by Jay | Jan 13, 2016 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N East, New, Touring Series News
Dominique Van Wieringen Joins Rette Jones Racing For Full NASCAR K&N East Slate
MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (January 12, 2016) – Officials from Rette Jones Racing (RJR) announced today that Late Model standoutDominique Van Wieringen (@DominiqueRacing) has joined the team for a full NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) schedule this season.
Van Wieringen, 20, advances to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East after running a Late Model schedule last season for NEMCO Motorsports. During her rookie season, her ability to maximize speed and car control awarded her with five top-five finishes and seven top-10 efforts overall. (more…)
by Jay | Dec 2, 2015 | NASCAR
Pemberton to Depart NASCAR Competition Post – Veteran Racing Executive Oversaw Numerous Racing Enhancements
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 1, 2015) – NASCAR announced today that Senior Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton will leave the organization at the end of 2015.
With a racing career that has spanned five decades, Pemberton joined the sanctioning body in August of 2004. Since that time, he has overseen all areas of NASCAR competition and been credited as a key component in bridging the gap between the sanctioning body and the racing community.
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by Jay | Oct 25, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Dale Earnhardt Jr. second, Jeff Gordon third in CampingWorld.com 500
FOUR CHEVROLET SS DRIVERS ADVANCE TO THIRD ROUND OF THE CHASE
TALLADEGA, Ala. (Oct. 25, 2015) – Following a wild finish in the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, four Team Chevy drivers have advanced to the Eliminator round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. The 10-race playoff began with nine Chevy SS drivers vying for this season’s championship title. With only five races remaining in the season, four Chevrolet SS drivers are left standing to try to earn Team Chevy’s 31st driver championship.
Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 3M Chevrolet SS is the highest-seeded Chevy driver heading into the third round of the Chase which begins next week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Gordon, the pole-sitter in his final start at Talladega, earned a third-place finish in the scheduled 188-lap race that ended in a green-white-checkered finish under yellow.
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by Jay | Oct 25, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Never Give Up Truex Jr. – Advances to 3rd Round of Chase Playoffs
Furniture Row driver finishes 7th in Talladega;
sets personal season record for top-10 finishes
TALLADEGA, Ala. (Oct. 25, 2015) – Martin Truex Jr.’s come-from-behind seventh-place finish Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway advanced the Furniture Row Racing driver to NASCAR’s Eliminator Round of the Chase, equivalent to college basketball’s Elite 8.
The seven other drivers joining Truex in the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup will be Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick.
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by Jay | Oct 19, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – TAKE US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED WITH MATT AND THE LAPS BEFORE? “It was just hard racing. He raced me really hard. I raced him the same way he raced me. It was a lot of fun out there racing for a win like that. The cars were very fast, equally paired and I couldn’t be more proud of what this Shell/Pennzoil team is doing right now. We’re such a fast race car, such a great team. We’ve showed it two weeks in a row now and this is a lot of fun. We’ve just got to ride this wave and we’ve got to get to Homestead still.” YOU GOT TO HIM AND THEN FELL BACK, AND THEN CAUGHT BACK UP.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT POINT? “He came up and started taking my air away, as he should, and I had to kind of adjust what I was doing and try to find a fast way back to him. I was able to get those runs back to him and get back to him.”
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by Jay | Oct 13, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Harvick Finishes Runner-Up at Charlotte
Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Driver Scores 14th Top-Two Finish of Season
Date: Oct. 11, 2015
Event: Bank of America 500 (Round 30 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Charlotte Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Start/Finish: 11th/2nd (Running, completed 334 of 334 laps)
Point Standing: 3,042 points, 6 points out of first in the Contender Round of the Chase
Winner: Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford)
Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet SS, led the four-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent Sunday at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway by finishing second in the rain-postponed Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. It was Harvick’s series-leading 11th second-place finish this season and his 14th top-two finish in the 30 races run in 2015.
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