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Feb 7 2012 - 5:48pm

Pemberton Lands at Tommy Baldwin Racing

Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) hired Ryan Pemberton to lead the #36 team as crew chief for Dave Blaney. Pemberton will join the team as they attempt to make the 54th Annual Daytona 500 February 26.The #36 team's 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)...

Feb 7 2012 - 1:56pm

And Away We Go!

Back after a brief hiatus, it’s theiNSIDE SCOOP!After an unreported trip to a certain city in the Midwest for a certain football game won by a certain team from a large metropolitan city…nah, I can’t get away with that. It’s been a whirlwind since the...

Feb 3 2012 - 4:43pm

Racing Electronics Honored

The Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce (NC) has presented Racing Electronics with its Small Business of the Year award at a recent luncheon held at Embassy Suites in Concord, NC.RE, as you might know, offers ONMC Members a discount on scanners at...

Jan 31 2012 - 7:02pm

NASCAR ‘IN A GOOD PLACE’ SAYS FRANCE

NASCAR and its stakeholders intend to build on the success of 2011 as the new season begins with the Feb. 26 Daytona 500 and other Speedweeks events at Daytona International Speedway.In his State of NASCAR remarks delivered during the NASCAR Sprint...

Jan 31 2012 - 11:22am

Newmans Break Ground on Rescue Ranch

Ryan Newman and wife Krissie began discussing plans for an animal rescue facility in Iredell County a few years ago, and the first step in the process took place a couple of miles from their home in Statesville, NC.The facility is called "Rescue Ranch"...

Jan 30 2012 - 4:33pm

Deal Done for Danica at Daytona?

According to Sirius Speedway, a deal to make Danica Patrick a guaranteed starter in the Daytona 500 is near completion.Danica Patrick will be a guaranteed starter in the 2012 Daytona 500, using owner points from Tommy Baldwin Racing.Multiple sources...

Jan 30 2012 - 4:28pm

Hamilton-Means Racing Set for Big Run

With Daytona just a few weeks away, co-owner Jimmy Means says that the newly formed Hamilton Means Racing team will try to attempt as many races in 2012 as possible.Originally, the idea was to make all 36, but the team announced last week that it would...

Jan 27 2012 - 4:23pm

NASCAR 'Re-Evaluating' Boys, Have At It for '12

Could 'Boys, have at it' become 'Boys, have at it a little bit, but not too much?'NASCAR VP of Competition Robin Pemberton said yesterday that NASCAR plans to look at its policy on driver conduct on the track for the coming season.NASCAR loosened the...

Jan 27 2012 - 4:18pm

'72 Daytona 500 Winner Foyt in Hospital

The man who won the Daytona 500 40 years ago is in the hospital, suffering from an infection after knee surgery.Associated Press and ESPN report:A.J. Foyt has been hospitalized in Houston for complications from knee surgery and will skip the 50th...

Jan 26 2012 - 3:32pm

Good Man Gone

Doc Mattioli was one of the most genuine, caring, committed individuals it has been my pleasure to know. After carving Pocono Raceway out of the mountains near Long Pond, he brought Indy Cars there first, then NASCAR. Why, you ask, would NASCAR come to...