Archive for April 15th, 2007

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS, WINNINGS
1 2 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Prilosec OTC 190/5 334 Running 526,766
2 4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 175/5 334 Running 357,266
3 6 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 165/0 334 Running 275,583
4 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 170/10 334 Running 255,811
5 13 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 155/0 334 Running 173,325

Tony Stewart was so frustrated after Sunday’s Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway that he did more than hint at retirement.
“I’m ready to retire,” said Stewart, who spun twice and endured the wrath of Dale Earnhardt Jr. fans during the race. “As soon as I get enough money saved to where I can retire, I’d [...]

Juan Pablo Montoya has blamed Tony Stewart of their incident during the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway saying the former Cup champion forced him into the situation by being too aggressive.
On lap 240 Montoya was trying to overtake Stewart for eighth place on the inside of Turn 4. Out of the previous corner, Stewart [...]

Finally, a Texas two-step. Jeff Burton passed Matt Kenseth on the final lap Sunday to become the first repeat winner at Texas, winning 10 years after he won the inaugural race.
Burton never led until he overtook Kenseth on the backstretch coming out of Turn 2 after more than 10 laps of trying to get past [...]

Chris Economaki is without question a legend in the world of motorsports journalism in America. The 87 year old is the founder and publisher of National Speed Sport News and remains active in the world of motorsports.
He was in attendance at the Canadian Motorsports Expo held at the Toronto Congress Center this week and told [...]

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced today that in honor of baseball legend and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson’s 60th Anniversary of his debut into Major League Baseball, they will display a small tribute to him on their #42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge Charger on Sunday, for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

DETROIT - For the first time since 1955, Team Chevy is introducing an all-new small-block V-8 engine in the top tier of stock car racing. The new Chevrolet R07 is the first purpose-built engine designed and developed by GM Racing specifically for NASCAR Nextel Cup competition. This purebred engine is the successor to the production-based [...]

On the heels of the successful introduction of the new Impala SS race car in NASCAR Nextel Cup competition, Team Chevy is beginning the transition to the new Chevrolet R07 racing engine. Approved by NASCAR for competition in 2007, the Chevrolet R07 is making its debut this weekend in the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor [...]