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Jan

NASCAR – Hall of Famer Junior Johnson launches new racing team

Hopes for Junior Johnson Racing to propel son Robert into the Sprint Cup Series

Junior Johnson has launched a race team that he hopes will propel his son, 17-year-old Robert, eventually to the Sprint Cup Series.

The elder Johnson, who was enshrined in NASCAR’s Hall of Fame as a member of its inaugural 2010 class of inductees, will run Junior Johnson Racing from shops on his 278-acre estate in Hamptonville, N.C.

Keith Barnwell, JJR’s executive vice president and general manager, said Monday he was standing amid 800 head of cattle outside one of the two buildings the elder Johnson   …  More

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2
Jan

Is E15 Ethanol a NASCAR Time Bomb?

The Daly Planet, with its accompanying Blog, suggests that NASCAR’s involvement with Ethanol 15 could be a time bomb!

John Daly pointed out that even the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers recently filed a petition with the U.S. Appellate Court challenging the EPA’s approval for gas containing 15 percent Ethanol. Similar concerns have also been expressed by Fox Cable News contributors John Stossel and Glen Beck.

Yet in early December, NASCAR bossman Brian France announced a partnership with producers of the alternative bio fuel composition of 15 percent Ethanol. The message to NASCAR fans was that E15 definitely will be a safe alternative in 2011. And NASCAR will be looking good because they will be considered to be “politically correct” for promoting green products!

But not so fast   …  More

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30
Dec

NASCAR Rally Car – Dakar Rally Opens Busy 2011 For Robby Gordon

Robby Gordon roams around his shop about three weeks before his 2011 season kicks off with the Dakar Rally, and he has a group of mechanics working on his Hummer for that event and a smaller group working on a Sprint Cup car for the Daytona 500.

The three Dakar support haulers, with millions of dollars worth of equipment, were ready a month earlier and left by boat for South America. The actual race vehicles needed to   …  More

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29
Dec

The five funniest moments of NASCAR’s 2010 season

I asked my NASCAR Twitter friends what they felt was the funniest moment of the 2010 season. Being such a memorable year, there were plenty of options to choose from. So, without further ado, here are the official “Funniest Racing Moments as voiced by Carolyn’s NASCAR Tweeps.”

No. 5: “Bowyer using a quarter to demonstrate the amount that his car was ‘off’. He seemed so sincere but I laughed my head ‘off’,” tweeted @wood_brothers21.

Admittedly, this did   …  More

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