Tag: Rick Hendrick

• Martin makes his mark at Daytona

  February 8th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  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

  Sections: Blogs, Grand-Am, IRL, NASCAR, Other reports

  Tags: Alan Gustafson, Bobby Gerhart, Chevrolet, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Daytona, Hendrick Motorsports, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin, Nelson Piquet Jr., Richard Childress, Richard Petty, Rick Hendrick

• Busch and Toyota are NASCAR’s hottest combination

  March 14th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
  

  Kyle Busch (above) has threatened to win every NASCAR Sprint Cup race run this year and at the high-banked Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend the 22-year old finally put it all together to score a dominant victory. After three years with Rick Hendrick’s Chevrolet team, Busch was dropped by Hendrick… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, NASCAR, Other reports, Personalities

  Tags: AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, Dario Franchitti, Joe Gibbs, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch, Patrick Carpentier, Rick Hendrick, Sam Hornish, Sprint Cup, Tony Stewart, Toyota

• At Daytona, it’s all about the show

  February 15th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
  

  NASCAR is where the show and entertainment is king and the sanctioning body is in complete control of the entire production. As such, NASCAR could not have hoped for a better kick-off to its season at Daytona last weekend prior to Sunday’s 50th running of the Daytona 500. To the… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, NASCAR, Other reports

  Tags: Chevrolet, Daytona, Daytona 500, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Rick Hendrick, Tony Stewart, Toyota, Track