I always look forward to NASCAR's visits to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway since it is one of the closest stops that the Sprint Cup Series makes to our area.
After a heartbreaking penalty last week robbed him of a win in Dover, Jimmie Johnson got his vengeance Sunday by winning the Party in the Poconos 400.
Or did he?
“It doesn’t make up for much,” Johnson said. “But, we know we’re a great race team...
Mother Nature rained on the kickoff to NASCAR's Party In the Poconos on Friday. The all day rain forced cancellation of qualifying which means the starting grid for Sunday's race was set by the rule book.
The new Generation 6 race car gets a major test this week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway since the track is typical of many of the intermediate sized speedways that NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series will race at this year. Rain washed out qualifying on Friday which means the starting grid will be set according to the NASCAR rule book.
Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500...
We are down to two drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship - Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson. Everyone else has been eliminated from contention. But will happen after last week's intentional wrecking, fighting in the pits, blown tire racing melee at Phoenix?
Yesterday in the next to last race of the season at Phoenix International Raceway , Brad Keselowski would take over the points lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings thanks to Jimmie Johnson's unfortunate bad luck as he smacked the wall late in the race causing him to finish 32nd. Keselowski now has a 20 point lead in the standings as we head to the last race of the season at Homestead-Miami Spee
The 2012 NASCAR season is rapidly coming to a close. There are just two races left in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Series Championship. This weekend the teams have headed west to Phoenix International Raceway. In Friday's qualifying, a new track record was set.
By gaining maximum points last week at Martinsville Jimmie Johnson has taken the points lead in the chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. On Friday he won the pole starting spot for the second week in a row. Now Johnson and Lowes team are in position to control their own destiny over the final three races of the season.