Archive for February, 2010

Hey race fans! Follow Danica Patrick’s stock car debut in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA race live at Daytona courtasy of Arcaracing.com by clicking on the link below: http://timing1.arcaracing.com/

The countdown is almost at zero. The wait is almost over. In just a little more than 24 hours(at the time I am writing this), Danica Patrick’s stock car debut will be underway. It’s the moment not just NASCAR fans, but race fans in general, have been waiting for since December, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. hired the Indycar diva to drive a race car for his team. “How will Danica do?” has been the question swirling around NASCAR Nation for almost 2 months. Tomorrow, we get our answer. My prediction: She makes it 10 laps. I’m am not a Nostrodomus by [...]

Hey race fans! Hope your enjoying the Speedweeks festivities so far. Tonight, we have the Bud Shootout starting grid draw live on Speed, beginning at 9:00 P.M. ET, to determine the starting lineup for Saturday night’s Bud Shootout. But, just in case you are, for whatever reason, unable to watch the draw live on television, don’t fret. Stock Car Spin will bring you up-to-the minute updates on the draw throughout the evening. Congrats to 2010 Bud Shootout polesitter Carl Edwards! See the updated starting grid below: 1. Carl Edwards 2. Kevin Harvick 3. Brian Vickers 4. Ryan Newman 5. Greg Biffle [...]

As if Richard Petty Motorsports hasn’t already endured enough merging and aligning over the past few years… It was announced on Tuesday that the newly-expanded Front Row Motorsports team, with drivers Travis Kvapil and Kevin Conway, has agreed to an alliance with Yates Racing. Yates will transfer the owner points from his #98 and #96 cars from a year ago over to Front Row’s #37 and #38 teams, meaning that the #37 and #38 will be locked into the first 5 races of the 2010 season. The new team will be called Front Row Motorsports with Yates Racing. Though RPM [...]

A few weeks ago, NASCAR announced that it would be letting the drivers go back to the old grass-roots racing. In other words, they’re loosening the reigns, and letting drivers do what they want. Almost as if they’re turning back the clock to the good ‘ol days. Perhaps, then, it is a humorous coincidence that two of NASCAR’s biggest teams are turning back the clock when it comes to some of their paint schemes. Roush-Fenway Racing and Hendrick Motorsports have each unveiled paint schemes for their cars at various times throughout the offseason that may look familiar to you. Granted, [...]