The cars of Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin are going back to the NASCAR Research and Development Center for another look.
Following Sunday’s event at Kansas Speedway, NASCAR officials confirmed that four cars would be inspected at the circuit’s research facility in Concord, N.C. The No. 14 of Tony Stewart will go as the race winner, and the No. 2 of Kurt Busch will go as the random …Â Details
He’s back.
After failing to finish better than ninth in his previous six races, Tony Stewart re-emerged as a factor in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with a victory in Sunday’s Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Stewart, who led the series through the first 26 races leading up to the Chase, beat Jeff Gordon to the finish line by .894 seconds to trim 39 points from his deficit to Chase leader Mark Martin, who ran seventh. With four victories this season, Stewart is …Â Details
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel brought his world championship hopes alive again with a superb victory in Japan on Sunday afternoon, winning as he pleased and leading Jarno Trulli’s Toyota home by 4.8s despite a late safety car intervention. Lewis Hamilton was third for McLaren, another 1.5s adrift, after losing out to Trulli in the second pit stops.
Vettel’s third win of the season now leaves him 16 points behind leader Jenson Button after the Englishman finished … Details
Top Fuel driver Larry Dixon took advantage of NHRA’s new qualifying bonus point system and earned the maximum 12 points for the second consecutive race during two days of qualifying at the O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil.
Robert Hight, Mike Edwards and Hector Arana also claimed No. 1 qualifying positions in their categories leading into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event…Â Details