In a memo NASCAR Officials distributed, Sprint Cup Series Crew Chiefs received notice that beginning this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway, teams are now subject to 15-minute fines should their cars fail to make it through qualifying inspection twice. Continue reading →
Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet, approaches the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 8, 2015 Photo – Drew Hallowell/Getty Images
Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet, crosses the finishline to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 Photo – Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 – Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 Photo – Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 Photo – Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
Kevin Harvick must have been tired of finishing second, because on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion did something about it.
Once Harvick got to the front of the field from his 18th-place starting spot in the Kobalt 400, he was untouchable. Continue reading →
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for its first stop on a three-race west coast swing – Sunday’s Kobalt 400. Following Las Vegas, the series moves on to Phoenix and concludes its Pacific trip at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California before heading back east to Martinsville. Phoenix was formerly the second race on the docket, but is now the fourth. Auto Club still occupies its traditional fifth race slot.Continue reading →
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, leads Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmie John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 1, 2015 Photo – Sarah Glenn/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 1, 2015 Photo – Sarah Glenn/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 1, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 1, 2015 Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images
Coors Light Polesitter Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick dominated the early and middle stages of Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway—before Jimmie Johnson decided to crash the party.
Johnson didn’t take the lead in the second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season until Lap 198 of 325, but from then on, his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was the class of the field, leading six times for 92 laps in winning for the fourth time at Atlanta and for the 71st time in his career. Continue reading →