NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines:
With a nod toward the likely historic achievement that will be Jimmie Johnson's fourth consecutive Cup championship barring unforeseen developments, Brian France faced the media Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and answered a wide spectrum of questions regarding the state of NASCAR. (Read More)
MOTORSPORTS news - autosport.com:
NASCAR chairman Brian France says he would welcome Danica Patrick to his championships, amid continuing speculation linking the IndyCar star to a stock car debut in Hendrick Motorsports machinery next year. (Read More)
The Daly Planet:
Here we go for the last time in 2009 on the Nationwide Series trail. ESPN has twelve on-air announcers coming at you for the live race from Homestead.Allen Bestwick has done a stellar job of keeping order from the Infield Pit Studio this season. On this final race, he is joined by Ray Evernham, Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wall (Read More)
Full Throttle:
Australia’s NASCAR star Marcos Ambrose has been thwarted in his attempt for a shock return to the V8 Supercar series for the season-ending race in Sydney.Ambrose, who twice won the V8 championship before heading overseas to race in the world’s premier stock car series, had been seeking a one-off drive at next month’s Telstr (Read More)
The Daly Planet:
The coronation is scheduled for Sunday. The fireworks are scheduled for Saturday. Jerry Punch will describe the solemn ceremony. Marty Reid will handle the explosions.Last year at this time, Reid was not even a blip on the NASCAR on ESPN radar screen. He had spent the last couple of seasons moving between the NHRA and IRL c (Read More)
MOTORSPORTS news - autosport.com:
Jimmie Johnson will start from pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway. (Read More)
Full Throttle:
Early this week NASCAR filed documents with U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen requesting that case be dismissed based on pleadings already filed with the court.NASCAR makes the following claims in the Tuesday filing:• The driver agreement with NASCAR waives all claims arising from the implementation of NASCAR’s substa (Read More)
The Daly Planet:
The official news of the celebrity host for the banquet was released on Friday along with the musical acts and the featured comedian. Here is the media release:The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony is coming to Las Vegas and Frank Caliendo is on the pole.Caliendo, the renowned comedian/impressionist with considerable (Read More)
The Daly Planet:
There are many interesting features on the current NASCAR TV landscape, but none is perhaps as unique as the work of SPEED's Camping World Truck Series TV production team.Over the past three years, TDP has referred to them as "the little engine that could" and as producing the best NASCAR series to watch on TV. We have argu (Read More)
Motorsport.com: NASCAR-CUP news:
Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championshipcontenders, met with the media Thursday three days prior to the Ford 400at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the 36th and final race of the 2009 season.During the hour-long session, the two drivers and their car owner RickHendrick addressed a myriad of questions r (Read More)
Motorsport.com: NASCAR-CUP news:
Ambrose reflects on first full season in NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesMarcos Ambrose has his backpack packed for his journey from America to Launceston,Tasmania, Australia as soon as the checkered flag falls on the NASCARSprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. For Ambrose,his season has somewhat exceeded his (Read More)