NASCAR randomly drug-tested 10 crew members from 10 teams during the rain delay at the Coca-Cola 600, an apparent tweak to the first three months of in-season testing.
Prior to Sunday night, crew chiefs said NASCAR typically informed them when the garage opened if a team member had been selected to give a sample. The individual had four hours to report to testing. Drivers can be tested on any day of the race weekend.
But at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, NASCAR waited until after the scheduled start of the Coca-Cola 600 to inform teams and ordered individuals to report for testing at the end of the race. Because rain delayed the start, crew members were seen entering the infield care center, where the tests were conducted during intermittent showers…Â Details
Ah, a hot, humid Friday night in late May here in southwest Ohio. What more do you need than to be able to see the haze in the trees, the June Bugs pinging off the track lights, the combined fragrance of 110 octane and scorching rubber? Throw in a couple hundred intoxicated rednecks oozing Bud Light and Budweiser from their pores, and I am in heaven.
Kil Kare Speedway, located in Xenia, Ohio has been a NASCAR “home track” for 19 years, but has existed since 1951. Then, a dirt fifth-mile oval, was renovated in 1955 into the third-mile, D-shaped oval it is known for today. Next door, the NHRA saw a golden opportunity in 1959 when the Green County Airport relocated to establish a sanctioned drag strip, and has been a southwest central Ohio icon of motor sports since. Occasionally, when my schedule permits, I will attend the round track on Friday nights, and the quarter mile showdowns on Saturdays. Running the NASCAR Whelen All American Series, Sports Stock, Modified, and Compact Divisions weekly, May 22ND also offered fans a glimpse of what it would be like if your school bus drivers lost their marbles and went on a rampage. That’s right folks, school bus racing, concluded by a subsequent demolition derby of said vehicles. However, I digress…Â Details
The United States and Formula One are words rarely spoken in the same breath. But one place where they have long tended to come together is at the Monaco Grand Prix, the crown jewel of the season, which will be run Sunday in this principality on the Mediterranean.
Perhaps because of Grace Kelly, the American actress who married Prince Rainier III to form one of the 20th century’s most glamorous couples, or because of John Frankenheimer’s 1966 film, “Grand Prix,†with an opening scene in Monaco, or because of the movie stars who drop in from the nearby Cannes Film Festival, there has been an American link to the race.
There is also a racing link; the Monaco Grand Prix is often on the same day as the Indianapolis 500, as it is this year…Â Details
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A few days after Kyle Busch’s firing from Hendrick Motorsports, speculation ran rampant about who would stay to work with new hire Dale Earnhardt Jr. and who would follow Busch to wherever he landed.
Alan Gustafson quickly removed his name from the mix.
“I’d rather sweep floors for Rick Hendrick than be a crew chief for someone else,†Gustafson said.
In 25 years of racing in NASCAR’s top series, Hendrick has built a powerhouse organization of 500-plus employees who have a fierce loyalty to their boss. They love working for “Mr. H.†and put 100-percent effort into job performance. If the grass is possibly greener elsewhere, few ever bother finding out… Details
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