Jimmie Johnson will start Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from pole position after rain forced qualifying to be cancelled at Talladega Superspeedway.
The points leader will start from the front of the field for the third time during the Chase, as NASCAR rules state that the grid is set according to the owner point standing when there is no qualifying session…Â Details
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Beth Ann Morgenthau has spent many days since her NASCAR team was shuttered working her South Florida garden or watching racing on television. Now the BAM Racing namesake appears only a few months from returning to the race track.
BAM Racing has announced a marketing alliance with Warner Music, which Morgenthau said will serve as primary sponsor of the team’s No. 49 Toyota for the duration of the 2010 Cup season. Although the organization has not yet named a driver, Morgenthau said she still has her shop in Huntersville, N.C., she has eight cars that can be altered to fit next year’s templates, and that BAM will return for a full campaign beginning with Speed Weeks in February at Daytona …Â Details
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Penske Racing plans to field three Indy cars, five stock cars and no sports cars in 2010.
Tim Cindric, president of Penske Performance Inc., told AutoWeek on Tuesday that the team plans to have Will Power join Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe as a full-time IndyCar Series participant.
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Denny Hamlin rebounded after two bad races to win the Tums Fast Relief 500 NASCAR race at Martinsville Sunday.
Unfortunately for all the other NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase drivers, Jimmie Johnson came home second and extended his points lead with six of the ten Chase races completed.
Hamlin spoke about … Details
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