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Gordon says new tires lead to new track records at Las Vegas
Feb 27, 2010 Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, NASCAR News, Ryan Newman, Sprint Cup Series Leave a comment
A total of 18 drivers broke the track qualifying record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday. Kurt Busch was the one who broke the record of 185.995 mph set by his brother, Kyle, last year.
Jeff Gordon, who qualified on the outside pole at a speed of 188.646 mph and even held the pole [...]
Vegas native Kurt Busch wins pole at LVMS
Feb 26, 2010 Kurt Busch Leave a comment
LAS VEGAS—Las Vegas native Kurt Busch says it’s his turn to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Busch took the first step in that direction Friday, winning the pole for Sunday’s Shelby American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race with a track-record speed of 188.719 mph.
Busch hopes to follow his brother and defending race winner Kyle Busch [...]
Notebook: Montoya takes on mentoring role with Patrick
Feb 26, 2010 Carl Edwards, Danica Patrick, Juan Pablo Montoya Leave a comment
LAS VEGAS — Juan Montoya is paying it backward.
During the first two race weekends of the season, Montoya has reached out to IndyCar star Danica Patrick, offering advice from the perspective of a driver who has made a successful transition from open-wheel racing to stock cars.
Montoya’s motivation to help Patrick is driven from the reception [...]
Oval Of Life: Farewell To A Legend, Hello To Fatherhood
Feb 26, 2010 NASCAR News 1 Comment
It seems ironic that as NASCAR is preparing to race at perhaps its most modern, contemporary track of all — Las Vegas Motor Speedway — one of the most significant events that occurred in the sport during the week leading up to the race focused not on the NASCAR’s present, but on its past.
On Wednesday, [...]
Jeff Burton on a roll heading to Vegas
Feb 25, 2010 Jeff Burton Leave a comment
The talk about the fate of Jeff Burton’s career began to seep into racing conversations early last season and it picked up serious steam during the summer. It was the kind of talk that affixes itself to all athletes whose fortunes waver around that arbitrary point where they start being labeled as “aging.”
Shelby American Race [...]
Big Mac teams up with Jamie Mac in Cup Series
Feb 25, 2010 Jamie McMurray Leave a comment
LAS VEGAS—How good is Jamie McMurray? After he won the Daytona 500, he slipped in a sponsor reference without fans and media even realizing it.
On national television following the win in NASCAR’s season-opening Sprint Cup Series race, McMurray was talking about what he and his wife did after his win last November at Talladega Superspeedway [...]
Carl and Kate Edwards Give Birth To NASCAR’s Newest Sweetheart
Feb 25, 2010 Carl Edwards, Headline, NASCAR News, Sprint Cup Series Leave a comment
Congratulations are in order for Carl Edwards, driver on the No. 99 Aflac sponsored Roush Fenway Ford Fusion, and his wife Kate on the birth of their daughter Anne Edwards.
Instead of a bouncing baby boy, Anne was born a back flipping baby girl, and the doctor rated the flip a perfect 10.
Anne was born February [...]
