Archive for December, 2011

As we enter the final day of 2011, it’s time to look back at some of NASCAR Sprint Cup season’s memorable moments, the good and the bad. Records continued to be set which is a natural part of any sport. High expectations for certain drivers turned into disappointment and other drivers seemed to hit their stride in the performance department. Changes to the point system proved to be a winner that culminated with the most outstanding Chase we have seen since it was implemented. NASCAR forced drivers to pick the series they intended to run in for points and the [...]

The list of the top-ten most searched athletes on Yahoo was released on Monday, and Kris Humphries, the NBA player who had the 72 day marriage to Kim Kardashian wasn’t number one. Denver Broncos quarterback, Tim Tebow, didn’t even make the list as he was unheard of in the NFL world until October. The most searched was none other than IndyCar driver turned NASCAR driver, Danica Patrick. Although we can only speculate as to the reasons why, such as most men find the female driver extremely sexy, that certainly isn’t the only reason. Tiger Woods and Manny Pacquia, the professional boxer, [...]

The 2011 NASCAR offseason may take another unexpected twist, this time with David Ragan. Ragan may have found a ride for the 2012 season. Though it’s not with a NASCAR Sprint Cup team, it appears that the former Roush-Fenway driver may be one of the potential drivers to take over the former ride of Aric Almirola. Nothing is official as of now. If Almirola leaves JR Motorsports for the No. 43 of Richard Petty Motorsports, then Ragan may get the job driving for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and the No. 88. It seemed that Ragan had been in the hunt for [...]

If your a NASCAR fan on Twitter (like I am), you probably follow every driver on the social media network site, and you probably up to date on everything going on with them, and their respective teams.  If you followed Kasey Kahne’s Twitter account yesterday, you probably seen tweets that you wouldn’t expect at all. Kasey Kahne has come under fire for posting tweets about breastfeeding.  This was one of his tweets regarding breastfeeding. “Just walking though supermarket. See a mom breast feeding little kid. Took second look because obviously I was seeing things. I wasn’t!” After posting the tweets, [...]

Although sponsorship is relatively hard to come back in NASCAR these days, Bass Pro Shops along with Tracker Boats, announced last Thursday a sponsorship deal with Richard Childress Racing for 2012. Bass Pro Shops will be sponsoring a Nationwide car for Austin Dillion in the No, 3 Chevrolet Impala for five races and a Camping World Truck Series truck for Ty Dillon in the No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado for the entire 26 race season. This will be Ty Dillon’s first full season in the truck series, and prior to sponsoring him, Bass Pro had sponsored his brother in the same truck in [...]

  Scott Speed and Red Bull Racing, who closed their race shop in November, have settled their lawsuit out of the courtroom. Scott Speed field a lawsuit in the North Carolina Superior Court in Statesville, North Carolina in December 20120. Speed claimed Red Bull Racing violated their contract by removing Speed from his No. 82 ride. He asked that the team pay him $6.5 million for the salary he would have received from 2011-2013 in addition to a $500,000 reduction of his 2010 salary that he accepted in January 2010. Speed filed the dismissal documents Dec. 19. No terms of the settlement were disclosed. [...]

Though it has not been officially announced, it is being reported that Richard Petty Motorsports will be hiring Aric Almirola to drive the No. 43 during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The car is currently without a main sponsor, but that could change with Almirola behind the wheel. The car was previously driven by A.J. Allmendinger and sponsored by Best Buy. When Best Buy pulled their sponsorship earlier in December, Allmendinger began looking for a new ride, which he found at Penske Racing. Almirola made his NASCAR start with Joe Gibbs Racing as part of the Drive for Diversity [...]

2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart has announced that he will be competing in the 2012 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals on January 10, 2012 through January 14, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After an absence of three years, Stewart will return to the competition and attempt to add another trophy to his ever growing collection. The last time Stewart participated in the Chili Bowl, he finished in eighth place. He has won this competition last year. Stewart has not provided many details on his decision to return to the Chili Bowl, but it seems that winning the Sprint Cup three times is [...]

  Denny Hamlin definitely faced some struggles during the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season after his runner-up finish to five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in 2010. Now Hamlin and the No. 11 FedEx team have a new leader on the box who is coming off winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Joe Gibbs Racing announced on December 9, 2010 that Darian Grubb had been hired as the new crew chief for Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota. His first official day on the job was Monday, December 12th. The championship crew chief made the decision to stay on the pit [...]

  1–Last lap passes for the win: Michael Waltrip, whose spoiler fell off his truck with two laps to go, passes Elliott Sadler in the season opener at Daytona. The win for Waltrip came 10 years after his 1st Daytona 500 win and the day Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was killed. Waltrip was in the No. 16 truck in the honor of that faithful day. 2–Drivers who scored their first career win in 2011: Michael Waltrip at Daytona and Denny Hamlin in Martinsville. 3–Consecutive victories accomplished by two drivers: Kyle Busch with wins at Nashville, Dover, and Charlotte and Kevin Harvick with wins [...]