Motor Racing Digest

Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 4, 2013 As was feared during the two practice sessions on Friday at Talladega, rain washed out Sprint Cup qualifying for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 and the field will be set by practice speeds from Friday’s first practice session. Carl Edwards was fastest in that session, [...]

Posted: May 4th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Ryan Newman, Talladega Superspeedway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 3, 2013 With wet weather threatening, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series took to the track for two practice sessions on Friday in preparation for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega. If rain were to wash out tomorrow’s qualifying session, the speeds from practice would set the [...]

Posted: May 3rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Aric Almirola, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Ryan Newman, Talladega Superspeedway, Travis Kvapil
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86  April 12, 2013 Sprint Cup qualifying for Saturday night’s NRA 500 at Texas turned into a shootout between the Busch brothers, with Kyle Busch edging out older brother Kurt to win the pole and set a new track record in the process. Kyle Busch’s pole winning lap [...]

Posted: April 12th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Aric Almirola, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Texas Motor Speedway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 April 12, 2013 Leading up to Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series event at Texas Motor Speedway, the Sprint Cup Series drivers took to the track for two practice sessions on Friday in preparation for the NRA 500. The first practice session saw Dale Earnhardt Jr at the [...]

Posted: April 12th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Aric Almirola, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Nascar Sprint Cup Series, nra 500, Texas Motor Speedway
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 5, 2013 Jimmie Johnson set a track-record lap of 98.400 miles per hour Friday to win the pole for Sunday’s STP Gas Booster 500.  Johnson is seeking his eight Martinsville victory and his second of victory of the 2013 season. In addition to Johnson, six other broke [...]

Posted: April 5th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, marcos ambrose, Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, STP Gas Booster 500
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    Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 1st, 2013 Richmond, VA (April 1, 2013)—Four NASCAR drivers turned laps at Richmond International Raceway during a test session today, marking the first time NASCAR’s Gen-6 car has run at America’s Premier Short Track. Juan Montoya, Jamie McMurray, Marcos Ambrose and Aric Almirola will be back [...]

Posted: April 1st, 2013
Categories: Featured, Track News.
Tags: Aric Almirola, Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya, marcos ambrose, NASCAR Gen-6, Richmond International Raceway, Toyota Owners 400
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86  March 6, 2013 After races at a superspeedway in Daytona and a flat track in Phoenix, the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series head to Sin City this weekend to take on the 1.5 mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the first intermediate track both series will visit [...]

Posted: March 6th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillion, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Justin Allgaier, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, marcos ambrose, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 February 16, 2013 Kevin Harvick held off Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart on the final lap to win Saturday night’s Sprint Unlimited event at Daytona International Speedway. The win was the third for Harvick in the event with previous wins in 2009 and 2010. Harvick took command of [...]

Posted: February 17th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Daytona 500, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, marcos ambrose, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, Sprint Unlimited, Tony Stewart
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 January 15, 2013 Today our 2013 Sprint Cup team previews move on to the Richard Petty Motorsports team, which fields the #9 and the #43 Ford Fusions in the Sprint Cup Series. After drivers Marcos Ambrose and Aric Almirola finished the 2012 season in 18th and 20th, [...]

Posted: January 15th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Aric Almirola, marcos ambrose, Richard Petty, Richard Petty Motorsports
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    Written by: Jason Schultz Follow @Nascar_Jason_ November 18, 2012 A new champion has been crowned. Brad Keselowski is now on top of the world as the new Sprint Cup Series Champion. After three full-time seasons in the Sprint Cup Series, Keselowski is now the champion. More notably, Roger Penske is finally a Sprint [...]

Posted: November 18th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results, Track News.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, kasey kahne, Kyle Busch, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman, Sprint Cup Champion
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