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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 →

Drivers Test Gen-6 Car for Texas Night Race Debut

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Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 Filtrete Ford, pulls into the garage area during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gen-6 Testing at Texas Motor Speedway on April 11, 2013 Photo - Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 Filtrete Ford, pulls into the garage area during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gen-6 Testing at Texas Motor Speedway on April 11, 2013
Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Gen-6 Race Car Prepare For Season’s First Night Race

Records crumbled, numbers skyrocketed and emotions flared during the Gen-6 race car’s debut on the first two intermediate tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule – Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. And according to those who spoke after testing, expect more of the same during Saturday night’s race at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway.  Continue reading →