Posts Tagged ‘NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’

Audio-Enhanced Telecast Highlights TNT’s Exclusive Coverage of the First-Ever NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race at Kentucky Speedway

TNT’s coverage of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Racing continues on Saturday, July 9 live from Kentucky Speedway for the track’s first-ever Sprint Cup Series race. The network’s exclusive prime time coverage of the race will be a special audio-enhanced telecast with 40 additional special effects microphones placed in multiple positions around the track, including pit [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

  NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (February 26, 2011) 5: Sprint Cup poles won by Carl Edwards on tracks of one mile or less. Edwards won his eighth Cup pole Saturday, his third at one-mile Phoenix International Speedway. He also has won poles at half-mile Bristol and three-quarter-mile Richmond. His [...]

Daytona 500 to start later in 2012

Daytona 500 moves to Feb. 26 in 2012 By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (February 20, 2011) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The Daytona 500 is moving. In 2012 the NASCAR season opener will move to Feb. 26, a week later than it has been run in recent years. NASCAR will lose the March off-week that [...]

National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel Statement

Below is the official statement from NASCAR regarding the #46 Whitney Racing Sprint Cup team: On November 9, 2010, the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel heard and considered the appeal of the #46 Whitney Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team. The penalties concern Section 12-1 of the NASCAR Rule Book “Actions detrimental to stock [...]

Top 5 and 5 to watch

Top 5 and 5 to watch: Texas By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (November 4, 2010) Here’s a look at the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Series standings and five drivers to watch in Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway. All statistical references are for Sprint Cup races at Texas unless [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Roger Kuznia Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (September 16, 2010) Today’s number is this week’s daily double: 18: Number of wins in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup by Jimmie Johnson since the Chase format started in 2004. 6: Number of wins from Johnson’s closest pursuer in that span. Greg Biffle [...]

Sprint Cup race preview

Harvick plans to keep on keeping on during Chase By Jim Pedley Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (September 16, 2010) Kevin Harvick has a game plan for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, which starts Sunday in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It’s a plan that varies not at [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (September 13, 2010) 9: Consecutive Sprint Cup races Juan Pablo Montoya has qualified in the top 10. Since qualifying 14th at Infineon Raceway in June, Montoya has won two poles and started second twice. His average start in those nine races is 4.4. For the [...]