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Charmin Sponsors Hilarious 'Stop Skidmarks' Billboard At NASCAR Race

Joe Student — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:04 +0000

Product placement and sponsorship can be a precarious situation. Companies who spend millions of dollars on a branding campaign can wind up coming across as too pushy or stiff to relate to consumers. Sometimes, however, a corporate branding campaign loosens its grip and the result is a memorable ad from a brand that doesn’t take [...]

This Weekend in Sports: The Preakness Stakes and NASCAR All-Star Race

Joe Student — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:05:13 +0000

The second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown and NASCAR’s All-Star event highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here’s what to watch this weekend: Friday, May 17 NHL Playoffs: Game 2 — Ottawa Senators at Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh; 7:30 p.m. (ET) on NBC Sports Network Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Brenden Morrow lead [...]

Racing Legend Dick Trickle Commits Suicide

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:01:14 +0000

Richard "Dick" Trickle died Thursday at the age of 71. His body was discovered next to his pickup truck at a cemetery in Lincoln County, North Carolina, after the longtime NASCAR and short-track driver shot himself, according to police.

Hear Dale Earnhardt Sr. & Other NASCAR Stars Sing on Their 1985 Country Music Album

Joe Student — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:00:40 +0000

NASCAR's roots are in the American South. Before its expansion over the past two decades, the racing circuit was thought of as a regional sport, one with a great deal in common with country music. In 1985, some of the biggest names i

NASCAR's Denny Hamlin Out 6 Weeks With Fractured Vertebra

Joe Student — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:30:46 +0000

Driver Denny Hamlin will miss at least six weeks of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit after suffering fractured vertebra in a crash on the last lap of Sunday’s race at Fontana, California. While Hamlin won’t need surgery, doctors advised him Tuesday that he’d need the time to allow his back to heal. Sunday [...]

Sprint Cup 2013 — Auto Club 400 Preview

Tommy Joe Martins — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:16:46 +0000

Sprint Cup teams have to make a number of adjustments this week as they head back to the west coast for the first and only race at Auto Club Speedway this season. They’re making their second cross-country trip in 3 weeks time, which is certainly no fun for the folks driving the haulers. And, the [...]

Food City 500 Recap – Kahne Is A Contender

Tommy Joe Martins — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:35 +0000

Contenders emerge early in the NASCAR season. Make no doubt about it, Kasey Kahne is a contender. After finishing second last week at Las Vegas, when it seemed as though he had the fastest car on the track, Kahne was able to avenge his runner up finish with a victory in Tennessee. While Kahne’s win [...]

Sprint Cup 2013 — Food City 500 Preview

Tommy Joe Martins — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:00:38 +0000

In all sports, I love conflict. I especially love it in NASCAR. And no place is prone to cause more conflict than Bristol Motor Speedway.

I’ve been there. The atmosphere is unbelievable. It’s rare in this new NASCAR world full of mile-and-a-half tracks where most fans can only see portions of the racetrack that a spectator can get a full, unabridged view of a speedway

NASCAR Driver Jeff Gordon Pulls Off the Ultimate Prank on Car Salesman [VIDEO]

Adam West — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:00:16 +0000

I can only imagine what it's like when you work at an auto dealership, schmoozing potential customers, hoping to land that all-important sale. Part of the pitch is the test drive, in which the customer has a chance to see what the car is like on the road, in the hopes that they fall in love with it.

Here's the setup. The salesman had no idea that this customer is NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon in disguise, who plans to give the poor guy a run for his money. Check it out below.

Subway Fresh Fit 500 Results: Edwards Makes a Statement

Tommy Joe Martins — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:28:31 +0000

This wasn’t just a win for Carl Edwards. This was a statement. With merely a few laps remaining in the Subway Fresh Fit 500, Edwards’ rear view mirror was filled with the images of the winners of the last 6 Sprint Cup championships: Jimmie Johnson & Brad Keselowski. Edwards’ seemed to be pulling away from [...]

'Petty Blue' Back on NASCAR's No. 43

Joe Student — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:34:20 +0000

The unmistakeable shade of bright blue named after racing legend Richard Petty will return to NASCAR tracks during select Sprint Cup Series races in 2013. Richard Petty Motorsports and one of its sponsors, Smithfield Foods, announced that each of the 25 times the food company sponsors the No. 43 Ford car in 2013, it will [...]

Sprint Cup Preview: Subway Fresh Fit 500

Tommy Joe Martins — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:11:40 +0000

Daytona is a magical place. During the final laps of the Daytona 500, we completely forget about the first 490 miles. And during this season’s Great American Race, the first 490 were pretty easy to forget.

Jimmie Johnson Wins Daytona 500; Danica Patrick Finishes 8th

Joe Student — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:17:55 +0000

Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500.

With two laps left in the race, Johnson led Greg Biffle and Patrick, with Earnhardt in fourth, when the final charge began. Johnson, a five-time Cup Series champion, was able to dash away while Earnhardt made his m

Watch Horrifying Spectator Video of Daytona Nationwide Wreck

GuySpeed Editors — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:16:49 +0000

Kyle Larson’s horrifying crash at Daytona International Speedway in the Nationwide Series race Saturday has stunned the nation. During the crash, parts of the car and the engine flew into the grandstands and a fan was able to catch it all on video.

Danica Patrick Ready To Make Daytona 500 History

Mike Moody — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:00:44 +0000

Danica Patrick will be hitting the track hard and fast on Sunday as a pole position starter in the Daytona 500; the first woman ever to do so. In a recent interview, the smokin’ 30-year-old IndyCar and NASCAR driver and GoDaddy spokesperson said she’s excited about getting the chance to compete in the 500, and [...]

Watch this Insane Fight Between NASCAR Pit Crews

Ben Chew — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:30:37 +0000

With about two laps to go in the AdvoCare 500, NASCAR Driver Jeff Gordon crashed into fellow driver Clint Bowyer. The bump sent Bowyer into the wall and sparked one of the greatest NASCAR fights of all-time — in the pits! After both cars were sent to pit row, Gordon appeared ready to call it [...]

Baby Born at NASCAR Track, Receives Free Tickets for Life

Mike Adams — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:20:41 +0000

In a desperate situation where a man is faced with the decision to either seek out immediate medical attention or watch his pregnant girlfriend give birth in the backseat of his car, the only available option is to — you guessed it — pull into a NASCAR Speedway. That is exactly what happened to Shawna [...]

Tony Stewart Grabs Kevin Harvick Wife's Butt Before NASCAR Race

Ben Chew — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:09:31 +0000

Many professional athletes have pre-competition rituals or quirks, but NASCAR driver Tony Stewart has one of the strangest ones we’ve heard of. Some athletes wear a special outfit, others have a lucky charm, a handshake, a chant. Before each race, Tony’s tradition is to grab the rear end of someone on pit row. Last Sunday [...]

This Weekend in Sports: Notre Dame-Michigan, UFC 152 and More

Joe Student — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:28:41 +0000

Important college football games, the return of UFC and a high-stakes golf tournament highlight the sports TV calendar. Here’s what to watch this weekend: Friday, September 21 Tour Championship — Round Two East Lake Golf Course, Atlanta, Ga.; 1 p.m. (ET); The Golf Channel-TV The world’s best golfers face off in the Tour Championship in [...]

Who Will Win NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:04:57 +0000

And week one in the Chase for the Sprint Cup goes to … Brad Keselowski, kicking off the 10-week contest to determine NASCAR’s 2012 champion. Keselowski beat out five-time-champ Jimmie Johnson on Sunday at the Geico 400 in Chicago, giving him a slim lead in Chase. ”It feels like round one of a heavyweight title bout,” [...]