SPRINT CUP SERIES

26th Jul 2010

Speedway, IN, United States (AHN) - Chip Ganassi and Jamie McMurray joined some pretty elite company Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Ganassi got the rare season-sweep of Indianapolis with Dario Franchitti winning the Indianapolis 500 and McMurray, who captured the the Brickyard 400 on Sunday.

McMurray pulled off a rarity himself as he became just the third driver to win...

7th Jul 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 7, 2010) – Jeff Gordon will make his 600th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start on Saturday night in the LifeLock.com 400, at Chicagoland Speedway.

A four-time series champion, Gordon has enjoyed one of the most prolific careers in the sport’s history. Consider the following:

- Four series titles. Only Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson and...

7th Jul 2010

Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN) - It took a more than 90-minute delayed start by rain and one last, dramatic show, including a huge accident and a white-knuckle finish, but the Coke Zero 400 got in Saturday night with Kevin Harvick coming away with the win at Daytona International Speedway.

Harvick, a former Daytona 500 winner, emerged from the mayhem -- 37 caution laps and one...

29th Jun 2010

Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN) - Back-to-back wins enabled Jimmie Johnson to trim Kevin Harvick's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points lead from 140 to 105 points over the four-time champion Johnson.

Harvick sits atop the points standings with 2,489 and behind him is Johnson (2,384), who won at Infineon and New Hampshire the last two weeks.

Kyle Busch is third with 2,328 and...

29th Jun 2010

Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN) - A crew member for Richard Petty Motorsports has been suspended indefinitely from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for violating the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy.

Chris Moore, who works for the No. 43 team driven by AJ Allmendinger, was found in violation via NASCAR's random testing policy.

The suspension comes for violating...