Motor Racing Digest

  Written By: Katie Copple        Twitter @Katie_Copple May 24, 2013 Welcome to the eighth edition of Katie’s Komment’s, a place to find the latest NASCAR news and my opinion on it! All comments are my views only but feel free to leave your own! Sprint All-Star Race: Well, that didn’t turn out like I thought [...]

Posted: May 24th, 2013
Categories: Featured.
Tags: Coca-Cola 600, Danica Patrick, Indy 250, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Sprint All-Star Race, Sprint Fan Vote, Tony Stewart
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Posted By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 23, 2013 The new Gen6 Sprint Cup Series car has proven to be fast. Very fast. For the seventh time in the 2013 season, a driver has set a new track record en route to winning the pole. Denny Hamlin accomplished that feat during Thursday night [...]

Posted: May 23rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Clint Bowyer, Coca-Cola 600, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Sprint Cup Series
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Written By: Brian Eberly, @beberly18 May 21, 2013 Winners Jimmie Johnson – Johnson won Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race for his fourth victory in 12 starts, breaking a tie with greats Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt for most all-time wins in the event.  He became only the second driver to win back-to-back all-star races, joining [...]

Posted: May 21st, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: All-Star Race, Brad Keselowski, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Clint Bowyer, Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, Sprint
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 May 18, 2013 Jimmie Johnson became NASCAR’s first four-time winner of the Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Johnson needed just two laps to pass teammate Kasey Kahne after the restart for the final 10-lap shootout then coasted to victory for the second consecutive [...]

Posted: May 18th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Sprint Cup All-Star Race
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May 17, 2013 Welcome to the seventh edition of Katie’s Komment’s, a place to find the latest NASCAR news and my opinion on it! All comments are my views only but feel free to leave your own! Denny Hamlin’s Return: Denny Hamlin returned to the No.11 Fed-Ex Toyota full time this last weekend at Darlington [...]

Posted: May 17th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Danica Patrick, Indy 500, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Sprint All-Star Race, Sprint Showdown, Tony Stewart
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  Written by Stephen Conley May 13th, 2013   When you look to dance with the Lady In Black on Mother’s Day weekend, you better bring your “A” game and prepare for a fight. A lot of guys want that illustrious honor and it’s not one that is given lightly by this Lady. Record speeds [...]

Posted: May 13th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Jeff Gordon, Joe Gibbs Racing, kasey kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth
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Written By: Lauren Perkins – follow @perkylauren May 11, 2013 Darlington Raceway is known for tight racing under the lights, mostly between the cars and the wall. The wall at Darlington is famous for giving the cars that get a little too close the “Darlington Stripe”, and this right side scrape of the paint is [...]

Posted: May 11th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, Bojangles' Southern 500, Darlington Raceway, Kurt Busch, Ricky Craven
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 5, 2013 After starting under bright sunshine and ending as darkness moved in at Talladega Superspeedway, the Aaron’s 499 delivered a great finish for the die hard fans that endured a race that took approximately seven hours to complete after rain moved in halfway through [...]

Posted: May 5th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, David Gilliland, David Ragan, Denny Hamlin, Front Row Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Michael Waltrip, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Talladega Superspeedway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 3, 2013 Travis Pastrana will lead to field to green for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Aaron’s 312 at Talladega. Pastrana captured his first career pole in 17 starts in the Nationwide Series with a lap of 54.255 seconds, 176.500 mph. This will also be the [...]

Posted: May 3rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Results.
Tags: Aaron's 312, Austin Dillon, Danica Patrick, Kurt Busch, Nascar Nationwide Series, Roush Fenway Racing, Sam Hornish Jr., Talladega Superspeedway, Travis Pastrana, Trevor Bayne
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Written By: Brian Eberly, @beberly18 May 2, 2013 From one of the shortest tracks on the circuit to the longest, the NASCAR Nationwide Series heads to the 2.66 mile Talladega Superspeedway for the Aaron’s 312 this Saturday.  The race marks the eighth of 33 events this season and will feature the two-car tandem drafting style.  [...]

Posted: May 2nd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Track News.
Tags: Aaron's 312, Carl Edwards, Danica Patrick, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Coulter, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Penske Racing, Phoenix Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Talladega Superspeedway, Turner Scott Motorsports, Ty Dillon
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