Posts Tagged ‘Darlington Raceway’

NASCAR By the Numbers

NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 27, 2010) 1.000: Kasey Kahne’s winning percentage in the truck series. Kahne has started two truck races and won them both—at Darlington and Homestead, the final two races of the 2004 season. He will try to make it three in a row in Saturday’s [...]

Hamlin Fends Off Busch, Wins Royal Purple 200

Talk about a glutton for punishment. Less than six weeks removed from ACL surgery on his left knee, Denny Hamlin opted for a weekend double at the track he considers one of the most grueling on the NASCAR circuit. So far, so good. Staying out on old tires while other contenders came to the pits [...]

Scott Lagasse Jr. NNS Preview Darlington

SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 2010 Ranks 13th in the NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings Eighth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway equaled a career-best in the NNS Ranks first among NNS drivers gaining an average of 2.2 positions in the last 10% of each race this season Finished 13th in the Scotts Turf Builder 300 at Bristol [...]

American Red Cross Scheme on Lagasse Jr.’s No. 43 at Darlington

Baker Curb Racing announced today that they will assist in the relief efforts for the flooding in Nashville by running an American Red Cross paint scheme on Scott Lagasse Jr.’s No. 43 Ford Fusion Friday in the Royal Purple 200 at Darlington Raceway.  In addition, Greg Biffle’s No. 27 Red Man Moist Snuff Ford Fusion [...]

Greg Biffle NNS Preview Darlington

RED MAN RACING NO. 27 REMAINS TOP FORD TEAM IN OWNER STANDINGS The No. 27 team currently ranks sixth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner point standings, the highest ranking Ford team. BIFFLE WITH BAKER CURB RACING Last Friday in Richmond was Biffle’s 50th career start in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Baker Curb Racing.  [...]

Nuts and Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of NASCAR: Matt Kenseth enters Phoenix weekend third in the Cup Series point standings. PIR, statistically speaking, is not one of his better tracks. Kenseth has one win, five top-five finishes and six top-10s with an average finish of 19.0 at PIR. Nonetheless, Kenseth contends the improvements he sees [...]

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of NASCAR: 14 — Mark Martin’s DNFs in Cup races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, site of this week’s race. Those are the most DNFs Martin has at a Cup track. He has had two since 2006, both for crashes.       Overall, Martin has two wins and 23 top-10 finishes [...]

Darlington Added To 2010 CWTS

NASCAR announced Wednesday the addition of Darlington Raceway to the 2010 Camping World Truck Series schedule. The Aug. 14 Too Tough To Tame 200 replaces an event at The Milwaukee Mile on the 25-race schedule and marks the series’ return to the 1.366-mile South Carolina track that hosted four races between 2001 and 2004. “Our [...]