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Short track racing under the lights this Saturday night. You have to love that. Ryan Newman and his #12 team will be at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend fighting and clawing there at a chance to make the chase. Newman and his team are entering this weekends race 17th in points - 211 points outside the [...]

Ryan Newman and his #12 Alltel Dodge will be at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend for the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard. Ryan is an Indiana Native, so to him, this is his home track. Don’t forget to visit my RACE WEEK CENTRAL. Complete practice, qualifying and race results. Race weather, TV schedule, stats [...]

Last weekend, before heading up to Loudon for the Cup Series race, I wrote a preview article for last weekend’s Lenox Tools 301 covering Kevin Harvick, his #29 Shell RCR racing team and his two teammates Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton and there history at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, after writing that article, I received an interested and yet revealing comment that read:“Great Article for the

All photo were taken by me (Brian Vermette) at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this past Sunday (June 29, 2008) throughout the garage area, pits and during the race except for the pitbox photo which was taken by my father (8racingfan.com) of me sitting on top of the #29 pitbox.It’s Sunday, race day at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301, oh yeah, I love it, it’s 8am an

Don't forget to visit my RACE WEEK CENTRAL. Complete practice, qualifying and race results. Race weather, TV schedule, stats and more. We will be watching Ryan Newman and his #12 Alltel Dodge team compete at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301. Newman got his first NASCAR Cup race win [...]

Photo taken by me (Brian Vermette) at New Hampshire last September on pit road before the start of the Sylvania 300.With the road course in the Sonoma Valley in the record books, now it’s the Magic Mile’s turn, New Hampshire Motor Speedway will play host to two important races this season and this weekend’s race marks the start of the Race to the Chase, a 10-race strength covering all four t

Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day Weekend. We have taken our newly acquired 30 foot RV (1984 Allegro) out camping for the weekend and are having a blast taking the kids fishing, hangin' out by the fire roasting hot dogs, being outside, going paddle boating and a slew of other fun stuff. The RV [...]

Ryan Newman will be racing in this weekends Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Newman has been a pole position monster at Lowe's racking up 7 poles in 14 starts. That along with only 2 starts outside the top 5 (both in 2006 15th and 18th) gives Newman an impressive starting average of 4.0. [...]

CONCORD, N.C. - Speedway Motorsports, Inc. announced today that H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, chief operating officer and president of Speedway Motorsports and president and general manager of Lowe’s Motor Speedway, is retiring from both positions following the Coca-Cola 600. A decision will be made on Wheeler’s successor in the near future by the Speedway Motorsports, Inc. [...]

Humpy Wheeler, the “P.T. Barnum” of NASCAR promotions, will retire and step down as president and general manager of Lowe’s Motor Speedway, The Associated Press has learned. JT Barker Powered by Bookmarkify™

Mark Martin was the fastest in Sprint Cup All-Star Race practice today at Lowe’s Motor Speedway with a speed of 181.751 mph. Click through to check out all the rest of the speeds… Pos Car Driver Manu Laps Best Speed Best Time Avg. Speed 1 8 Mark Martin Chevy 25 181.751 29.710 175.433 2 18 Kyle [...]

Elliott Sadler was the fastest in Sprint Showdown at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Happy Hour Practice with a speed of 183.256 mph. Check out all the rest of the speeds by clicking on through… Sprint Showdown at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Happy Hour Practice Friday, May 16, 2008 Pos Car Driver Laps Best Speed Best Time Avg. Speed 1 19 [...]

Are you ready for some short track racing? I am. When I first “got into” NASCAR I was not a big fan of short track racing. I liked the super speedways and the big crashes. Now I like all racing and would prefer to see more racing and a lot less [...]

Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 Alltel Dodge team are heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this week for the UAW Dodge 400. Newman and his team are coming off 2 great seson opeing races placing first for the Daytona 500 and 10th for the Auto Club 500 in a very wet Calfornia. Newman’s [...]

In my piece last week entitled “Bruton Smith – SMI: The tale of New Hampshire International Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway.”, I started to touch on this very topic of just what should Bruton smith and SMI do with the newly purchased historic North Wilkesboro Speedway land? Newly purchased Brian? With the purchase of the New Hampshire International Speedway now renamed New Hampshire Motor Speedway for 340 Million dollars, in that transaction, SMI also purchased Bahre’s 50% of North Wilkesboro Speedway and now that he owns the entire lot lock stock and barrel, what should he do with it?By now, NASCAR fans have read about Smith – SMI’s problems with Concord, NC about Smith wanting to build a drag strip on the site of his Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord and the city originally said “NO”. Of course right after that, Smith said he might consider moving the Lowe’s Motor Speedway from Concord to Charlotte just 20 miles or so miles away. Keep in mind that Lowe’s M

Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE:TRK) has agreed to purchase New Hampshire International Speedway from Bob and Gary Bahre for $340 million in cash. The agreement was announced today by O. Bruton Smith, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008.

Ryan Newman and his #12 ALLTEL Dodge Penske Racing team were the fastest in qualifying at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Bank of America 500 earning him and his team the POLE POSITION.Newman's qualifying run included a speed of 189.394/28.512.Congradulations to Ryan Newman for getting the Pole Position at Lowe's.Qualifying ResultsPractice 1 Results

Ryan Newman and his #12 ALLTEL Dodge Penske Racing team were the 3 fastest in the first practice at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Bank of America 500 .Newman's practice run included a speed of 184.944/29.198 putting him -0.126 behind the fastest of the practice, Jimmie Johnson.Practice 1 ResultsQualifying Results

Ryan Newman has 13 starts at Lowes Motor Speedway. Out of those 13 starts, Newman and his #12 Dodge Penske Racing Team have 6 pole(s), 0 win(s), 3 Top 5(s) and 5 Top 10(s).Newman has an average starting position of 11.1 and a average finish here of 29.7.All but 1 of Ryan Newman's 12 wins have come from intermediate tracks. Intermediate's. Newman has 142 starts at Intermediate's with 11 win(s), 41 Top 5(s) and 61 Top 10(s). He also has an average start of 8.5 and an average finish of 17.5.Ryan Newman and his #12 team will be taking chasis PRS-071 as thier primary chasis. Thier backup chasis is PRS-108And from PenskeRacing.com here is Ryan Newman's quote on Lowes Motor Speedway-- We had a great run last weekend, but couldnt pull out the win once those Hendrick cars came to the front. The last time we were in Charlotte, we had a really good, fast car and won the polethe first of three in a rowbut we had problems with the motor and went out of the race early. Were hoping to get back in

Hampton, Ga.Oct 08, 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver Ryan Newman will attempt to become the driver with the most pole positions in Atlanta Motor Speedway history this Oct. 26 during Georgia-Pacific Qualifying night.   Newman and NASCAR legend Buddy Baker are currently tied with seven AMS poles each, but Newman would like to see his number atop not only the scoring tower on Oct. 26, but also on top of the Atlanta Motor Speedway record book.   "It would be an honor to beat Buddy Baker in all-time poles at Atlanta Motor Speedway, " Newman said. "Atlanta is a place where I enjoy qualifying and I have a great record there. I am really looking forward to trying to claim the all-time qualifying record. "   If Newman were to claim the top-spot for the Oct. 28 Pep Boys Auto 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race, moving Baker to second-place, he would be de-throneing his friend and mentor.   "Buddy and I always drove the tracks backwards because it gives you a different

Keep the Rosebowl openI'm going to reproduce in full the following statement from Mike Barry, owner of Tipperary Motor Speedway and promoter of drifting and hot rod racing events at the track:"Tipperary Motor Speedway faces a High Court battle on October 17th, 18th and 19th, 2007, to stay open.This case is being brought by one person who is a serial objector in the area. He was not happy with Judge Olive Buttimer’s handling of the injunction to close the track through the winter.The track has been before the Circuit Court five or six times from December 2006 through April 2007. This objector has been trying to stop car racing since 2001/2. Later, he included karting, and now he wants to stop car racing and drifting.He has been hassling the South Tipperary County Council for six years about planning permission at the track. He has used local politicians to arrange meetings to question our planning permission, and canvass the County Council. This is a recorded fact.He has told lies

Ryan Newman and the #12 ALLTEL Dodge team had their seodnd practice at Bristol Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Sharpie 500Newman was 9 in practice with a speed of 116.836 mph / 16.423 sec.Newman was -0.137 seconds behind the leader Carl Edwards who had a practice time of 117.819 / 16.286.Qualifying OrderPractice 1 ResultsPractice 2 ResultsGood luck to Ryan Newman and the #12 ALLTEL Dodge Penske Racing Team in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Ryan Newman and the #12 ALLTEL Dodge team had their first practice at Bristol Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Sharpie 500. Newman was 10 in practice with a speed of 118.885 mph / 16.14 sec. Newman was -0.101 seconds behind the leader Kyle Busch who had a practice time of 119.633 / 16.039.Practice 1 ResultsGood luck to Ryan Newman and the #12 ALLTEL Dodge Penske Racing Team in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Joe Nemechek leads a pack of cars into a turn during Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. by David Ferroni. March 13, 2006Images on the Army Web site are cleared for release and are considered in the public domain. Request credit be given as "Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army" and credit to individual photographer whenever possible.Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" from the U.S. Copyright Office.NEXTEL Cup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCAR's top racing series.Formerly known as the Strictly Stock Series (1949), Grand National Series (1950-1971) and then the Winston Cup Series (1972-2003), the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is going to change its name beginning at the 2008 season to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, to reflect the 2005 merger of NEXTEL Communications with Sprint CorporationThis article is licensed u

Welcome to Lowe's Motor Speedway located in Concord, NC. Ryan Newman and his Penske Racing #12 Alltel Dodge will be racnig here this weekend in the... Please visit my site for the complete story with links to data and sources. Go #12!

ActiveReports Document @page{size: 9.84375in 11in;margin-top:0.3in;margin-left:1in;margin-right:1in;margin-bottom:0.3in;} Preliminary Entry List Lowe’s Motor Speedway Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Mon, May 14, 2007 @ 05:54 PM  Eastern Quaker Steak & Lube 200 00 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Aaron’s Lucky Dog Toyota Darrell Waltrip 1. 1 Aaron Fike Galesburg, IL RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota Tom DeLoach 2. 2 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Camping World Chevrolet Delana Harvick 3. 03 Justin Hobgood Winnsboro, SC Souteast Toyota Dealers Toyota Richard Germain 4. 4 Open Joist Dodge Lois Vance 5. 5 Mike Skinner Ontario, CA

Nextel Cup SAMSUNG 500 Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 5 p.m.); Sunday, race (FOX, 1:30 p.m.). Track: Texas Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.5 miles, 24 degrees banking). Race distance: 501 miles, 334 laps. Last race: Jimmie Johnson withstood teammate Jeff Gordon’s bumping and banging for much of the last 53 laps at Martinsville, Va., and held him off by a front bumper to win for

   Well, the next Nextel Cup race is at the Texas Motor Speedway on FOX at 1:30 pm Sunday the 14th of April.       Texas Motor Speedway is located in Forth Worth, Texas.  It was completed in 1996 and is a 1.5 Quad-Oval track that seats 159,585.  The front stretch is 2,250 ft and the backstretch is 1,330 with 24 degree banking in the turns and 5 degree banking in the straights.       Ryan Newman

The Avenue of Flags, which is a 265-foot walkway leading to the track's Smith Tower, will have a tribute to fans represented by their state flag. The 14 flags represent the states from which the most fans attend the track's three major NASCAR race weekends. State flags from North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, Maryland and Connecticut fly alongside the 18 American flags that line the walkway.I think this is a great idea, but it is so hard for me to bite my tongue regarding any 'hick' references with NASCAR. Soooo, rather than attacking the 'sport' as a whole, I will just individually break-down each state honoree with a character flaw found on the 'net...and somehow try to relate to them. Maybe once and for all I can dispel the prejudice in my tiny mind that all NASCAR fans are cousin-gropin' rednecks.North Carolina: "You faithfully drink Pepsi or Mt. Dew everyday of your life."