he said he also knew it could pay off in the end.
NASCAR’s new “Boys, have at it” policy has already led to some fireworks this season.
In six races, we have had a serious case of retaliation (Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski), a driver confrontation (Johnny Sauter and Ron Hornaday in the Truck Series) and some major trash talking (Edwards and Kevin Harvick).
It seems that since NASCAR has loosened the reigns on its drivers, the sport’s biggest stars aren’t afraid to mix it up – on or off the track.
With that in mind, SceneDaily.com has created a weekly Feud of the Week, focusing on drivers who either go toe-to-toe with some beating and banging on the track or take a shot at each other on pit road or in the garage, or even in the media center.
The bumper-banging action at Martinsville Speedway Monday gave us a good place to start.
Denny Hamlin, slated to undergo surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Wednesday morning in Charlotte, will only need clearance from his doctor to resume competing in NASCAR, according to officials with the sanctioning body.
… weather since April 2008, when Danica Patrick won in Japan. “If we were to go out and try to race,” driver Hideki Mutoh … of IRL’s competition and racing operations division. IRL officials said Monday morning that, given the amount of rain
PETERSBURG – The Indy Racing League will run its road-course races in the rain, just not in a lot of … Danica Patrick won that race, her lone IRL win. Sunday’s rain began falling before 1 p.m., about the time the Indy Lights race began.
NASCAR’s new “Boys, have at it” policy has already led to some fireworks this season.
In six races, we have had a serious case of retaliation (Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski), a driver confrontation (Johnny Sauter and Ron Hornaday in the Truck Series) and some major trash talking (Edwards and Kevin Harvick).
It seems that since NASCAR has loosened the reigns on its drivers, the sport’s biggest stars aren’t afraid to mix it up – on or off the track.
With that in mind, SceneDaily.com has created a weekly Feud of the Week, focusing on drivers who either go toe-to-toe with some beating and banging on the track or take a shot at each other on pit road or in the garage, or even in the media center.
The bumper-banging action at Martinsville Speedway Monday gave us a good place to start.
Joe Gibbs Racing crew chief Mike Ford never thought that Denny Hamlin, his driver, would be able to go the entire season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
The Nashville 200 race for the Camping World Truck Series has attracted 38 entries for the 36-car field Friday night. Three Sprint Cup drivers are entered in the event – Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch – and all three are driving trucks that they own.
Scott Riggs will replace Casey Mears in the Keyed-Up Motorsports car for the Sprint Cup races at Phoenix and Texas, team owner Raymond Key announced Monday.
Eight Sprint Cup regulars will skip their weekend off to compete in the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.
The Nashville 200 race for the Camping World Truck Series has attracted 38 entries for the 36-car field Friday night. Three Sprint Cup drivers are entered in the event – Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch – and all three are driving trucks that they own.
Scott Riggs will replace Casey Mears in the Keyed-Up Motorsports car for the Sprint Cup races at Phoenix and Texas, team owner Raymond Key announced Monday.
Eight Sprint Cup regulars will skip their weekend off to compete in the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Neither Martin Truex Jr. nor Pat Tryson would rank Martinsville Speedway among their favorite tracks. But after Truex placed fifth Monday in the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, maybe the 0.526-mile oval will be a place they look forward to returning to in October.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – The success enjoyed by Jimmie Johnson and the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 team might be disturbing to competitors on the race track, but some say such success serves as motivation rather than frustration.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Jeff Gordon won’t argue that he’s been the beneficiary before when NASCAR has made a late-race caution that ultimately changed the outcome of a race.