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HANS Going to Outer Space
HANS Going to Outer Space

27 Dec 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two worlds have collided in 2010 perhaps more than they have ever collided before. Maybe for the first time in history, a great level of collaboration between the automotive and space exploration in...

 
Kenny Wallace to Drive for RAB
Kenny Wallace to Drive for RAB

22 Dec 2010, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The shuffling of drivers and teams in preparation for the 2011 NASCAR season continues, with more and more announcements regarding new tie-ups and switches being made by most of the teams who have h...

 
Steve Newmark, President of Roush Fenway Racing
Steve Newmark, President of Roush Fenway Racing

20 Dec 2010, 17:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the iconic teams in the NASCAR series, Roush Fenway Racing, announced today it has decided to hand over its destiny to a new president. Effective the end of December, Steve Newmark will be re...

 
First Test for Daytona Repaved Track
First Test for Daytona Repaved Track

17 Dec 2010, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The newly repaved surface of the Daytona International Speedway was put through its paces this week, as several NASCAR teams flocked to the scene for the first tire test prior to the 2011 season. ...

 
Raikkonen Linked with NASCAR Races in 2011
Raikkonen Linked with NASCAR Races in 2011

16 Dec 2010, 09:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The media kept speculating throughout the 2010 motor racing season that Kimi Raikkonen might switch from the world of rallying back to Formula One next year. That discussion was over as soon as all ...

 
Piquet Jr. Wants to Be First Brazilian Champion of NASCAR
Piquet Jr. Wants to Be First Brazilian Champion of NASCAR

15 Dec 2010, 11:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nelson Piquet Jr has moved from the disappointments he had in his short Formula One career (as well as the ones he caused, we might add) and has now set a new, some might say greater goal. And that ...

 
Full Trucks Season for Nelson Piquet
Full Trucks Season for Nelson Piquet

13 Dec 2010, 22:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's gonna be a busy 2011 for former Formula One driver Nelson Piquet Jr., who just announced today he will embark on a full Camping World Truck Series season in 2011. Piquet will be racing und...

 
Verizon Ends NASCAR Involvement, Moves to IndyCar
Verizon Ends NASCAR Involvement, Moves to IndyCar

13 Dec 2010, 09:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most important partners of the NASCAR series, Verizon Wireless, has ended its involvement with the sports this year and plans to move its business to IndyCar, where it is expected to spen...

 
Scott Speed Sues Red Bull
Scott Speed Sues Red Bull

13 Dec 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Scott Speed, the former Red Bull driver who competed in his second full season in the Sprint Cup this year, has filed a lawsuit against Red Bull, claiming a breach of contract and asking in a North ...

 
Daytona Repairs Complete
Daytona Repairs Complete

13 Dec 2010, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In under a year since the famous Daytona track began getting repaired, the track's officials announced the work on the deteriorated tarmac have been completed, and with some time to spare: five...

 
No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevy Unveiled
No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevy Unveiled

6 Dec 2010, 15:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's the unveiling season for NASCAR teams, with the new livery on the models for 2011 already being presented since late last week. After Shell-Pennzoil and Penske Corporation presented the No...

 
Karthikeyan Will Not Leave NASCAR for F1
Karthikeyan Will Not Leave NASCAR for F1

6 Dec 2010, 10:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Narain Karthikeyan insisted that he will not turn his back on NASCAR racing for pursuing his former dream of becoming an F1 driver. Having already established his first few contacts with the world o...

 
King Johnson Gets His Crown
King Johnson Gets His Crown

4 Dec 2010, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The greatest driver NASCAR has ever known, some call him. We, the rest, refer to him simply as Jimmie Johnson. The history books will call him the first man to have won five consecutive Sprint Cups....

 
NASCAR Marketing Award Goes to Nationwide
NASCAR Marketing Award Goes to Nationwide

3 Dec 2010, 16:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The title sponsor for NASCAR's second most important racing series, Nationwide Insurance, has received the sanctioning body's recognition this week, being handed the Marketing Achievement ...

 
NASCAR to Drop FanView
NASCAR to Drop FanView

3 Dec 2010, 16:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / FanView, the technology which since 2006 has tried to “bring NASCAR fans closer to the sport they love,” has pretty much had its final say in the motorsport, as the contract between the ...

 
Shell-Pennzoil Dodge and IndyCar No. 3 Shell Unveiled
Shell-Pennzoil Dodge and IndyCar No. 3 Shell Unveiled

3 Dec 2010, 16:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An interesting day for the motorsports world, as Shell-Pennzoil and Penske Corporation presented the cars they will enter into the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and IZOD IndyCar Series. The two ...

 
NASCAR Sponsors' Displays a Hit in 2010
NASCAR Sponsors' Displays a Hit in 2010

2 Dec 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been perhaps one of the most interesting NASCAR seasons in a long time, with one of the tightest Chases and an exciting Nationwide event. Even so, the public was not so keen on attending t...

 
Paul Wolfe Named Sprint Crew Chief for Keselowski
Paul Wolfe Named Sprint Crew Chief for Keselowski

30 Nov 2010, 16:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having completed the Nationwide season with honors, Paul Wolfe, the crew chief of Brad Keselowski in the Sprint Cup feeder series got a promotion from his bosses at Penske Racing and will be follow...

 
Fifth Sprint Made Jimmie Johnson Sell Better
Fifth Sprint Made Jimmie Johnson Sell Better

29 Nov 2010, 20:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Those who kept an eye on the NASCAR Sprint Cup this season were watching history in the making. Jimmie Johnson, the man who had already broke a record in 2009 by winning the fourth consecutive Sprin...

 
NASCAR Wants Big Names in the Series
NASCAR Wants Big Names in the Series

29 Nov 2010, 19:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if it is still not in danger of loosing its huge audience, NASCAR and the racing series it governs are always opened to more and more fans coming to watch and ultimately pay for tickets. Wh...