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Ford Beats out Chevy as Biffle Wins at Michigan

 the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 16, 2013  Photo - Getty Images
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 16, 2013
Photo – Getty Images

Not the typical Michigan race on Sunday afternoon, this race featured lots of action and varying strategy leaving many faces at the front throughout the event. By the end of the race, Ford claimed the motor city’s pride as Greg Biffle pulled into victory lane for his first victory of the season. The end of the race was best for Biffle with lady luck on his side when a fast Jimmie Johnson had problems as he was closing in on the lead. Continue reading →

Axalta Coating Systems Extends Sponsorship with Jeff Gordon

Axalta Coating Systems makes it debut at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, June 9.  Photo - Hendrick Motorsports
Axalta Coating Systems makes it début at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, June 9.
Photo – Hendrick Motorsports

Axalta Coating Systems, formally Dupont, announced today that the company has extended its sponsorship with Hendrick Motorsports and Jeff Gordon through 2016.

This season has been the first year that the name Dupont has not been seen on Jeff Gordon’s car in the Sprint Cup series. Earlier this year, Dupont came under new ownership and is renamed as Axalta Coating Systems. Jeff Gordon has sponsored paint brands such as Cromax Pro so far this season in place of the Axalta name. This weekend at Pocono Raceway marks the first time Axalta will appear on the car where he will run the “firestorm” scheme. Continue reading →

Hendrick Motorsports Releases Statement After MIT Shooting

Photo - Hendrick Motorsports
Photo – Hendrick Motorsports

The Boston Marathon bombings have been tough for the whole nation to understand this week. Last night’s shootings and death of Sean Collier makes it more real. Sean Collier’s death has hit the NASCAR community in-particular.

Andrew Collier is an employee of Hendrick Motorsports, and Sean Collier’s brother. Sean Collier was shot and killed Thursday night at MIT after law enforcement chased and fired on the brothers, suspected as behind the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Continue reading →

Sprint Cup Competition Runs Deep Both ‘On’ and ‘Off’ the Track

This story may have actually started at the close of the 2012 season when Keselowski won the Sprint Cup Championship  Photo - Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
This story may have actually started at the close of the 2012 season when Keselowski won the Sprint Cup Championship
Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

And now for the rest of this story…and fans can expect more chapters in the coming weeks and months

Apparently there is a rumored back-story to the Penske rear-end housing parts taken by NASCAR officials at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend. And this rumor may, at least in part, be what Keselowski is referring to when he said,

“You have no idea what this team has endured in the last seven days…”

And perhaps, what the Penske teams have endured is for longer than seven days. This story may actually have started when the season ended in 2012 and re-started in Daytona 2013. Continue reading →