Nelson Piquet Jr. was surging with confidence after winning the Nationwide race at Road America a year ago, optimistic that his success would lead to a full-time ride in NASCAR’s second-tier series.
Now Piquet returns to the scene of his biggest stock-car racing moment still trying to find his footing on the next rung up the ladder.
“Obviously, I’m frustrated with our results,” Piquet said Friday. “We’re not where I wanted to be.”
Piquet, the first Brazilian to win a race in one of NASCAR’s major national series and the son of a three-time Formula One champion … More
Travis Pastrana is afraid of one thing.
It’s not jumping out of an airplane without a parachute — heck, he has done that, and the stunt has been viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube.
And it’s not screaming down a ramp on a motorcycle and soaring high into the air and doing a double backflip. Yes, he did that, too.
And it’s not BASE jumping. Or racing a motorcycle or a truck or a rally car.
And he’s not afraid of … More
Danica Patrick’s working relationship with her boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr. now has a few skid marks, commemorating their Hallmark moment on the race track.
Is there a card that says “Sorry for wrecking your car and ruining your night, honey?”
Danica and Ricky went bump in the night at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday night … More
Fourteen leaders. 68 lead changes. A three-wide battle coming off a restart that decides the race. Read those two lines and you’re probably thinking, “typical NASCAR race at Talladega.”
Nope. Instead, those stats defined what could be the best Indianapolis 500 in a generation. As we look back at the Coca-Cola 600, it’s important to stop and recognize open-wheel’s glory day because the event was everything NASCAR was not. There was a sentimental winner, Tony Kanaan, whose post-race celebration from teams and crews became reminiscent of Dale Earnhardt’s Daytona 500 “monkey off his back” victory of 1998. There was passing paired with a sense of urgency — and not just on Lap 190 of 200 — but throughout the entire event … More