Perhaps no one in NASCAR has a more fitting sponsor than Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
That’s because Truex is the self-professed best fisherman in the Sprint Cup garage. He talked 1-on-1 recently about all things fishing.
Q: Obviously you have a great passion for fishing. Why do you love it so much?
Truex: Well, I grew up fishing [in and around his hometown of Mayetta, N.J.]. I did a lot of salt-water and fresh-water fishing. I did all of the salt-water stuff with my …Â Details
As hard as it may be to believe, the Sprint Cup season is 10 races old already. By the end of this month, we’ll be halfway through the 26-race regular season that sets the field for the 10-race dash to the championship.
What have we learned? Who will be there at the end to compete in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship?
Ten races into the 2009 season, here are 10 things we know:
1. Jeff Gordon is back. Then again, what about his back? Gordon ended a 47-race winless streak by winning in Texas at one of only two tracks on the current Sprint Cup circuit where he had never previously won. He has been the points …Â Details
NASCAR driver Kyle Petty is bringing his cross-country charity motorcycle ride to Steamboat Springs next week.
The Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America takes off from Stevenson, Wash., on Friday and will make eight overnight stops before reaching its final destination of Greensboro, N.C. The Steamboat Springs stop, scheduled for the night of May 11, is the only overnight stop in Colorado.
More than 200 riders will take part in the 15th anniversary of the event. Kyle Petty and his wife, Pattie, began the ride in 1995 to raise money for chronically ill children…Â DetailsÂ
Maybe crew chief Gil Martin summed up the major crew swap his Richard Childress Racing operation had engineered prior to Saturday night’s Crown Royal 400.
His driver, Kevin Harvick was wheeling a torn-to-pieces No. 29 Chevrolet around Richmond International Raceway late in the race when Martin keyed his in-car radio button.
“I hate to tell you this,” Martin said ruefully. “But the only cars faster than you right now are the two leaders.” … Details