Grenier Wins Star Mazda Race 1 at Autobahn

Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (July 31, 2010 ) – Starting from his second pole of the season, Quebec racer Mikael Grenier drove a flawless race to his first victory in this afternoon’s Race 1 / Round 8 of the HARRAH’S Autobahn Grand Prix Presented by MAZDA.  Rounding out the top-3 were Brazilian Caio [...]

Saturday Pocono notebook

Notebook: Owners sketchy on details of recent meeting
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 31, 2010)
LONG POND, Pa. —You think NASCAR’s secret fines levied on drivers were mysterious?
The clandestine fines to Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman for disparaging remarks about NASCAR racing don’t hold a candle to the lack of specifics about last Tuesday’s meeting [...]

2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – Driver Standings

Below are the unofficial driver standings for the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:
(After 13 races)

RANK
+/-
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
POLES
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10

1
–
Todd Bodine
1993
Leader
13
0
1
9
10

2
–
Aric Almirola
1844
-149
13
0
2
4
9

3
–
Johnny Sauter
1800
-193
13
0
1
5
6

4
+1
Timothy Peters
1791
-202
13
1
1
3
10

5
+2
Matt Crafton
1748
-245
13
0
0
5
8

6
–
Austin Dillon*
1730
-263
13
3
1
3
8

7
-3
Ron Hornaday
1725
-268
13
2
1
6
7

8
–
Mike Skinner
1724
-269
13
0
0
1
8

9
–
David Starr
1652
-341
13
0
0
0
6

10
–
Jason White
1627
-366
13
1
0
1
4

11
–
Ricky Carmichael
1548
-445
13
0
0
1
4

12
+2
Justin Lofton*
1426
-567
13
0
0
2
2

13
-1
Mario Gosselin
1406
-587
13
0
0
0
1

14
-1
James Buescher
1401
-592
10
0
0
4
5

15
–
Ryan Sieg
1274
-719
13
0
0
0
1

16
–
Brett Butler*
1245
-748
13
0
0
0
0

17
+1
Jennifer Jo Cobb*
1198
-795
13
0
0
0
0

18
+1
Norm Benning
1168
-825
13
0
0
0
0

19
-2
Kyle Busch
1127
-866
7
3
2
5
5

20
–
Stacy Compton
1022
-971
8
0
0
0
3

21
–
Donny Lia
897
-1096
9
0
0
0
0

22
+2
Brent Raymer
866
-1127
11
0
0
0
0

23
-1
Tayler Malsam
798
-1195
7
0
0
0
0

24
-1
Kevin Harvick
755
-1238
4
1
3
4
4

25
–
Johnny Benson
735
-1258
5
0
0
2
5

26
+7
Elliott Sadler
692
-1301
5
1
1
2
3

27
-1
Brian Ickler
592
-1401
4
0
0
2
3

28
-1
Brad Sweet
590
-1403
5
0
0
0
1

29
-1
Nelson Piquet
541
-1452
4
0
0
0
3

30
-1
Ken Schrader
532
-1461
4
0
0
2
3

31
-1
Rick Crawford
527
-1466
5
0
0
0
2

32
-1
Narain Karthikeyan
524
-1469
5
0
0
0
0

33
-1
Dennis Setzer
504
-1489
6
0
0
1
1

34
+6
Mike Harmon
503
-1490
10
0
0
0
0

35
-1
Chris Eggleston*
496
-1497
5
0
0
0
0

36
+3
J C [...]

Sadler enjoys emotional truck win at Pocono

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 31, 2010)
LONG POND, Pa. —Elliott Sadler isn’t ready to be written off.
On Saturday at Pocono Raceway, he showed why. Pulling away on the second attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish, Sadler won the Pocono Mountains 125 Camping World Truck Series race from the pole, his first victory since 2004 [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Roger Kuznia
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 31, 2010)
82: Laps led by Clint Bowyer in the last two Sprint Cup races at Pocono Raceway, second most behind only Denny Hamlin, who led a total of 179 laps and won both events. Bowyer was sixth in Saturday’s final practice for Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania [...]

Conor Daly quickest in Star Mazda Friday testing at Autobahn

 
Autobahn Country Club / Joliet, IL (July 30, 2010) – Conor Daly, the current Star Mazda Championship points leader and winner of four races and five poles so far this season, turned the quickest lap in both of today’s 45-minute practice sessions leading up to this weekend’s Rounds 8 & 9 of the 2010 Star [...]

Pit Box

Pit Box: Pocono
By Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 30, 2010)
For a third straight season, Sporting News’ Reid Spencer, Roger Kuznia and Bill Marx are matching wits in the Pit Box. The format is simple: They can pick a driver only once during the season. But for good measure, each also will pick his favorite to [...]

This time, Stewart earns his Pocono pole

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 30, 2010)
LONG POND, Pa.—Tony Stewart, seeking his first win of 2010, is used to starting up front at Pocono Raceway—but this time he earned it during time trials.
With a lap at 171.393 mph Friday, Stewart claimed the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 [...]

Friday notebook

Notebook: Hamlin, Newman confirm they were fined
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 30, 2010)
LONG POND, Pa. —NASCAR drivers Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman admitted Friday at Pocono Raceway that they had been hit with fines for making disparaging remarks about NASCAR racing.
Though neither driver revealed the amount of his fine, Hamlin did nothing to [...]

NASCAR podcast — Pocono preview

On this week’s podcast:
· Find out why Joe Gibbs thinks Denny Hamlin’s Pocono dominance has helped JGR
· Hear from former Pocono winners Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch
· NASCAR managing director of R&D Brett Bodine reviews how Juan Pablo Montoya lost the Brickyard
· NASCAR stats guru Mike Forde gets inside the numbers with his fantasy predictions
To [...]