Sources have Red Bull Racing leaving NASCAR at the end of 2011. It’s being reported that employee’s have been told that the Sprint Cup operation will close at the end of the year. Drivers Brian Vickers and Kasey Kahne both have contracts thou the end of the year. Kahne will drive for Hendrick Motorsports in 2012. [...]
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Atlanta notebook
Notebook: Smith expounds on ‘North Cuba’ comment … sort of By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (September 5, 2010) HAMPTON, Ga.–Speedway Motorsports chairman Bruton Smith didn’t exactly defend his comments about Homestead-Miami Speedway, but he did put a unique spin on the remarks Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Smith would like to see [...]
The Cool Down Lap
Vickers has a new appreciation for life By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 22, 2010) Brian Vickers will be the first to tell you—there’s nothing he loves more than hurtling around a racetrack at 200 mph. “What I love to do is race,” Vickers said Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. “It’s not [...]
Bristol notebook
August 21st, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in NASCAR, Nationwide Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive Vickers reveals heart surgery in July, promises 2011 return By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 21, 2010) BRISTOL, Tenn.—Brian Vickers’ story took an unexpected turn Saturday when the Red Bull Racing driver revealed he had surgery July 12 to repair a small hole between the upper chambers of his heart. Vickers, 26, [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
June 21st, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (June 21, 2010) 9: Sprint Cup drivers outside the top 12 in the standings who are within 200 points of 12th-place Carl Edwards. Last year after 16 races, there were five drivers within 200 points of 12th place, but the driver the most points back [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (June 9, 2010) 63: Cup races at Michigan International Speedway that have been won by drivers starting in the top 10. The first of the 81 Cup races at Michigan was run in June 1969. It wasn’t until August 1991, when Dale Jarrett started [...]
Friday Sprint Cup notebook
June 4th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive Notebook: Burton not letting anger linger By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (June 4, 2010) LONG POND, Pa. —It was a calmer Jeff Burton who greeted the media Friday at Pocono Raceway. Gone was the anger that compelled Burton to confront Kyle Busch on pit road after last Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. “That’s not [...]
Mears To Replace Vickers At All-Star Race
Red Bull Racing Team announced Wednesday the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota has requested a driver change and has been cleared by NASCAR to participate in the Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday. Casey Mears will again drive the No. 83, due to primary driver Brian Vickers’ diagnosis of blood clots and on-going testing and treatment. [...]
