Nine Racing To Feature Three Cars At Chili Bowl Midget Nationals

Nine Racing Inc. Brownsburg, Indiana January 4, 2012 Nine Racing, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of three excellent drivers for the 26th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire midget event that will take place...

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NASCAR at Charlotte 2013: Weekend Schedule, Start Time, Practice, Qualifying, TV and Weather Info

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NASCAR heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC�this weekend. Both the�Nationwide�and�Sprint Cup Series�will be racing at the 1.5 mile track.�The�Nationwide Series�will run the Dollar General 300�on Friday ? while the�Sprint Cup�teams hit the track on Saturday night for the Bank of America 500.

The Camping World Truck Series is off this weekend, they return at Talladega next weekend.
This is the fifth race of the�Sprint Cup Series Chase,�where twelve drivers battle to become this years champion. Matt Kenseth is still the points leader after winning the first two races of the Chase, but Jimmie Johnson is now within 3 points of the lead. Both Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon gained positions last weekend at Kansas and are sitting third, and fourth in the standings. Kyle Busch lost two positions, putting him -35 points behind Kenseth in fifth.
Below you will find the race weekend schedule for Charlotte Motor Speedway, �including the race start time, pr...

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Craziest Moment: Dale Earnhardt Jr.?s engine explodes entering turn one

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joey Logano's Chase hopes might have gone up in literal smoke Sunday evening at Chicagoland Speedway.

As Earnhardt Jr. was entering turn one at over 200 MPH on lap 226, a big plume of white smoke suddenly erupted from his car, blinding the track behind him. With a fire starting underneath the car and the smoke trailing, Junior spun the car to the inside grass and climbed out as the car cooked like a hamburger on an unattended grill.

Soon after the rain delay, Junior worked his way into the top five, but saw his hopes for a win disappear when he was involved in a chain reaction incident on pit road. The mess -- which happened when drivers simply ran out of real estate as they tried to exit and enter their pits under alternate pit strategies -- busted up the front end of Junior's car. By the time his Hendrick team had finished working on it, the nose of the car had been worked on more than a Hollywood star's face.

[Photos: Matt Kenseth wins Geico 400 at Chicagoland]

Logano's car started smoking well before that. The polesitter had one of the fastest cars during the day on Sunday before rain delayed the race more than five hours, and was still fast once the race resumed Sunday night. However, smoke started coming out the tailpipes of his car. The engine was going sour.

He was able to limp his sick engine around as long as possible, but on lap 177, it emitted its final puff of smoke. It had given up the ghost.

[Related: Rick Hendrick talks about decision to put Gordon into Chase]

Junior finished 35th and Logano finished 37th, and both drivers are at the bottom of the Chase standings. Logano is 52 points behind Matt Kenseth, who won Sunday night's race, and Junior is 53 points behind in 13th. That's more than entire race's worth of points. Yes, there are nine races to go, but that's a pretty sizeable hole.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/craziest-moment-dale-earnhardt-jr-engine-explodes-entering-055204316--nascar.html

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NAPA says it's launching review to determine future of Michael Waltrip Racing sponsorship

While making the Chase is imperative financially for many teams, including Michael Waltrip Racing, even more imperative is a big dollar sponsor.

That's what NAPA has been for Michael Waltrip Racing since the team's inception. They're the sponsor of Martin Truex Jr., who was knocked out of the Chase after the 50-point penalty assessed to his team (as well as the teams of Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers) in the aftermath of the spin and slowdown events of the final few laps at Richmond Saturday night.

On Wednesday, NAPA released a statement on its Facebook page saying that in light of the events Saturday night, it's launching a review to determine the future of the company's partnership with MWR.

The actions taken by Michael Waltrip?s Racing team this past weekend leading to the penalties assessed by NASCAR, are very concerning. We are disappointed that a partner associated with our organization would make such a significant error in judgment. In addition, we have launched our own review to determine the future of our partnership with Michael Waltrip?s Racing team. The NAPA AUTO PARTS organization is proud of its long-standing NASCAR relationship. We share a passion with our customers for high quality racing and seek to determine the best course of action for our customers, NASCAR fans, and the NAPA organization.

Those are strong words, especially when you consider that the company stood by MWR in 2007 when the team had an illegal substance found in its intake manifolds. On Tuesday, 5 Hour Energy, Bowyer's sponsor, issued a similar statement.

We respect NASCAR's penalties against MWR & are addressing our sponsorship relations internally. We appreciate your understanding & patience

? 5-hour ENERGY� (@5hourenergy) September 10, 2013

Could the situation get worse for MWR before it gets better? If any of its major sponsors decide to leave the team because of what happened, it would be a far more crippling blow than a $300,000 fine and three 50 point penalties would be.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/napa-says-launching-review-determine-future-michael-waltrip-142004776--nascar.html

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Kevin Harvick wins pole, full qualifying results for Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway

Kevin Harvick won the pole for Sunday?s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.
The Hollywood Casino 400 will begin with the No. 29 car of Harvick leading them to the green flag. Joining him on the front row will be Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
This is the fourth race of the NASCAR Chase. Matt Kenseth leads Jimmie Johnson by 8 points while Kyle Busch sits just 12 points back. Kenseth has won the last two races at Kansas and begins the race from the seventh position. Johnson will start third while Busch starts the race in the 18th position.
The Hollywood Casino 400 will consist of 267 laps around the 1.5 mile Kansas Speedway top make up the 400 mile distance.
Coverage of the race will air on ESPN beginning at 2:00 pm ET. The green flag is set to wave at 2:16 pm ET.
Qualifying Results for the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas

Kevin Harvick
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Jimmie Johnson
Brad Keselowski
Joey Logano
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Matt Kenseth
Pual Menard
Carl Edwards
Denny Hamlin
Brian Vickers
Ju...

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Fantasy NASCAR Preview: Martinsville - Goody?s Fast Relief 500

After the 500 laps–well, if the rain stays away–of the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 are completed this Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, the Sprint Cup Series will have its first weekend off of the season before heading to Texas Motor Speedway for the first Saturday night race of the year. As usual, I expect the normal [...]

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Charlie?s Racing Pics

We have a small staff of real talented photographers On Pit Row. I am not one of them. I leave the important work to BethAnne, Glenn and Jordan. But that doesn’t stop me from taking my camera to the track. I don’t try to take serious pics. I mostly goof around. But sometimes, I like [...]

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Video: Dodge Durango to stay classy with Ron Burgundy as spokesperson [UPDATE]

Filed under: SUV, Marketing/Advertising, Dodge, Celebrities, Humor, TV/Movies

The upcoming 2014 Dodge Durango has a lot of things going for it, including its 290-horsepower V6 and 360-hp Hemi V8 engine options, an eight-speed automatic and aggressive looks. And now it will have Ron Burgundy, the fictional television news anchor played by comedian Will Ferrell, as a spokesperson, Adweek reports. He follows in the footsteps of other non-fictional Chrysler brand spokespeople such as Eminem, Clint Eastwood and the late Paul Harvey.

Though the star of 2004's Anchorman and the upcoming Anchorman 2 is wildly popular, we're not sure we see a Dodge spokesperson in Burgundy. (Please, no womanizing or scotchy, scotch, scotch before test test drives). But at this point there's no turning back: Chrysler's chief marketing officer Olivier Francois previewed three ad spots at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Masters of Marketing conference in Phoenix on Friday, and says Chrysler has already filmed 68(!) Durango ads with the fictional newsman.

According to Adweek, one of the ads previewed had Burgundy highlighting the SUV's glovebox size, and in another he compared its horsepower to a white horse standing next to him. Will this help Dodge Durango sales improve? We can only wait and see. In the meantime, feel free to share your thoughts in Comments, and check out the trailer for Anchorman 2 below.

UPDATE: Dodge has released a few of the Will Ferrell/Ron Burgundy Durango shorts - you can watch the videos below.

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