Marcos Ambrose pored over books and maps in local libraries, seeking clues to old mining sites and buried treasure he believes he can find somewhere in North Carolina. A modern-day gold prospector, Ambrose searches streams for hours at a time with shovel and pan in hand.
For me, it’s not about getting the gold,†he said. “It’s not having the gold. It’s the quest to get it.â€
But Ambrose’s real goal is not in the water, it is on the racetracks of Nascar and with the teams that make … Details
 NASCAR and Goodyear made progress in finding a suitable tire for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but drivers who participated in testing at the 2.5-mile oval this week said work remains to solve the durability issues that turned last year’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard into a debacle.
Ryan Newman of Stewart-Haas Racing said teams worked through several compounds and constructions bud “didn’t really see anything that is ideal.”
Red Bull Racing’s Brian Vickers said the tires …Â Details
At my first visit to Talladega, a veteran driver told me that qualifying at the 2.66-mile track would be the easiest thing I would ever do in a racecar. Then he told me that the racing there might be the most difficult. Over the next 13 years, I found that he was correct.
Qualifying at Talladega is simple. It requires leaving pit road in first gear, shifting three times, maintaining full throttle and not braking until you’ve completed your two laps and are heading for pit road. Really, the only way a driver could fail would be forgetting to steer. It’s almost that easy.
Racing at the Alabama superspeedway is an entirely new ball game. I would say the difference between racing at Phoenix last week and Talladega this week is…Â Details
Richard Petty Motorsports will hold a Fan Appreciation autograph session on May 22 at the team’s race shop in Statesville N.C.
Five hundred custom-made, collectible tickets will be distributed at 10 a.m. ET the day of the event. At 11 a.m. each ticket holder will receive an autograph from drivers Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, A.J. Allmendinger, Reed Sorenson as well as team co-owner Richard Petty.
“It’s very important to us as an organization …Â Details