Jeff Gordon has announced that he will keep racing for an undetermined period of time – at least another five or six years. Gordon, 38, is NASCAR’s most successful active driver with four championships and 82 wins to his credit.
He has been racing Sprint Cup cars for 18 years,… Read more
Order was restored in NASCAR as defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson bounced back from failing to finish the Daytona 500 to score the 48th win of his career in Sunday’s 500-mile race at the California Speedway.
Johnson was the man to beat in California, leading 101 of the race’s… Read more
Jamie McMurray scored a surprise win in Sunday’s Daytona 500, following two long delays because of a crumbling track and a series of late-race accidents.
McMurray was in sixth place for two of the last three restarts but was second for the final restart and, helped by Greg Biffle pushing… Read more
Delta Wing Indycar concept unveiled
The Delta Wing Indycar concept was revealed on Tuesday at the Chicago Auto Show. Designed by former Lola designer and current Chip Ganassi engineer Ben Bowlby, the Delta Wing aims to revolutionise Indycar racing in 2012, with a low-drag design that eliminates front wings and… Read more
NASCAR’s season kicked off on Saturday with qualifying for this Sunday’s Daytona 500, followed by the Budweiser Shootout 75-lap non-points-scoring sprint race under the lights. Qualifying was swept by Hendrick Motorsports as veteran Mark Martin took pole and team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr qualified on the outside front row. Thursday’s pair… Read more
Johnson sets new NASCAR record
Jimmie Johnson won an unprecedented fourth straight NASCAR championship in style at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Johnson qualified on pole, ran at the front, and finished a strong fifth as he led Hendrick Motorsports team-mates Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon to a 1-2-3 championship… Read more
Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson scored his sixth win of the year on Saturday night at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, pulling 90 points clear of closest challenger Mark Martin in the title race. It was Johnson’s 46th Cup win and his first in four years at Charlotte as… Read more
Championships were decided last weekend in four major American racing series. Dario Franchitti won the IRL’s IndyCar title at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, David Brabham/Scott Sharp wrapped-up the ALMS P1 championship for Highcroft Racing at Laguna Seca, Alex Gurney/Jon Fogarty sealed the Grand-Am title on the road course at Homestead-Miami, and… Read more
Tony Stewart reminded NASCAR fans that he’s a serious contender for this year’s Sprint Cup championship when he scored a smart win in Sunday’s 400-mile race at the Kansas Speedway.
This was Stewart’s first win in NASCAR’s 10-race Chase for the Cup championship play-off. It was also his fourth win… Read more
You may have heard that lately it’s rained and rained in the state of Georgia. Following a few years of drought Atlanta and its environs were suddenly swamped by floods and, after a break of a day or two towards the end of last week, the rains returned on Saturday… Read more
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