| NASCAR postpones Richmond races until Sunday
Due to heavy rains and winds expected from
Tropical Storm Hanna, NASCAR has postponed all track activities at the
Richmond International Raceway until Sunday.
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| Grubb to serve as Stewart's crew chief in 2009
Stewart-Haas Racing named Darian Grubb on
Friday as the crew chief for driver Tony Stewart when Stewart moves over to
the No.14 Chevrolet team in 2009. Team officials made the announcement at
the Richmond International Raceway, where the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will
run the "cut-off" race this weekend before the 10-race "Chase for the
Sprint Cup" begins September 14 at New Hampshire.
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| This Week in Auto Racing September 5 - 7
The "Chase cut-off race" at Richmond
International Raceway headlines a busy weekend of racing. Meanwhile, the
IndyCar Series title will be decided in the season finale at Chicagoland.
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| Franchitti Returning to IndyCar in '09
Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced
Tuesday that Dario Franchitti will replace Dan Wheldon in the team's No.10
car, starting in 2009. Franchitti, the 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner and
IndyCar Series champion, will return to the open-wheel ranks after spending
less than a year in NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series competition. He
plans to make several more Nationwide starts this year.
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| Gordon facing possibility of winless season
To say Jeff Gordon will end the year
without a victory is downright bold right now, but with 11 races remaining in
the season, it's becoming more likely the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion
could end the year in the winless column for the first time since his rookie
season in 1993. His last victory came 31 races ago, in October 2007 at
Charlotte.
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| Johnson dominant in California victory
Jimmie Johnson won Sunday night's Pepsi 500
with a dominating performance at the Auto Club Speedway. The No.48 Hendrick
Motorsports Chevrolet driver and two-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion
led 228 of 250 laps.
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| Johnson wins pole at California
California-native Jimmie Johnson captured the
pole for Sunday's Pepsi 500 at the Auto Club Speedway. The No.48 Hendrick
Motorsports Chevrolet driver and two-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion
circled the two-mile oval in 39.912 seconds (180.397 mph).
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| NASCAR puts Busch, Edwards on probation for post-race incident
NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards
on probation for the next six races of the Sprint Cup Series after the two
traded intentional bumps following Saturday's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor
Speedway in Tennessee.
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| This Week in Auto Racing August 29 - 31
After a wild night of racing at the
Bristol Motor Speedway last Saturday, the Sprint Cup Series will run under the
lights again this Labor Day weekend at the Auto Club Speedway. The Nationwide
Series will join the Sprint Cup in Fontana, Ca, while the IndyCar Series heads
to "Motown" for a date at The Raceway at Bell Isle in Detroit.
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| Format changes for the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona
Next year's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona
will have a new format. NASCAR officials announced Tuesday the pre-season,
non-points race at the Daytona International Speedway will feature the top-six
teams from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford and Toyota, based on the final 2008 car
owner points. The field will no longer be based on the previous year's pole
winners.
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