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

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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 →

Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk – Monday, April 15, 2013

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Fan2FanNASCARTalkLogoHey Race Fans are you ready for our next one-hour episode of Fan4Racing’s Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk on  Monday, April 15th?

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Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk begins with our guest Tom Jensen, Editor-in-Chief at SPEED. Tom Jensen also has a special interest in Barrett Jackson auctions and fittingly, drives a Ford F-150, but lists a 1964 Oldsmobile Starfire as his dream car.

Also, joining us is the President of Kansas Speedway, Patrick Warren, to talk about their upcoming NASCAR weekend.

On our Fan4Racing panel this week is media guest, Dontae Allen, from BackStretchFans.blogspot.com

  • Introductions – Inspiring stories
  • Q&As with Tom Jensen – Patrick Warren
  • NASCAR hot topics
  • Fan2Fan NASCAR – NHRA Talk for next week (back to our 1.5-hour format)
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Keselowski Responds to NASCAR Confiscation of Penske Team Car Parts

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Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, sits in the garage area during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gen-6 Testing at Texas Motor Speedway on April 11, 2013 Photo - Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, sits in the garage area during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gen-6 Testing at Texas Motor Speedway on April 11, 2013
Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images

2012 Sprint Cup champion, Brad Keselowski and his teammate Joey Logano, both Penske racing drivers, had parts confiscated by NASCAR before the Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

In an inspection about an hour before the scheduled start of the race, NASCAR officials required both Keselowski and Logano teams to replace rear-end housing parts around the suspension area of their cars. Leaving team members with a last-minute change to get their cars ready for the impending race. Continue reading →

Busch Dominates Sprint Cup Race for Texas Weekend Sweep

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2013 Photo - Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2013
Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

The hot-start Kyle Busch is off to this season just keeps getting better. The season isn’t even two months old and Busch has six wins combined, in NASCAR’s top-three series’.

Busch returned to victory lane on Saturday Night when he dominated the race and remained up front throughout the night. A late restart allowed Busch’s crew to get him back out front and then he held off Martin Truex Jr. and cruised to the finish. If it wasn’t for the last caution with 21 laps to go, Martin Truex Jr. would have likely ended up in victory lane since he dominated most of the second half of the race. Determined to win his 300th Sprint Cup start, Busch  knew he couldn’t let that happen. Continue reading →

Chip Ganassi To Sell Cup Team? To John Menard?

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L-R Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray Photo - Sean Gardner/Getty Images

L-R Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray
Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images

The big news out of Thursday’s test day at Texas Motor Speedway is that Chip Ganassi could be selling his Sprint Cup team to a Menard. That is John Menard, a long-time racer and supporter in the Sprint Cup Series.

It is no secret that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing has struggled in recent years. Juan Pablo Montoya’s top-ten last week at Martinsville was his first since June of last season at Michigan. Neither Jamie McMurray or JPM have battled for wins since 2010 when McMurray won the Daytona 500 and at Indianapolis. The last time an EGR team made the Chase was in 2009 with JPM. Continue reading →