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Have Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus finally turned the corner on this years season? After capturing Hendericks Motorsports 200th win last week at the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway, Johnson's team would go on to win the prestigious Pit Crew Challenge on Thursday setting the stage for tonight's All Star event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord NC.
While the All Star race is only for a million dollars there are no NASCAR points awarded for... [Read More]
LUBBOCK, Texas (May 18, 2012) – Derek Drown picked off his second ASCS 305-ci Sprint Car feature win of the season by returning to
victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap main event at Lady Luck Speedway, picking up the $1,200 winner’s share in the process.
After topping the opening night of March’s Beat the Heat card at Lady Luck Speedway, Drown raced past Preston Peebles II on the eighth round and... [Read More]
Ft. Morgan Colorado (May 19, 2012) – Rain and cold wet weather have forced speedway officials at the I-76 Speedway to cancel tonight’s schedule racing program. The track condition and the impending weather forecast dictated the call.
Racing will resume again next Saturday May 26th at 6PM with the IMCA Modifieds, Sport Modifies, Street Stocks, Econo’s, Dwarf Cars and the Rocky Mountain Lighting Sprints.
IZOD IndyCar Series
Indianapolis 500 Mile Race
May 27, 2012
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Entry List for the 96th Indianapolis 500
Car Driver Hometown Car Name Engine Entrant
2 Ryan Briscoe Sydney, Australia IZOD Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske
2T Ryan Briscoe Sydney, Australia IZOD Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske
3 Helio Castroneves (W) Sao Paulo, Brazil Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra... [Read More]
PLYMOUTH, Ind. – Friday, May 18, 2012 — No stranger to victory lane,
Steve Stacy dominated the Outlaw Late Model division at Plymouth
Speedway Friday night, taking his second win of the season in the
series. “I didn’t qualify well,” Stacy said, “but the car was on a
rail tonight, we couldn’t have made it any better. Seeing all these
fans out here for this autograph session really pumped me up.” It was
DARE/autograph night at the track, dubbed the... [Read More]
As of yesterday the weather forecast looked fairly grim but CNS officials were still holding out hope that the May 19th races would be able to be run. However, the rain has intensified and the forecast continues to worsen therefore CNS officials have been forced to cancel the events scheduled for tonight (May 19th).
Up next....
Next weekend is our big 2-Day Memorial Day race. On Saturday May 26th we will... [Read More]
TULARE, CA - MAY 14, 2012... In one of the most spectacular drives in the history of the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series, Elk Grove's Kyle Larson won the Faria Memorial from the twentieth starting spot. The $1,500 victory at Steve Faria's Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway was Larson's second triumph in as many nights, but there is more to this story.
After sweeping the previous night's action in Keith Ford's #72 King Racing Products / A&A... [Read More]
NASCAR has fined Kurt Busch, driver of the #51 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, $50,000 and placed him on NASCAR probation until July 25 for his actions during the May 12 race at Darlington Raceway.
Kurt Busch violated Section 12-1 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing; reckless driving on pit road during the race; involved in an altercation with another competitor after the completion of the race) of the 2012 NASCAR Rule Book.
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