Archive for November 8th, 2006

On returning to Phoenix International Raceway:
“I like this race track. We’ve won a couple of races here and seem to have a good handle on the set-up when race time comes. Even when Tony (Eury) Jr. wasn’t my crew chief (April, 2005), we still had a top-five finish. I have a lot of confidence when [...]

Two-time IndyCar Series champion Panther Racing announced a partnership with Aguri Suzuki to field an entry for 2004 IndyCar Series Bombardier Rookie of the Year Kosuke Matsuura in 2007.

Defending IndyCar Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. and his Penske Racing teammate, two-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves, will join Michael Shank Racing for the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Matt Kenseth:
“I enjoy racing at Phoenix. We’ve had some ups and downs there but it’s a good track and we’ve had our share of success. It’s one of the tracks we’ve won at and that will give us a little bit of confidence going in. Hopefully this weekend will add to that confidence. We can [...]

General Motors Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner held separate meetings in Japan Wednesday with leaders of Toyota, Isuzu and Suzuki, GM said.

With this year’s Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford championship returning to its newfound home in Tampa, Florida, the focus of the 2006 season finale shifts to the here-and-now as 18 drivers head to Mexico City’s challenging Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez looking to stake their claim on a spot in the new-look [...]

The date was November 3, 1991, and Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch remembers it just as if it was only yesterday.
“I was 13 years old and it was such a really big deal when my dad carried me to see my very first big NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix,” Busch recalled. “Growing up in [...]

Geoffrey Bodine, 57, will attempt to qualify for February’s Daytona 500 despite having been out of the Nextel Cup Series for more than two years.

Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports, married Ingrid Vandebosch in a small, private ceremony in Mexico on November 7.

Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 DeWalt Ford Fusion, is second in the point standings going into this weekend’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. Kenseth, who trails leader Jimmie Johnson by 17 points with two races remaining, was this week’s guest on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series teleconference.