NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 28, 2010)
47.8: Percentage of laps Kyle Busch has run in the Camping World Truck Series this year in which he has been in the lead. Busch has started nine of the 17 races and led 649 of the 1,359 laps he has run. Despite missing eight races, Busch is [...]
It’s official: Chicagoland to open 2011 Chase
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 9, 2010)
NASCAR and Chicagoland Speedway officials confirmed Monday that the 1.5-mile oval in Joliet, Ill., will open the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. It will replace Auto Club Speedway among the 10 Chase tracks.
Chicagoland has had a race in [...]
Notebook: Kurt Busch takes shots at Hendrick ‘pretty boys’
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 6, 2010)
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—From Jimmie Johnson’s point of view, the so-called feud with Kurt Busch is a thing of the past.
After last Sunday’s wreck at Pocono, where Johnson’s attempt at bump-drafting on Long Pond straightaway ended in destroyed racecars for [...]
NASCAR Number
By Roger Kuznia
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 24, 2010)
6: Number of Sprint Cup tracks where Jeff Gordon has an average finish better than 10.0. One of those is Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Gordon has an average finish of 8.6 in 16 starts. His last Brickyard win came in 2004. The other five tracks on Gordon’s [...]
NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 12, 2010)
10: Times Jeff Gordon has finished in the top five at least five races in a row in the Cup series. Gordon finished third Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway to give him consecutive finishes of 4th, 5th, 4th, 3rd and 3rd since crashing and finishing 32nd [...]
Roush turnaround, or one-hit wonder?
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 11, 2010)
JOLIET, Ill.—The race that brought Roush Fenway Racing to its knees last year provided what may be a glimpse of salvation for the organization on Saturday night.
Clearly, race runner-up Carl Edwards and his No. 99 Ford team found something before and during the [...]
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 10, 2010)
JOLIET , Ill. —David Reutimann held off Carl Edwards in a green-flag run after the final round of pit stops Saturday night and picked up his second career NASCAR Sprint Cup victory in the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
Reutimann, who is expected to re-sign with Michael Waltrip [...]
NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 9, 2010)
0: Victories for Ford in Cup races at Chicagoland Speedway. It is the only active Sprint Cup Series track on which Ford has yet to win a race. Chevrolet has won seven of the nine races, with Dodge and Toyota picking up the other two victories. [...]
By Jim Pedley
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 8, 2010)
When Mark Martin arrived at Chicagoland Speedway last July for the 19th race of the 2009 Sprint Cup season, he was a genuine feel-good story. When he left Chicagoland after winning the race, he was a feel-great story.
This weekend, as Martin returns to Chicagoland [...]
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 8, 2010)
Here’s a look at the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Series standings and five drivers to watch in Saturday night’s race at Chicagoland Speedway. All statistical references are for Sprint Cup races at Chicagoland unless otherwise indicated. Driver rating is based on the past 5 [...]
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