That’s Carl Edwards, who pressured Marcose Ambrose into a mistake in Montreal. Edwards never lets up, Jeff Hammond says.
That’s Carl Edwards, who pressured Marcose Ambrose into a mistake in Montreal. Edwards never lets up, Jeff Hammond says.
Team owner Richard Childress says Kevin Harvick will be back in his car next season despite nonstop rumors to the contrary.
It’s the second time in two months that Childress has publicly had to address speculation about Harvick’s future with the team. Winless since the 2007 season-opening Daytona 500, Harvick is mired in the worst slump of his career.
Former NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte won’t race this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his best track, because of sponsorship issues at Yates Racing.
The team had seven races to sell this season for the No. 96 Ford, and the sponsorship it secured wanted Erik Darnell in the car. The 26-year-old will make his Sprint Cup Series debut at Atlanta, where Labonte has six career victories.
After watching Mark Martin compete in his 1,000th NASCAR race, Larry McReynolds says the “Kid” shows no signs of slowing down.
Ambrose slips and Carl flips; Kyle gets the Chi-town triple; Who the heck is Andrew Ranger? Should Indy accommodate NASCAR? And we get the word from Mark Garrow.
How will each title hopeful approach the last two races before the Chase? It depends on who you ask, Rea White says.
Marcos Ambrose dominates a rain-plagued Nationwide race in Montreal, but Carl Edwards takes advantage of a late slip-up to win.
Carl Edwards passed Marcos Ambrose on the final turn to win the crash-filled Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which ended with the cars on rain tires for the second straight year.
Edwards won a two-lap sprint to the finish when Ambrose, who dominated the race, slid sideways after hitting the rumble strips in turn 14. It was Edwards’ first career road win.
Ambrose overcame three other restarts in the final 11 laps of the race, which was plagued by 11 cautions and went an extra lap.
Dale Earnhardt has been irrelevant all season, but his recent strong showings make him one of Lee Spencer’s 5 drivers to watch.
Marcos Ambrose has won the Nationwide Series pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the rain.
Ambrose turned a fast lap of 80.905 mph to hold off Carl Edwards, whose best lap was 80.116 mph. Defending race winner Ron Fellows of Canada was third in 79.717 mph, followed by fellow road race ace Boris Said.
Brad Coleman was fifth, followed by former Formula One star Jacques Villeneuve, who made a gallant run on the track named after his father despite standing water on the 14-turn, 2.