Danica Patrick reportedly is in talks with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to join his NASCAR team. This apparently has been going on for months, with Danica visiting various NASCAR locales and floating trial balloons all summer. Even though she just signed a deal with Mario Andretti's team that will keep her in the Indy league for at least three more years, the contract does make provisions for Patrick to participate in a 'limited number' of races outside the IRL.
I'm confident that Patrick is ready for NASCAR. My question is, is NASCAR ready for Danica Patrick? This is a sport...
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NASCAR announced the 2009 inductees into their Hall of Fame this week. Most of you are probably thinking something along the lines of “I didn’t know NASCAR even had a Hall of Fame.” And that’s OK, because they didn’t. This is a first for the sport.
Among the five inductees into the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame are Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, which should surprise exactly no one. With 14 Cup Championships between them (nicely distributed at 7 apiece), there was no question that these two giants in the world of racing should...
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The car manufacturers are getting ready for the 2010 line up. Early indications are that green is in. Nissan is leading the charge with a report of an electric model, the Leaf, circulating on the Internet. Nissan has taken the role of the no-nonsense practical car company recently. The Cube, which looks like, well, a cube, is all practicality and no ego.
The Leaf takes the same no-nonsense approach and applies it to the concept of electric cars. Allegedly able to run 100 miles between charges, the Leaf could be a viable 'second' or 'city' car and...
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It looked like it was going to be a good day for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. He started in the front row and held the lead for 41 laps of the Price Chopper 400 on Sunday, until a loose lug nut turned into a monkey wrench for the number 88 car. As Junior pulled away from a routine pit stop, the NASCAR official in the pit pointed emphatically to the tire left behind in pit row. The crew had not reattached one of the lug nuts on the left rear tire. In short order, the...
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