Nascar Racing Thread

[Yard Dog]

AVONDALE, Ariz. -- At the race track that dashed his championship hopes in 2010, Denny Hamlin found redemption in Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

In his second race with 2011 Sprint Cup championship crew chief Darian Grubb on his pit box, Hamlin held off Kevin Harvick in a 53-lap green-flag run to finish the 312-lap race at the one-mile track and took over the series points lead for the first time since surrendering it in the final race of 2010 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
read more : Hamlin holds off Harvick for Phoenix redemption - Mar 04, 2012 - NASCAR.COM

 

[Yard Dog]

Trucks off this weekend

Nationwide guys : March 10 at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN

Cup guys : March 11 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX

Las Vegas as usual should be a good race.

 

[MWRed]

It sucks that the trucks don't race more.

 

[Yard Dog]

I know.. next truck race is not til Mar 31 at Martinville.. sheesh..

 

[Yard Dog]

LAS VEGAS -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dominated the last 50 laps of Saturday's Sam's Town 300 Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, pulling away from Mark Martin during a 39-lap green flag run the finish.

And pretty Danica finished 12th..

Looking forward to cup race on Sun .

 

[MWRed]

She Finished! lol

Was a pretty boring race really. Another one of them tracks that is just not too eventful.
Next week will be fun though. Bristol.

 

[zigzag3143]

Trading paint time

 

[MWRed]

Let's hope for a little excitement.

 

[MWRed]

Geez, Jr. Took off right away. Got a good car this weekend.

 

[Yard Dog]

LAS VEGAS -- Tony Stewart scratched another race track off the bucket list.

Powering away from Jimmie Johnson after a restart with four laps left in Sunday's Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the reigning Sprint Cup champion took the checkered flag .461 seconds ahead of Johnson.

Cup race : Next Race:
Food City 500
March 18 at 12:30 p.m. ET

Nationwide race : Next Race:
Ford EcoBoost 300
March 17 at 1 p.m. ET
WatchESPN

 

[MWRed]

Ahh....now on to my second favorite track.

although the night race is always better for some reason.

 

[MWRed]

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Elliott Sadler wasn't sure about the decisive call in Saturday's Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway -- until crew chief Luke Lambert gave him a history lesson.

Lambert's astute call to keep Sadler on the race track under the final caution gave Elliott Sadler the boost he needed to win his second Nationwide Series race of the season, two weeks after he broke a 14-year drought in the series at Phoenix.

Read More: Sadler parlays strategic call into win at Bristol - Mar 17, 2012 - NASCAR.COM

 

[MWRed]

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- NASCAR racing has a new Ice Man.
As he completed the final lap of his victory in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Brad Keselowski needled Paul Wolfe, his crew chief.

"Paul, are you nervous?" Keselowski radioed to Wolfe, his voice exuding of confidence. As he crossed the finish line six car-lengths in front of runner-up Matt Kenseth, Keselowski allowed himself an excited whoop.

Read More: Keselowski keeps cool, scores repeat Bristol win - Mar 18, 2012 - NASCAR.COM

 

[Yard Dog]

1. It's on to Auto Club Speedway, where Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick have battled it out the past two years. Which one comes out on top Sunday?

Good for JJ.. appeal rescinded earlier penalties.. cept Knaus still hit with the 100.000 buck fine..

 

[Yard Dog]

Danica blew an engine. did not finish.. and Joey Lagano wins the Nationwide race .. Hoping for a good showing tomorrow by the Cup guys .

 

[MWRed]

Yeah, Danica has had some really bad luck this year.
Getting knocked out by others in a few races this year, and now an engine problem.
Oh well, it was good to see Joey win, even if it's only the Nationwide Series.

 

[Yard Dog]

Trucks race at Martinville : Next Race:
Kroger 250
March 31 at 1 p.m. ET

Nationwide peeps off .

Cup peeps : April 1 at 12:30 p.m. ET at Martinsville

Gotta love the short track racing

 

[Yard Dog]

Nationwide race : Next Race:
O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
April 13 at 8 p.m. ET
WatchESPN

Cup guys : Next Race:
Samsung Mobile 500
April 14 at 7 p.m. ET

Trucks : April 15 at 12:30 p.m. ET


Texas.. I love that track.. should be good races..

 

[Yard Dog]

Biffle wins for Cup series.. at Texas..

 

[MWRed]

I like that track usually, but it was a little on the ho-hum side this time. At least Jr got another top 10.