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NASCAR announces 2012 Hall of Fame class
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Charlotte, NC, United States (AHN Sports) – The writers, readers and voters have spoken as NASCAR announced the 2012 class of inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Among the five-person class to be inducted the weekend of Jan. 20, 2012 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame [...]
Carl Edwards leads Cup points 5 straight weeks
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crowned its 10th different race winner of the season this past weekend in Brad Keselowski but Carl Edwards has held on to the points lead five straight weeks. Edwards sits atop the points standings with 485 [...]
NASCAR fines Richard Childress $150,000
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – NASCAR team owner Richard Childress took matters in his own hands last weekend at Kansas and now his wallet is a little lighter. On Monday NASCAR fined Childress $150,000 and placed him on NASCAR probation the rest of the year for [...]
NASCAR penalizes two Truck teams
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams were penalized Tuesday for rule violations last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 33 truck of Kevin Harvick Inc. violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR [...]
Kimi Raikkonen going Nationwide racing
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Concord, NC, United States (AHN Sports) – Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen was impressive enough in his NASCAR debut to earn his Nationwide Series debut this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Raikkonen, fresh off a 15th-place finish last Friday in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, will driver [...]
Matt Crafton leading Truck points again
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Johnny Sauter held the points lead after the last two races but after a solid run at Dover Matt Crafton is back atop the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points standings. Crafton has a series-best five top-five finishes in six starts [...]
Justin Allgaier still on top of Nationwide points standings
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Justin Allgaier doesn’t have any wins to show for his efforts but 10 races into the season he sits atop the NASCAR Nationwide points standings. Allgaier is out front with 346 points and closely behind in second is Elliott Sadler with [...]
Regan Smith scores inaugural NASCAR Cup win
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Darlington, SC, United States (AHN Sports) – Regan Smith came out of nowhere on a final green-white-checkered finish and edged Carl Edwards to win Saturday night in the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. It was Smith’s inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win in his 105th start — even [...]
Justin Allgaier remains atop Nationwide points standings
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Thanks to five top-10 finishes in nine starts, Justin Allgaier held on to the NASCAR Nationwide Series points lead for the second straight week. Allgaier is atop the standings with 305 points and followed closely by Elliott Sadler (299), Jason Leffler [...]
Kyle Busch pulls out Richmond NASCAR Sprint Cup win
Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Richmond, VA, United States (AHN Sports) – Kyle Busch led 236 of 400 laps and was clearly the man to beat in winning Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Busch kept home-state boys and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, who won Friday night, [...]
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