NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Kyle Busch and Scott Speed plan to test their skills driving exotic Daytona Prototype sports cars in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
The duo will split driving duties July 4 in the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway. They’ll be racing a second Lexus Riley sports car fielded by Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, the team whose primary drivers, Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett of Auburn, Calif., are the series’ defending champions.
Rojas and Pruett also won their first race of this seasonlast weekend, at Watkins Glen, N.Y., to gain a share of this year’s point lead in the Grand-Am series, which was acquired by NASCAR last year.
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Typical Michigan, but with an extra measure of suspense — the guy who wasn’t trying to win the race had a victory fall into his lap.
As is invariably the case at Michigan International Speedway, fuel mileage played a key role in Sunday’s LifeLock 400, where Mark Martin was the disbelieving beneficiary when the dominant cars of Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle ran out of gas in the final two miles of the 400-mile race…Â Details
The fact Chevrolet joined Chrysler and Ford in cutting support to racing programs in NASCAR’s top three series is hardly surprising, given the stark reality of the economy as a whole, but such moves may hasten the arrival of more foreign carmakers.
“We have been talking to people for off and on for a long time,†NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France said before Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. “These are decisions in terms of the new manufacturers joining the sport that would take a long time to evaluate and actually enter.
“Of course, we’re the preeminent place in North America for car manufacturers to build their business with an auto racing group. We remain that, and clearly there’s some companies that … Details