Drive4COPD 300
by Ronald A. Rowe February 28th, 2012 | NASCAR, Nationwide Series
How's that for a finish to the start of a new season on the Nationwide series? After a brutally long 99-day layoff and one preseason event, NASCAR roared back into the forefront with the Drive4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway. The casualties of the final turn of the final lap read like a who's who of NASCAR. Last year's Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, last year's Nationwide series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr, and last year's Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart were just three of the illustrious drivers whose day ended just a few second
Potential Daytona 500 Line Up
by Ronald A. Rowe February 23rd, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series
If the qualifying for the Daytona 500 were over now, Ford would own the front row. Based on the current standings, Carl Edwards (pictured) is the pole sitter and will line up next to Greg Biffle in the #2 spot. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Marcos Ambrose, Casey Mears, Jeff Gordon, Martin Truex Jr., 2011 Nationwide Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr., last year’s Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, and reigning Sprint Cup Champ Tony Stewart round
2012 Budweiser Shootout
by Ronald A. Rowe February 21st, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR’s 2012 season certainly didn’t take long to get warmed up. We went from zero to awesome in one race. Kyle Busch almost wrecked -– by all measure should have wrecked -– twice in the second stanza of the Budweiser Shootout. Twice he slid toward the infield, car sliding wildly. Twice he somehow managed to right the vehicle and avoid certain disaster. And once –- once is all it took –- he executed a perfect pass with perfect timing to cross the finish line 13/100th of a second ahead of a shocked
Adding and Subtracting NASCAR-Style
by Ronald A. Rowe February 16th, 2012 | NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup Series
One driver is cutting back on his racing schedule while another is looking to expand her horizons. The "her" is probably a dead giveaway, so we'll elaborate on the latter half of that opening sentence first.
Danica Patrick (pictured) is set to run in both the Sprint and Nationwide series this year. But just running isn't quite what she has in mind. Patrick plans to claim at least one win in each series during the 2012 season. She's gracious and charming -- and a woman competing in a man's sport -- and manages to steal the spotlight wherever she goes,
Danica Patrick (pictured) is set to run in both the Sprint and Nationwide series this year. But just running isn't quite what she has in mind. Patrick plans to claim at least one win in each series during the 2012 season. She's gracious and charming -- and a woman competing in a man's sport -- and manages to steal the spotlight wherever she goes,
NASCAR Profile: Kasey Kahne
by Ronald A. Rowe February 14th, 2012 | Driver Profiles, NASCAR
Kasey Kahne won the same number of races in NASCAR's Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series in 2011 -- one. Of course, he ran a full slate on the Sprint Cup circuit and only entered one Truck Series race all year. He finished 14th in the Cup Standings for the season.
Kahne had never driven in a closed-wheel racing league prior to joining NASCAR's Nationwide series in 2002. After just two years on the junior circuit, Kahne moved up to a full season on the Sprint Cup level in 2004. He barely missed the Chase that season, finishing 13th.
He dropped
Kahne had never driven in a closed-wheel racing league prior to joining NASCAR's Nationwide series in 2002. After just two years on the junior circuit, Kahne moved up to a full season on the Sprint Cup level in 2004. He barely missed the Chase that season, finishing 13th.
He dropped