NASCAR Daily News

Vickers blisters Chicagoland for fifth pole

Greg Engle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:58:14 +0000

(By Reid Spencer ,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service) JOLIET, Ill. — With his fifth pole in 15 qualifying attempts this season, Brian Vickers will lead an all-Red Bull Racing Toyota front row to the green flag in Saturday night’s LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Vickers turned a lap at the 1.5-mile racetrack in 29.322 seconds (184.162 mph) [...]

Friendship with Dale Jr. intact, Eury Jr. returns to the track

Greg Engle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:48:28 +0000

(By Reid Spencer,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service) JOLIET, Ill. — Ryan Newman’s No. 39 Chevrolet rolled out of its garage stall just as the knot of reporters surrounding Tony Eury Jr. behind the No. 25 transporter began to dissolve. The crew pushing the No. 39 spotted Eury standing on the steps behind the hauler, stopped and cheered. [...]

Allgaier can fulfill goals with big second half

Greg Engle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:40:41 +0000

(By Tim Tuttle and Bill Marx,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service) Justin Allgaier set some lofty goals for his first season in the Nationwide Series, and they’re within his reach moving into its second half Friday with the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Allgaier leads the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings and is sixth in the [...]

Stewart, Busch make amends for Daytona crash

Greg Engle — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:04:12 +0000

(By Greg Engle, NDN Editor) After Tony Stewart won his second race of 2009 last week at Daytona International Speedway his celebration was somewhat muted. On the last lap of the Coke Zero 400 Stewart and then leader Kyle Busch came together as the cars came out of turn four and rocketed towards the finish line. The [...]

Is it hot in NASCAR, or is it just Tony Stewart?

Greg Engle — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:42:46 +0000

(By Greg Engle, NDN Editor, NASCAR Examiner) When he announced his departure from Joe Gibbs Racing last year Tony Stewart was facing a somewhat uncertain future. Stewart decided to take on the role of ownership, buying into half of a team that hadn’t really set the NASCAR world on fire. But now as the NASCAR Sprint Cup [...]

Ganassi in no rush to replace Truex

Greg Engle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:36:10 +0000

Chip Ganassi is in no rush to find a replacement for Martin Truex Jr after Michael Waltrip Racing announced Tuesday it has signed him on a multi-year contract from 2010. Truex joined the merger of Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Chip Ganassi Racing over the winter after being a DEI driver since 2003. This season though has [...]

Truex to MWR in 2010 as Waltrip scales back

Greg Engle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:33:23 +0000

(By Reid Spencer,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service) CORNELIUS, N.C.—Martin Truex Jr. has known for more than six weeks what his plans are for next year. On Tuesday at Michael Waltrip Racing headquarters, Truex finally got the opportunity to make the official announcement of his move to MWR under a multiyear agreement with the Toyota team, the specific [...]

Your turn: Is it time for NASCAR drivers to form a union?

Greg Engle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:30:16 +0000

(By Greg Engle, NDN Editor, NASCR Examiner) In the fall of 1969 NASCAR drivers formed a union they called the Professional Drivers Association, or the PDA. It was gone however not even two months after NASCAR’s star drivers at the time such as Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison formed it. “Big” Bill France founder of [...]