Archive for April, 2008

Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M/Red Cross Ford Fusion, is in 10th place in the points standings heading into this weekend’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Biffle has three top-fives and five top-10s through the first eight races of the season.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON COMING TO TALLADEGA? “The track is entirely different from the aspect that you don’t have to handle very much here. Daytona was a handful to drive the cars around there. I don’t think you’re gonna have the handful here (at Talladega). The handful here is going to more of a mentality standpoint. [...]

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 SHELL-PENNZOIL IMPALA SS met with media and discussed driver’s hand signals, drug testing at KHI, on the possibility of Tony Stewart being a NASCAR car owner, racing at Bakersfield, visiting the Shell Oil rig and more.

Tony Stewart held off Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s last-lap charge to win the Nationwide Series race Saturday for his first career victory at Talladega Superspeedway. “This is not like winning a regular Nationwide race,” he said. “To me this is the biggest one I’ve had. To finally win at Talladega, it’s more than I can [...]

Joe Nemechek drove his Chevrolet to the No. 1 starting spot for today’s Aaron 499 in Saturday’s qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway.

ARCA RE/MAX Series rookie Scott Speed, with an assist from the Aaron’s Lucky Dog, won the Kansas Lottery $150 Grand Friday afternoon at Kansas Speedway.

Officials from Roush Fenway Racing “had a conversation” with IndyCar driver Danica Patrick as recently as two weeks ago when the Sprint Cup Series was in Phoenix for the Subway Fresh Fit 500. And while Jack Roush, the founder and co-owner of the organization, said that he was not part of the conversation, he also [...]

IF SOMEBODY THREW OWNERSHIP AT YOU, EVEN A PARTIAL OWNERSHIP, WOULD THAT SUDDENLY CHANGE THE WAY YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS?
“They have. I have had offers of ownership of more than one team in the garage, and it’s definitely an intriguing offer. There’s a lot of things to consider when you’re an athlete in you’re in [...]

Kevin Harvick Inc. has implemented a different type of testing the past couple of weeks. The racing team has started a random drug testing program since recent revelations that former Nationwide and Craftsman Trucks driver Aaron Fike had used heroin on some race days.

Looks like the NASCAR Silly Season is going into overdrive early.
Dominating the NASCAR headlines has been Tony Stewart’s possible move to another team from Joe Gibbs Racing and now Ryan Newman is mulling his future in NASCAR.