SPRINT CUP SERIES
20th Jun 2010
Sonoma, CA, United States (AHN) - Using the same car that he wheeled to a win here a year ago, Kasey Kahne won the pole Friday for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Infineon Raceway.
Turning a lap of 93.893 mph on the 11-turn, 1.99-mile road course, Kahne used his Richard Petty Motorsports Ford to knock four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson off the pole.
"It...
13th Jun 2010
BROOKLYN, Mich.—Denny Hamlin sucked the drama right out of Sunday’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway—because his car was so vastly superior to the 42 others in the field.
“All we do is win, baby—two in a row,” Hamlin radioed to his crew just before crossing the finish line 1.246 seconds ahead of Kasey Kahne, the only other driver...
7th Jun 2010
"Brother acts" are hardly a new phenomenon in NASCAR. There are many notable examples: Bobby and Donnie Allison. Terry and Bobby Labonte. The Waltrips. The Wallaces. The Burtons. The Flocks.
But as the sport continues to diversify, attracting drivers from all over the nation and even the world, that time-honored tradition is becoming diluted just a little bit. Looking around the NASCAR...
7th Jun 2010
Long Pond, PA, United States (AHN) - Denny Hamlin continued his legacy at Pocono Raceway Sunday when he pulled away from teammate Kyle Busch on a late restart to win the 500-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on the 2.5-mile triangular track.
The win was the fourth at Pocono for Hamlin and also Hamlin's fourth of the season, while Busch held off Tony Stewart for runner-up honors.
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23rd May 2010
Concord, NC, United States (AHN) - It was one heck of a day for Team Penske.
Helio Castroneves and Will Power qualified on the front for the Indianapolis 500 earlier in the day and Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway Kyle Busch held off Showdown winner Martin Truex Jr. to win his first Sprint All-Star Race.
"It's an unbelievable experience. It's something that you sit...
