Nascar News
28th Dec 2009
Sydney, Australia (AHN) - Four-time World of Outlaws Champion Donny Schatz beat his boss, two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart, in the Valvoline Australian Sprintcar Grand Prix at the Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway Saturday. On a wet and rain-soaked track, Schatz made the necessary adjustments and adapted to the racing surface by by setting the fastest time during...
28th Dec 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina (AHN) - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series owner and driver Robby Gordon and Team Hummer are preparing to head south to Argentina for the 2010 Dakar Rally. The No. 302 of Robby Gordon and No. 326 of teammate Carlo de Gavardo left the team's California race shop last weekend to be transported to Argentina via airfreight. The team's necessary support vehicles left the shop a month...
23rd Dec 2009
Guest Column By Cathy Elliott
I think the first really in-depth piece of NASCAR-related writing I ever did was for inclusion in a USA Today special section during NASCAR Champion's Week six or seven years ago. The story was titled,
"Drivers are athletes."
I did my due diligence, researched the topic thoroughly,...
23rd Dec 2009
Mooresville, NC, United States (AHN) - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver AJ Allmendinger has apparently put his October DWI arrest behind him.
The three-year Cup veteran was handed a suspended sentence, probation and community service after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of driving while impaired.
Allmendinger, who had his best Cup season last year with Richard Petty...
23rd Dec 2009
Jupiter, FL, United States (AHN) - Just two days after the season-opening Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona on February 6, 2010, the ARCA Series will conduct an open test at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway. The inaugural ARCA Palm Beach event will be contested February 27, so the test will give teams just under three weeks to prepare for the first of the two road courses on the series. "We are...
