Motor Racing Digest

Posted by: Candice Corrigan, follow @candicecorrigan August 22, 2012 Release from NASCAR: No. 27 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team Penalized For Michigan International Speedway Post-Race Infractions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 22, 2012) – NASCAR has issued penalties, suspensions and fines to the No. 27 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as a result of rules infractions [...]

Posted: August 22nd, 2012
Categories: Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: infraction, Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Paul Menard, penalized, Richard Childress Racing, Slugger Labbe
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Posted by: Candice Corrigan, follow @candicecorrigan August 21, 2012 Release from NASCAR: No. 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team Penalized For Rule Infractions At Michigan International Speedway DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 21, 2012) – NASCAR announced today penalties and fines to the No. 18 team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as a result [...]

Posted: August 21st, 2012
Categories: Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: infraction, Kyle Busch, Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, penalty
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 19, 2012 WINNERS Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Earnhardt and his fans finally got that long-awaited victory on Sunday at Michigan.  If you are part of Junior Nation, this will be a week of celebration and plenty of talk about the sports most popular driver. For those fans that do not cheer [...]

Posted: June 19th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, kasey kahne, Kyle Busch, Michigan International Speedway, Trevor Bayne, Winners and Losers Michigan
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 17, 2012 It’s over. No, actually it is finally over. No, not the rain that delayed the start of the race roughly two hours, but the winless streak is no more. After four years of frustration, 143 races later, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. This was no rain shortened race or [...]

Posted: June 17th, 2012
Categories: Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, marcos ambrose, Matt Kenseth, Michigan International Speedway, Quicken Loans 400, Tony Stewart
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 17, 2012 Speeds during the extra Sprint Cup practice session on Saturday evening were down by five to six miles per hour with the new left-side tires that NASCAR and Goodyear mandated for the race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. The decision by NASCAR and Goodyear late Friday evening was necessary after a number [...]

Posted: June 17th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Track News.
Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Goodyear, Greg Biffle, Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 16, 2012 Joey Logano made it four wins out of the last five races with his victory in the Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday afternoon. The win was Logano’s 14th in 99 Nationwide Series starts and his fifth of the season. The trip [...]

Posted: June 16th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Results.
Tags: Austin Dillon, Cole Whitt, Danica Patrick, Elliott Sadler, James Buescher, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Michigan International Speedway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 16, 2012 Marcos Ambrose became new track record holder and NASCAR’s fastest man with his qualifying lap speed of 203.241 mph at Michigan International Speedway. Ambrose will lead the field to the checkered flag on Sunday for the Quicken Loans 400. Ambrose becomes the fourth driver to win the pole with a lap over 200 mph. [...]

Posted: June 16th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillon, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, kasey kahne, Kevin Harvick, marcos ambrose, Michigan International Speedway, Quicken Loans 400, Ryan Newman
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 1, 2012 Austin Dillon won the pole for the Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday afternoon.  Dillon won the Coors Light Pole Award with a lap time of 37.820 seconds at 190.375 mph. This is Dillon’s first pole in 24 NASCAR Nationwide Series [...]

Posted: June 16th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series.
Tags: Austin Dillon, Brad Keselowski, Cole Whitt, Danica Patrick, Elliott Sadler, James Buescher, Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, Kenny Wallace, Michigan International Speedway, Paul Menard
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 16, 2012 One thing for sure is NASCAR and Goodyear will be monitoring the possible problem with tire blistering created by the “higher than expected” speeds being produce this weekend on the newly repaved Michigan International Speedway. In the final practice session for the Cup series on [...]

Posted: June 16th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Track News.
Tags: Goodyear, Greg Biffle, Michigan International Speedway, Quicken Loans 400, Tony Stewart
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 June 15, 2012 The speeds just keep on getting faster at Michigan International Speedway on the newly paved track.  It was Greg Biffle taking the top-spot in the final Cup practice session with an incredible speed of 204.708 mph.  Biffle was already at the top of the board [...]

Posted: June 15th, 2012
Categories: Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Kevin Harvick, marcos ambrose, Mark Martin, Michigan International Speedway, Paul Menard
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