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The same old song has become painfully familiar to AJ Allmendinger.
In 2014, the driver of the No. 47 JTG / Daugherty Racing Chevrolet started second at Sonoma Raceway, led 35 laps – and finished 37th, two laps down.
Last year, Allmendinger started on the pole and came home 37th again.
Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 brought another second-place start, and again the race fell apart for the Californian driver. Continue reading
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For more than a third of active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, there will be no rest for the weary.
One driver from each Cup organization is eligible to participate in a test of newly repaved Kentucky Speedway on Monday and Tuesday. The test is a continuation of NASCAR’s proving-out process for a new lower-downforce competition package earmarked for 2017.
Last year, as the sanctioning body solidified the rules for 2016, races at Kentucky and Darlington were used as benchmarks for the progression toward lower downforce for the Cup cars. This year, in selected events, NASCAR is taking an additional 500 pounds of downforce and 125 pounds of sideforce away from the cars by chopping the size of the spoiler, reducing the surface area of the splitter, tapering the rear deck lid fin and eliminating rear axle offset. Continue reading
JTG Daugherty Racing team officials announced today a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing that includes receiving ECR engines and engineering services during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season with driver AJ Allmendinger behind the wheel of their No. 47 entry. Continue reading