Joey Logano got his second NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown trophy and Sergio Pena nearly made a historic debut on the national stage. Logano, 19, held off the 16-year-old Pena and two-time race winner Matt Kobyluck for the victory in the 225-lap race Saturday before a sold-out crowd at the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. It was [...]
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Sauber Adds Sponsor
The BMW Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce another new partner. The logo of the Japanese hair shampoo brand Scalp-D will be visible on the rear wing endplate of the new Formula One race car as well as on the team’s trucks and garage equipment. About Scalp-D: Produced by Angfa Co., Ltd, leading Japanese company [...]
Rolex 24 At Daytona – Hour 23 Standings
Pos Num Class Team Car Laps Gap to 1st 1. 9 DP Action Express Racing Porsche Riley 719 2. 01 DP Chip Ganassi Racing w/F.Sabate BMW Riley 719 52.640 3. 95 DP Crown Royal/NPN Racing BMW Riley 715 4 Laps 4. 6 DP Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley 707 12 Laps 5. 75 DP Krohn [...]
Rolex 24 At Daytona Update
Two-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon led the 48th Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway after the first hour — about half of which was run under caution due to standing water on the track and two separate racing accidents. The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series field had just returned to green flag racing at the one [...]
Driving Sober New Rule Of Thumb At NASCAR
The last of the professional sports organizations has caught to everyone else. Drive sober and you’re in. Drive impaired and you’re out. Call it the “Jeremy Mayfield Effect”, if you will. Nonetheless, that’s the mantra of NASCAR as they have put together an extensive list of banned substances in its 2010 rule book. And the lisat, [...]
Pena Grabs Pole At Showdown
Sergio Pena offered up a big surprise at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Friday as he out-ran several Sprint Cup drivers and captured the pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown. In his first competition in a NASCAR K&N Pro Series race car, the 16-year-old Pena captured the 21 Means 21 Pole Award presented [...]
Economy Makes NASCAR Reduce Purses In 2010
January 30th, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Camping World Truck Series - News/Rumors, NASCAR, Nationwide Series - News/Rumors, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors Although it wasn’t mentioned as a reason, the economy has hit even NASCAR, despite its popularity. The organization is doing some cost-cutting measures, the biggest being a reduction in purses available during the 2010 NASCAR season; all three series – Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World – will realize a reduction in purses by 10 [...]
Rolex 24 Live Chat Saturday
January 30th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in Formula 1 - News/Rumors, Grand-Am Road Racing - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive Join SPEEDtv.com’s Marshall Pruett and John Dagys as they lead an open chat for race fans to interact with drivers and broadcast personalities through the night at Daytona. The chat will include visits from SPEED Formula One anchors Bob Varsha and David Hobbs, defending IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti and continues for five hours. Drivers from [...]
