Archive for January 22nd, 2008

Team owner Chip Ganassi says that he expects to put together a “patchwork” of sponsorship for Dario Franchitti and his No. 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup team. Franchitti, the 2007 IndyCar Series champion, will debut as a rookie in the NASCAR series this season. The team has not announced sponsorship plans for that car.
Ganassi didn’t seem [...]

Change, the old saying goes, is really the only constant in NASCAR. But so much change, in such a short period of time, can have a numbing effect. So much of this sport is bound by tradition, in sons following fathers as drivers or spectators. In many minds, the constant change in the past few [...]

NASCAR announced that starting this season, all money collected from fines issued to drivers will go to the NASCAR Foundation for its charitable initiatives.

NASCAR officials announced today that teams in the Cup, Nationwide and Truck series will receive an allotment of tires to use for non-NASCAR sanctioned tests.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams will have access to 200 tires over the course of the year; NASCAR Nationwide teams will get 160 tires, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck teams will get [...]