It is beginning to sound more and more like Ray Evernham is itching to get back in on the competition side of NASCAR.
The former car owner and crew chief said prior to Sunday’s season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway that he hopes to get a series of legal issues resolved in the coming weeks that may pave the way for a return in some capacity with a race team.
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NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick is not at Homestead-Miami Speedway because he stayed in North Carolina to be with an ailing niece.
A Hendrick spokesman says that Alesha Gainey is in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital awaiting an emergency liver transplant. She is … Details
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Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel spent time at his first NASCAR event listening to racing advice from Juan Pablo Montoya.
No, Vettel isn’t plotting a jump from F1 to NASCAR like the one that Montoya pulled off.
After all, the 22-year-old Vettel is just really getting going in his F1 career. The German won the season’s final race in Abu Dhabi to finish second in the championship standings in only his first season with Red Bull Racing… Details
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The head of Volkswagen’s motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR.
Top NASCAR officials confirmed to The Associated Press that Hans-Joachim Stuck met with the sanctioning body on Saturday at the track. The officials requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the meeting…Â Details
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