Article Archive
August 27, 2008
Shootout format to change in '09
Three-time winner Tony Stewart won't compete in next year's Budweiser Shootout. Neither will this year's Daytona 500 champion, R... Continue
Busch, Edwards' punishment: probation only
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation Wednesday for the next six Sprint Cup Series r... Continue
Sorenson to leave Ganassi for new ride in '09
Reed Sorenson will leave Chip Ganassi Racing after this season to drive a NASCAR Sprint Cup car for Gillett Evernham Motorsports... Continue
August 26, 2008
Logano will get Stewart's seat
HUNTERSVILLE -- Ten TV cameras pointed at him. A network was live. So was satellite radio, as it beamed 18-year-old Joey Logano...... Continue
J.D. Gibbs explains talk with Edwards
J.D. Gibbs and Carl Edwards spoke briefly after Saturday's race at Bristol, shortly after Edwards had beaten Gibbs' driver Kyle...... Continue
August 25, 2008
Busch-Edwards feud getting entertaining
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Enjoy this. Savor it. Rejoice in this rare spectacle of racing: A rivalry. NASCAR fans have longed for such a... Continue
August 24, 2008
Backflips at Bristol yet again
BRISTOL -- Take that, Kyle. Carl Edwards used the bump-and-run to pass Busch, who had led more than 400 consecutive laps, to win... Continue
NASCAR notes: Mears gets ride with Childress for 2009
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Casey Mears will drive for Richard Childress Racing next year, as the NASCAR Sprint Cup team expands and alter... Continue
August 23, 2008
Bristol no longer the bad boy of tracks
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- This is the track you're supposed to visit. This is the race you're supposed to see. The hype surrounding toni... Continue
August 21, 2008
Gibbs teams receive stiff penalties
NASCAR reaffirmed its tough stance on rulebreakers Wednesday, indefinitely suspending seven members of Joe Gibbs Racing's Nation... Continue
August 20, 2008
NASCAR hands out tough penalties, suspensions to Gibbs
CHARLOTTE (AP) - NASCAR suspended seven crew members of Joe Gibbs Racing and stripped drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano of 15... Continue
2009 NASCAR schedule
Labor Day weekend will again feature NASCAR racing in the South, as Atlanta will take over that date next year for a night race. Continue
Ragan's fate hinges on turnaround at Bristol
David Ragan's progress has been remarkable this season. To continue his turnaround, he needs a strong run at Bristol this weeken... Continue
August 19, 2008
NASCAR releases 2009 Cup schedule
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR's 2009 schedule features the same tracks and number of races as in 2008, but the order of some of... Continue
August 18, 2008
Edwards slows the Busch express
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- As crews and competitors scrambled to pack and leave the garage after Sunday's race, two crew members forecas... Continue
NASCAR notes: Gordon finds bright spot after bad day
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- The pressure, Jeff Gordon says, is off. He has only one thing to do these final three races before the field...... Continue
August 17, 2008
Ill-handling car doesn't sit well for Jeff Gordon
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Winning won't be everything to Jeff Gordon today. Mired in one of the longest winless droughts of his NASCAR...... Continue
Brad Coleman ready for Sprint Cup debut
If Brad Coleman could get away with it, he would wear his new NASCAR Sprint Cup uniform a whole lot more. "It's a good-looking s... Continue
Winning is the pits for Edwards at Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Carl Edwards took the lead in the pits, then drove away Saturday for his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victo... Continue
August 16, 2008
Victories piling up for Sprint Cup leader
A record 16 wins already this season and Kyle Busch still isn't satisfied. "In this sport, it's never any fun if you're not winn... Continue
Newman, Stewart join forces
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Ryan Newman knows his new ride features potential, but how long it will take to turn that into strong finishe... Continue
August 15, 2008
Newman introduced as Stewart's '09 teammate
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) - Tony Stewart plans to build his new NASCAR team into one that can win races and championships sooner than... Continue
August 14, 2008
Darlington regains Southern 500
The Southern 500 is back at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Track president Chris Browning said Wednesday the historic nam... Continue
August 13, 2008
Busch's bonus plan pays off
Kyle Busch's eighth victory of the season gives him an advantage that might be difficult for some of the sport's top-name driver... Continue
August 12, 2008
NASCAR says don't expect Sprint Cup to race in the rain
Racing in the rain at the Sprint Cup level is not on the horizon, but some drivers think it would make sense and be very enterta... Continue
