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Jan 23 2012 - 12:55pm

The Champ!

Tony Stewart led off the 2012 Sprint Media Tour presented by Charlotte Motor Speedway today with a rundown of his team's plans, the addition of Danica Patrick, Steve Addington and Greg Zipadelli to the team and more.The three-time and reigning NASCAR...

Jan 20 2012 - 3:56pm

Danica Knew '12 Plans Last Year, Told Andretti She was NASCAR-bound

Sports Illustrated reports that Danica Patrick, who joined Stewart-Haas Racing for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut season this year, knew last year that she was headed south for NASCAR and informed her Indy Car team of that fact."Andretti Autosport...

Jan 19 2012 - 4:35pm

Branching Out

Gotta give Kyle Busch credit. He's never dull.Amid the Monster Energy motocross riders and a ton of fanfare, Kyle announced today that he and brother Kurt would run for the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner's title in the No. 54 Monster Energy...

Jan 19 2012 - 4:27pm

KBM Sets Monster, Busch Bros. for Nationwide Ride

Kyle Busch Motorsports today announced that the team owner and brother Kurt would compete together in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving a Kyle-owned car for the NNS owner's championship. Monster Energy is the sponsor of the No. 54 Monster Emergy...

Jan 18 2012 - 12:11pm

Edwards Will Not Return Full-Time to Nationwide Series

Carl Edwards will not be returning full-time to the Nationwide Circuit for the 2012 season."The way we're approaching this season is, I'm not committing to any races right now," Edwards told NASCAR.com. "And as the season goes, if I decide I'm just a...

Jan 17 2012 - 5:29pm

Speed Thrills at DIS

Taking a look at the speed charts during the Preseason Thunder tests at Daytona last week, I felt like I was at Indianapolis in the early 1980s. A lap at 206 mph? Can I get an amen?Speed, back in the late 1980s, before the hated restrictor plate...

Jan 16 2012 - 3:44pm

Nationwide Has a Chance to Find Itself

With the news that Carl Edwards won’t compete in the full NASCAR Nationwide Series season—which follows the news that Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski won’t either—the Nationwide Series has a chance to find itself.There’s nothing wrong with the series,...

Jan 11 2012 - 6:00pm

Percolating Right Along

As the sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our discontent…as in waiting for the darn racing to begin! Testing (see above) helps with that, because we can see that there are indeed cars on the track and some hope in our future for the...

Jan 11 2012 - 4:49pm

Bad Times for Carbon-Copy Bobby

Just how tough is it out there? Plenty tough, and not just for regular joes.News comes over the transom (from Scene Daily) that former NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series driver Bobby Hamilton Jr. has filed for bankruptcy protection to reorganize...

Jan 9 2012 - 3:32pm

New Look for '13

Ford has introduced its 2013 Fusion to the world, and it looks like a Fusion, more or less.The key to it, however, is that this is the car that will serve as the building block for the 2013 NASCAR machine the company will put on the track. Talk has...