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Attendance Not Impressive At NASCAR’s Atlanta Motor Speedway

Written by Penni On March - 12 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

The Atlanta race proved to be a beautiful day, as many meteorologist predicted, especially for winner Kurt Busch, who lead 234 of the 330 scheduled laps.

Despite the beautiful weather, the attendance wasn’t so beautiful. The attendance is one of two things that sparked conversation and news online after (and during) Sunday’s race.

Atlanta Motor Speedway is not known to have a sellout with either of their two races, but the race track is usually full come race day, or close. With the economy the way it is, NASCAR fans can’t afford to attend races.

Granted, AMS, along with other tracks, have reduced ticket prices in an effort to help ticket buyers. On Sunday, however, there were patches of empty seats all around. Many of the drivers took notice of the emptiness and were baffled. Read the rest of this entry »

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Engine Woes In Vegas

Written by Penni On March - 6 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

Engine troubles were a major issue last weekend in Las Vegas as many Sprint Cup drivers experienced engine failure.

The first engine failure came during Friday’s practice session when Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota blew and engine. The team replaced the engine and despite his engine woes he was able to capture the Coors Light Pole. However, he had to start at the rear of the field and won the race at his home track.

In fact the pre-qualifying engine woes did not effect the other four Toyota’s that had to switch engines after qualifying. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rainy Weather Ends Daytona 500 Early

Written by Penni On February - 19 - 20091 COMMENT

The wait is over. The first official race of the year — the Daytona 500 — has come and gone. It was nothing like NASCAR fans expected considering the weather decided to play havoc and shortened the “biggest race of the year” by 48 laps. It was pretty much a sour end to a much anticipated race and week. Read the rest of this entry »

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Harvick Takes Shootout Win

Written by Penni On February - 13 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

It’s all about the money, or at least for Kevin Harvick it is. Harvick, who hasn’t won a points race since the 2007 Daytona 500, stole Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout win. It was his first win since the 2007 All-Star race, another race worth a bunch of money, but no points.

From Harvick’s steal to a record number of lead changes (23), the 75-lap race was full of excitement and dramatic wrecks from start to finish. Read the rest of this entry »

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The New Season Is Full Of Change

Written by Penni On February - 6 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

It’s NASCAR time once again and the new season unofficially begins this Saturday with the star-studded Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Like everything else that is NASCAR this season, it too will see changes. Read the rest of this entry »

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It Was A Trifecta For NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson

Written by Penni On November - 19 - 2008ADD COMMENTS

The 2008 NASCAR season officially came to an end Sunday night as Carl Edwards took the checkered flag for a record ninth time this season only to finish second in the points behind Jimmie Johnson who scored his third consecutive Sprint Cup Championship.

Johnson is now a part of history becoming the second driver, along with Cale Yarborough, to win three consecutive titles. Johnson’s crew chief, Chad Knaus, goes into the history books as the only crew chief to achieve the feat.

Johnson’s third title was inevitable with an 141-point lead going into the finale, but Edwards wasn’t giving up. Read the rest of this entry »

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