Archive for March, 2009

VIDEO: The long run

Posted by on March 31st, 2009

GM’s financial woes are pinching NASCAR, Rick Horrow says, but getting through them will eventually make the organization stronger.

Rowdy Racing 03-31-09

Posted by on March 31st, 2009

More on the Martinsville pass and possible payback; Smoke likes his Grubb; Harvick takes the truck race–and himself out of the rumor mill, plus the Physics of NASCAR.

Beard or no beard, Johnson can get the job done

Posted by on March 31st, 2009

With one bump of Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson finally showed he has the moxie to go along with all his skills, Jeff Owens says.

Hamlin keeps his cool despite rough runs

Posted by on March 31st, 2009

The opposition has been rubbin’ Denny Hamlin the wrong way lately, so Jeff Hammond thinks we’ll see some retaliation soon.

NASCAR Scene Rewind: Martinsville

Posted by on March 31st, 2009

Miss any of the action at Martinsville this weekend? Check out the best images through the lens of NASCAR Scene.

Scene Daily Rewind: Martinsville

Posted by on March 30th, 2009

Miss any of the action at Martinsville this weekend? Check out the best images through the lens of NASCAR Scene.

Hot or Not: Martinsville

Posted by on March 30th, 2009

Clint Bowyer didn’t make it to the front Sunday at Martinsville, but his top-five run put him on the right side of this week’s Hot or Not.

NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson was the leadoff defense witness Monday in the Helio Castroneves tax evasion trial, testifying that a lawyer who is also charged in the case has a sterling reputation in the motorsports world.

Johnson, a three-time Sprint Cup winner, said Michigan lawyer Alan Miller has many clients in NASCAR and the Indy Racing League, a circuit where the Brazilian-born Castroneves is a top driver. Both Castroneves and Johnson have received financial guidance from Miller.

Racetrax: Texas entry lists

Posted by on March 30th, 2009

Kevin Harvick passed Kyle Busch with just over nine laps to go and held on through a final restart to win the rain-delayed trucks race Monday before a very sparse crowd at Martinsville Speedway.

Harvick’s pass came after one failed attempt to take the lead and several laps running his Chevrolet right on the bumper of Busch’s Toyota. Busch had led for a total of 139 laps in the Kroger 250 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.