August 31, 2012 With just two races left before the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, it's crunch time for drivers battling for a playoff spot.
The top-three drivers in the points standings -- Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- have already clinched a spot in the field. Matt Kenseth will likely join them. All he needs to do is finish 40th or better this Sunday night at Atlanta.
August 27, 2012 Two more races left before the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship and Denny Hamlin has pulled into a tie with defending champion Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson each with 3 wins this season after Saturday night’s race at Bristol. Hamlin took the lead with a pass of Carl Edwards with 39 laps to go and held off the rest of the field the rest of the way for his first career victory at Bristol.
August 24, 2012 The racing this weekend at Bristol should be different from what was seen back in March. Since then the concrete surface was shaved down to bring back the kind of racing that fans used to love at Bristol – all the fender bumping and grinding. It was about five years ago they made a change that allowed more side-by-side racing and eliminated most of the bumping, but the fans didn’t like it.
August 20, 2012 Greg Biffle not only won the race at Michigan but took over the Sprint Cup points lead. He actually inherited the lead in the race when Jimmie Johnson left the track with engine trouble with six laps to go. Because Johnson’s car left oil on the track it came down to a green-white-checkered finish and Biffle held off Brad Keselowski by under a half a second at the finish line.
August 13, 2012 For the second year in a row Marcos Ambrose wins at Watkins Glen, but he got a big helping hand. Oil on the track from the car of Bobby Labonte jumbled the running order and it set up a final lap duel between Ambrose and Brad Keselowski. Ambrose made the right move on the final turn and not only gave him the win but his fourth straight top-three finish.
August 12, 2012 Each year the Erie County Fair invites an up and coming NASCAR driver to the fair and this year it was Ryan Truex - the younger brother of Martin Truex, Jr. Ryan is running a part-time schedule in the Nationwide Series but did race at Watkins Glen on Saturday and finished 15th.
August 10, 2012 Five races to go before the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship including this Sunday’s race at Watkins Glen the second of the season’s two road course races. A nearly two and a half mile, 11-turn course track in the Fingers Lakes region about two and a half hours from Buffalo. Marcos Ambrose is the defending champion winning his first Sprint Cup race in a green-white-checkered finish when he passed Brad Keselowski.
August 6, 2012 It was a combination of good luck and bad weather that allowed Jeff Gordon to win his first race of the season. Teammate Jimmie Johnson got loose on a restart and knocked Matt Kenseth into the wall. Kenseth then bounced off the wall and took out Denny Hamlin and that’s the opening Gordon needed to take the lead. And for Gordon it couldn’t have come at a better time. Rain started falling and with 98 of the scheduled 160 laps completed, officials called the race and Gordon was awarded the win.
August 3, 2012 All three of NASCAR's national touring series are scheduled for events this weekend, with Sprint Cup and Camping World Trucks at Pocono Raceway and the Nationwide Series running at Iowa Speedway.
Joey Logano was the winner in June’s visit to Pocono, but he knows he needs to win another race during the regular season if he hopes to make the field for this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Logano sits fourth in the wild card standings with six races left before the Chase begins.
July 26, 2012 If you are a fan of NASCAR, this is a must-see event. This Saturday night (July 27) at Dunn Tire Raceway Park, Bobby Allison will be on hand for Legends Night. Any racing fan will tell you that this three-time winner of the Daytona 500 and a NASCAR Hall of Famer is right at the top of the list of racing legends.
July 16, 2012 Denny Hamlin was having a great day at New Hampshire. He had led 150 laps and was lengthening his lead when debris on the track brought out the yellow flag. And that’s where everything changed. His crew chief wanted to change two tires, but on the radio it sounded like Hamlin wanted four. The extra time in the pits shoved him all the way back to 13th place for the restart. It almost didn’t matter. Almost. Hamlin drove his way thru the field but the best he could do was second place.
July 13, 2012 Sprint Cup and Nationwide drivers are at New Hampshire this weekend while Camping World Trucks are at Iowa Speedway.
