From the folks at NASCAR ..

Busch Piling On Chase Bonus Points

Every inch matters.

In this case, mere inches amounted to a 20 point swing as drivers compete for Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup eligibility.

When a caution flag…

Here’s the second part to Gateway International Raceway’s countdown to the Nationwide series race on July 19 …

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Seven a Lucky Number for Earnhardt at GIR
by Josh Weinrich

In mid-October of 1998, the NASCAR Nationwide (formerly…

Gateway International Raceway is doing a countdown to the Nationwide Series race there on July.

Here’s Part 1 of their series — 1997

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Hot Temps, Hot Racing for NASCAR Debut at GIR
by Josh Weinrich

July 26,…

Young Kyle Busch won the Sodie Zero 400 Saturday night at Daytona, showing once again why he’s the man this year in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series.

The series leader got knocked out of line by teammate Denny Hamlin, shuffled beyond…

Denny Hamlin won in the Joe Gibbs’ racing 20 car Friday night in the Nationwide Series race at Daytona, the week after Tony Stewart drove the car to Victory Lane the previous week for Gibbs at New Hampshire.

Hamlin’s victory…

ESPN.com reports that Tony Stewart and Office Depot have reached agreement on a sponsorship deal if Stewart moves to Haas CNC Racing as a co-owner in 2009 after his contract expires with Joe Gibbs Racing.

Wow. So much for my recent…

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s NASCAR victory Sunday at Michigan on “fuel strategy” — fuel strategy!!! – ended a 76-race-win drought for the wildly popular Hendrick Motorsports driver, and perhaps it will calm down his rabid fans at least for a day or two.…

From the folks at Gateway International Raceway …

Gateway Notes for the week of May 26

– Kasey Kahne made history Sunday when he became the first driver to put the Dodge boys in Victory Lane in both the Coca-Cola 600…

All righty, I’ve drank too much of the caffeinated beverage (AGAIN!) and I’m feelin’ the rush, so I’ll jibber-jabber about Sunday’s races — Formula 1, Indy car and NASCAR.

– Lewis Hamilton rocks! Dude won again in the Grand Prix…

That would be Kasey Kahne in the red Budweiser bowtie car winning the Coca-Cola 600 Sunday night at Charlotte.

Ol’ Kasey passed on the sponsor pop and quaffed the St. Lou brew after his postrace interview, but teammate Elliott Sadler…