Archive for July 2nd, 2009

2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame nominees

Posted by on July 2nd, 2009

In order to get in, you need to be nominated. Here are the 25 finalists for the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame class.

NASCAR Hall nominees a who’s who of stars

Posted by on July 2nd, 2009

Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR’s first Hall of Fame class.

The announcement Thursday night comes 10 months before the Hall of Fame’s scheduled opening in downtown Charlotte. An inaugural class of five will be chosen from the group that includes the bootleggers who helped create the sport to the drivers, owners and officials who made it popular.

DW on double-file restarts

Posted by on July 2nd, 2009

When NASCAR made the switch to double-file restarts, there were some critics. But DW loves the excitement it has created.

Bump-drafting, slingshot passing and restrictor-plate racing weren’t the buzzwords being thrown around Daytona International Speedway on Thursday.

There was way more talk about affidavits, B samples, false positives and a judge’s temporary injunction that reinstated suspended NASCAR owner-driver Jeremy Mayfield.

A federal judge in Charlotte, N.C., lifted Mayfield’s indefinite suspension Wednesday, allowing him to race at Daytona this weekend.

Life on pit road is perilous. As our exclusive video shows, the people most at risk are those outside the cars, Lee Spencer says.