Due to Tropical Storm Hanna, NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series qualifying was cancelled at Richmond International Raceway on Friday afternoon. So as the NASCAR rules state, both series will start by car owner points. But as it ended up, Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race was rained out, and the weather for the Sprint Cup Series race was not looking promising either for Saturday night, so they decided to postpone both. For that situation, rules state that they must run the event on the next raceable day, that being Sunday, weather permitting. So NASCAR has postponed both races until Sunday afternoon, Sprint Cup Series at 1:00 pm, and the Nationwide Series at 6:30 pm. Make sure to tune in at the new times so that you don’t miss the last race in the Chase!

This weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be racing on the .750-mile D-shaped oval of Richmond International Raceway. As race number 26 of 36, this will be the last race before the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins. With point positions 6th through 12th still not guaranteed into the chase, there will definitely be a fight for those guys to stay in. But you also cannot forget that 13th and 14th position that still mathematically has a shot to make it in, as Bowyer (12th) is on 17 points ahead of David Ragan (13th). The Chevy Rock & Roll 400 will be a very important race for many drivers either trying to add to their bonus points, or get the last 10 possible before the Chase begins. Read More »

After Ryan Newman announced his departure from Penske Racing to join Stewart-Haas Racing in the No. 39 next season, the search for a new driver has been ongoing, until now.

On Wednesday, David Stremme was told that he is no longer just the Cup test driver, but Penske Racing’s new Sprint Cup driver for 2009 in the No. 12 Dodge. Looking to the future, Stremme is confident he can win races with Penske and Alltel, his sponsor who has signed a multi-year agreement with the No. 12 car. The crew chief or personnel surrounding the team has yet to be named, but Stremme said it’s in the works. Read More »

Tony Stewart is expected to name Darian Grubb as crew chief for the No. 14 Chevrolet that he will be driving for Stewart-Haas Racing next year.

Stewart mentioned this during the week on his SIRIUS radio show and was able to back that up while in Fontana, CA by saying that the announcement will come on Friday in Richmond.

Darian Grubb, who currently coordinates at-track engineering for Hendrick Motorsports, will now be named to the position of crew chief. During Chad Knaus’ four-race suspension to start the 2006 season, Grubb was a fill-in for Knaus as crew chief for Jimmie Johnson, who won the Daytona 500, finished second at Fontana, won at Las Vegas and finished sixth at Atlanta during that period. Read More »

• Jimmie Johnson turned a blistering fast lap in qualifying to get his 6th pole of the season. Getting the best start of his career, A.J. Allmendinger lined up second.
• Johnson’s dominance forced other drivers such as; Allmendinger, Biffle, and many others to use pit strategy to try to gain on him, it wasn’t enough. Read More »

With a dominating performance in front of his hometown crowd in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, driver Jimmie Johnson seems to have something to prove. Now mathematically locked into the Chase for the Sprint Cup and only one race to go, it appears as if the No. 48 Lowes team has peaked at the right time. With all of the talk lately about Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, their wins, and their rivalry, Jimmie Johnson has decided to let his recent performance do all the talking and create some buzz about his seemingly more realistic chances of three Sprint Cup championships in a row. That being something only one other driver has ever accomplished, Cale Yarborough. Read More »

As the 18th driver getto attempt qualifying at the two-mile track in Fontana, California, Jimmie Johnson was able to post a time that no one else would be able to come close to. Johnson got his 6th Coors Light Pole Award of the season and will be leading the field down to the green flag on Sunday night for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. A.J. Allmendinger will have his career best start on Sunday as he posted a time just slightly slower than Jimmie Johnson. He will be starting on the front row in second. Johnson’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Jeff Gordon, was very pleased with his qualifying run and will start only two positions behind Johnson in 3rd position. Read More »

As we count down the races until the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins, race number 25 will be held on Sunday night at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. As this will be the next to last race of the “regular season”, many drivers will be fighting to lock themselves into the top-12 before it is too late. The standings are so close at this point that one small slip could cause a driver to lose it all. Read More »

If you didn’t see the race and/or heard the comments and fuss from Kyle Busch over an incident with Carl Edwards last weekend at Bristol, you would think that Edwards pulled a dirty move on Busch and took him out of the race.  But anyone that actually saw the race would most likely think differently. Read More »

He doesn’t have a sponsor, he doesn’t have a number, he doesn’t know if he’ll be driving a third or fourth car, but what Reed Sorenson does know, is that he will be a part of Gillett Evernham Motorsports for 2009.

Sorenson’s announcement comes on the heels of some hard hits already suffered by the Ganassi organization, which shut the doors of the No. 40 team of rookie Dario Franchitti earlier this season because of sponsor issues and will lose also Texaco, the primary sponsor of Juan Pablo Montoya’s No. 41 car, after this season. Read More »