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IndyCar Sets Record for Entries at Chicagoland

Read more »Twenty-nine cars are expected to enter Chicagoland Speedway’s PEAK® Antifreeze & Motor Oil INDY 300 IZOD IndyCar® Series race this Saturday, marking the highest car count ever for an IZOD IndyCar Series race at the 1.5-mile tri-oval and the most outside of the 33 starting positions for the Indianapolis 500. Twenty-three cars were entered in Chicagoland Speedway’s 2009 race.

Evolution Of The Pit Stop: Part 3

When Jeff Gordon tried his hand with t Read more »he heavier NASCAR machines, the California native and Indiana transplant knew an opportunity to race stock cars would open up a new world of possibilities.

In 1991, Gordon moved south to drive for Bill Davis Racing in NASCAR's Busch Series [now Nationwide]. Driving cars for Ford Motor Co., Gordon would gain experience in the Busch Series, and then he and the team would move up to the Cup series together.

Sweep at Bristol Earns Three Awards for Busch

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With a convincing performance in Saturday night’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch and the No. 18 Doublemint Toyota team visited Victory Lane in the NASCAR Read more »Sprint Cup Series for the third time this season, picking up the race win and three post-race contingency awards.

While the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series celebrated its 100th race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Busch capped off the night with a historical milestone of his own, becoming the first driver in the history of the sport to win all three major national series races in a single weekend.

Brad Keselowski Still Owns Nationwide Points

Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN) - Points leader Brad Keselowski may have been turned for the win last week at B Read more »ristol by Kyle Busch, but that didn't keep Keselowski from maintaining the NASCAR Nationwide Series points lead.

Keselowski's lead dropped from 347 to 313 over former series champion Carl Edwards. He leads with 3,830 points and Edwards has 3,517, while Busch is third with 3,396 points. Justin Allgaier dropped to fourth with 3,123 and rounding out the top-five in points is Paul Menard (3,016).

Harvick Leads Cup Standings By 279 Points

Daytona Beach, FL, United Sta Read more »tes (AHN) - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader Kevin Harvick gave up 14 points last week at Bristol, but he still leads by 279 over four-time champion Jeff Gordon.

Harvick sits atop the points standings with 3,521 and behind him is Gordon (3,242), who is winless on the season despite finishing in the top-10 in more than half of his 24 starts in 2010.