February 3rd, 2012 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in The boyish smile hasn’t abandoned him. Nor has the familiar twinkle in his eye. Hang around Joey Logano for long enough, and both will be on prominent display sooner rather than later. Yet this Joey is different from the Joey who burst onto the Sprint Cup scene three years ago brimming with the unbridled optimism [...]
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The Slowing Of Speed
It was time, Scott Speed reasoned, to slow down and take a new approach to his racing career. After a tumultuous – and ultimately contentious – run with Red Bull Racing and a 13-race season last year, Speed has landed with an emerging team, Leavine Family Racing. Owned by Texas-based building contractor Bob Leavine, the [...]
Waltrip Racing Looking For Big Turnaround
There’s a measurable batch of enthusiasm at Michael Waltrip Racing in this preseason, and that’s not just because team co-owner and occasional driver Michael Waltrip is a natural fount of cheer and jocularity. There are new drivers in the house – Clint Bowyer for the full season and ageless veteran Mark Martin for a partial [...]
Daytona Ifs, Ands And Buts
In about two weeks, Sprint Cup engines will be fired in anger for the first time this season as practice begins for the Feb. 18 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Although the Shootout has considerable status of its own, perhaps more so than in recent years it will be an extended and important test [...]
Earnhardt Jr. Relaxed, Confident
As Dale Earnhardt Jr. entered his interview session during this year’s Sprint Media Tour, he had a much different outlook than a year earlier. In 2011, he was coming off his second consecutive year in which he failed to finish in the top 20 in the Sprint Cup standings. He also knew that not only [...]
Spotlight On Hamlin, Grubb At JGR
While every NASCAR Sprint Cup team has to deal with continual pressure, at Joe Gibbs Racing, the intensity is even higher than normal this year. With three Cup championships between 2000-05, JGR has been one of the sport’s elite teams of the past decade. But 2011 was a relative nightmare season, with 16 engine failures, [...]
WIX Filters To Sponsor Newman
WIX® Filters, a member of the Affinia Group family of brands, announced today plans to be the primary sponsor for Ryan Newman of Stewart-Haas Racing for four races during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ season. WIX Filters will debut its primary sponsorship of Newman and his No. 39 Chevrolet at the season kick-off Budweiser [...]
All future Sprint Cup series fines to be made public
NASCAR has caught flack in recent seasons for its practice of issuing “undisclosed fines.” These fines have usually been handed out to Sprint Cup Series drivers after they criticized the sport publicly, be it through television interviews or their own Twitter accounts. Reports Amanda Vincent of Motorsport.com, the sanctioning body yesterday made a statement on [...]
