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Jan 26 2012 - 3:02pm

Pocono Patriarch Joseph "Doc" Mattioli Passes

Long Pond, PA (January 26, 2012) ― Dr. Joseph Mattioli, Pocono Raceway Founder and Chairman of the Board, passed away today at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, surrounded by his loving family following a lengthy illness. He was 86. “Doc” as he was...

Jan 26 2012 - 9:10am

Wal-Mart Sponsors Elliott at Coke Zero 400

CONCORD, NC -- NASCAR driver Bill Elliott, a charter Member of the ONMC, will drive a Wal-Mart-sponsored Chevrolet for Turner Motorsports in July at Daytona, it was announced here this morning.Wal-Mart also announced the expansion of its Race Time 2012...

Jan 25 2012 - 8:57pm

Optimism Rampant in NASCAR

The annual Sprint NASCAR Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway is a time for all NASCAR teams to dream big, confident that the coming season will produce victories, momentum and performance, hopefully culminating in a championship season.It...

Jan 25 2012 - 5:36pm

Roush Wants to Go Back to 4 Cars; Loomis No Longer at RPM

Jack Roush said yesterday that sponsorship precluded him from racing the No. 6 again this year, but he's already thinking about getting that fourth Ford out on the track in 2013.Consolidation will "make us stronger," he said, and he might be right.In...

Jan 25 2012 - 3:24pm

Media Tour Notes: Hendrick Says '12 Title, Chase or Bust

The annual stop at Hendrick Motorsports on the Sprint NASCAR Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway doesn't usually yield all that much in the way of news, and it didn't again this year.It did, however, yield something in terms of attitude and...

Jan 24 2012 - 5:30pm

The First Shot of 2013 Has Been Fired

When Ford Racing Director Jamie Allison introduced the new Ford Fusion race car the company developed for 2013, I sat there with my mouth open.As a car, it was...beautiful. And it didn't look like the cars we saw race last year or will see this year....

Jan 24 2012 - 11:19am

Ganassi Full-Up on Sponsorship for '12

Chip Ganassi has a nice problem for this coming season: no place to put sponsors on his two-car team. That's especially nice after finishing 21st and 27th in the points last year.Jamie McMurray added Banana Boat sunscreen and sun products, Belkin...

Jan 23 2012 - 5:20pm

Seen and Heard: Day 1 at the Sprint Media Tour at CMS

Lotsa stuff going on at Media Tour Day 1 (or as we like to call it, The Fortnight).Kyle Busch won't drive any NASCAR Camping World Truck events this season (gee, wonder why?), just the partial Nationwide schedule he set up earlier this month with...

Jan 23 2012 - 3:13pm

Media Tour Day 1: No Indy for Danica

In what was actually news on the 30th annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway, Danica Patrick revealed that she would not be racing at Indianapolis this year on Memorial Day weekend.She'll be right down the street...

Jan 23 2012 - 1:32pm

Sad News: Noreen O'Brien

Noreen O'Brien, one of Chicagoland's most passionate racing fans and a constant ONMC supporter, lost her battle with cancer over the weekend.As someone who saw her at many races, especially Indy and Chicagoland, there was never a moment where she...