Not many people get second chances in sports, let alone in life itself. A.J. Allmendinger is on his third chance. The first was in open wheel cars which he dominated. The second came with his entrance to NASCAR in 2007 with the Red Bull Racing team. The third has come with Phoenix Racing and JTG-Daugherty [...]
Denny Hamlin has been in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup every year since he entered the sport on a full-time basis back in 2006. This year, after missing four races and barely running another one until Brian Vickers took over his car, Hamlin’s streak of making NASCAR’s 10-race playoff for the eighth consecutive [...]
NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity campaign has been rather successful. Since it began, the program has helped several minority drivers get rides in NASCAR’s top-three series. Paulie Harraka, 23, is hoping to be the first of those drivers to make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut. Harraka will be attempting to make his NASCAR Sprint Cup [...]
Jason Leffler, 37, has passed away due to severe injuries suffered during a sprint car race in Swedesboro, NJ. Police have confirmed to NBC Philadelphia that Leffler was killed in the wreck. There is no word as of what injuries occurred. Here is a picture of Jason Leffler’s car after his crash that has left [...]
Austin Dillon will be back behind the wheel of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car this weekend. Dillon will return to a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet SS in NASCAR’s top tier division for the first time since the Daytona 500. The eldest of the Dillon brothers has been running full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series [...]
Most NASCAR fans can agree that Jacques Villeneuve never got a full-time ride for a reason: he’s a mad man behind the wheel. Villeneuve isn’t like Patrick Carpentier, a fellow Canadian that has a personality perfect for NASCAR racing. Villeneuve has been given the opportunity to prove himself on one of NASCAR’s largest stages once [...]
As someone who used to race in the NASCAR Mexico Series, not many Americans heard of the name German Quiroga before Kyle Busch Motorsports signed him on as a part-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver two years ago. After running mildly well, Quiroga earned a full-time gig in NASCAR’s third tier series with one [...]
Being a past champion in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Bobby Labonte clearly knows how to drive a racecar. However, Labonte, 49, hasn’t visited victory lane since the season finale back in 2003 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Now driving for JTG-Daugherty Racing, Labonte has been replaced for five races in favor of A.J. Allmendinger. Labonte [...]
Trevor Bayne’s season is heading towards the right direction. After getting married on Tuesday, the 2011 Daytona 500 winner has finally brought his Roush-Fenway Racing no. 6 NASCAR Nationwide Series car to victory lane for the first time in 2013. Bayne won the Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 at the Iowa Speedway after the race was postponed [...]
Jimmie Johnson may be a sitting duck on Sunday afternoon. Johnson will start from the front of the field for the Pocono 400 after NASCAR canceled all on-track activities at the Pocono Raceway on Friday due to rain. The field has been set based upon owners points. Since there were only 43 cars on the [...]
