Archive for July 25th, 2007

Dale Earnhardt Inc. will announce on Wednesday that it is merging with Ginn Racing, effective immediately, and will acquire all Ginn assets, including its massive headquarters, multiple sources close to DEI told ESPN.com on condition of anonymity.
Sources said the company will be known as Dale Earnhardt Inc., but that Ginn owner Bobby Ginn will remain [...]

Tony Stewart finally began to enjoy coming to Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he no longer had to answer the question, “How would it feel to finally win at Indy?”
Stewart answered that question with an emotional victory in the 2005 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard — a win that launched the driver of the No. 20 [...]

In the 17 years since Chip Ganassi formed his first race team, his passion for the sport has never wavered - not during the lean years of open wheel, his struggles after expanding to NASCAR, or even the death of a driver.
Weekends like this last one make it all worth it.

For years, NASCAR fans have heard about the effects of drafting on high-speed racetracks and how certain drivers, such as the late Dale Earnhardt, were so good in the draft it was said they could “see the air.”
Now, as NASCAR NEXTEL Cup racing returns to ESPN with Sunday’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, a technical [...]

Kurt Busch and his Pat Tryson-led Miller Lite Dodge team enter this weekend’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard with both “short-range and long-term goals.”
Busch is looking to win this weekend’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for team owner Roger Penske, while also continuing his impressive rise back towards eligibility for the 2007 “Chase for the [...]

NASCAR Cup Champion Rusty Wallace talks about the challenges in getting around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“Indianapolis is such a long flat racetrack and the coil bind setup is really important. Basically, it’s the guy who gets the nose of the car as low as he can on the racetrack for the longest amount [...]