Roger Penske, owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, has donated $25,000 toward the Brienne Davis Memorial Scholarship, the Universal Technical Institute (UTI) Foundation announced. The money will help one qualified female to attend UTI’s NASCAR Technical Institute. The Penske award is part of the Brienne Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund for women pursuing careers in the automotive industry.
“The automotive industry needs outstanding people, like Brienne Davis, who are dedicated to top-notch service,†said Roger Penske, chairman of Penske Corporation, in a release. “This scholarship was created to provide more opportunities for women committed to pursuing technical excellence through a career in the motorsports and racing industries.â€Â  … Details
LAS VEGAS — They said Jimmie Johnson was boring. Didn’t like to put on a show.
They should have had my seat, inside the No. 48 car as smoke from burning tires and a burning engine poured in as we spun wildly in circles on the Vegas Strip. Actually, they could have had my seat, because one more doughnut spinning perilously close to the center median and I was about to see if there was an escape hatch on the car …Â Details
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is NASCAR’s most popular driver for the seventh consecutive year.
Earnhardt’s win keeps him at third on the career list behind Bill Elliott’s record 16 times selected as the most popular driver, and Richard Petty, who won the award nine times. The award, which is sponsored by Chex and presented by the National Motorsports Press Association, has been given since 1965 and voted on by fans.
Earnhardt, who is not part of the 12 drivers being celebrated this weekend in Las Vegas, took some time to get to the stage during Thursday’s awards ceremony … Details
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? Jimmie Johnson can only hope so.
Because we’re through just one day of NASCAR’s newly-relocated Champion’s Week, and Johnson’s reputation has already been beaten up worse than one of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s sparring partners. Boring? Vanilla? Politically correct? Not according to Johnson’s friends and fellow drivers, who poked plenty of fun at the four-time defending champion during a charity roast at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. There were jokes about … Details