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On Tuesday, Nov. 24th, #48-Jimmie Johnson, 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion is scheduled to flip the switch to light the Empire State Building's world-famous tower lights blue, white and yellow to celebrate "Jimmie Johnson Day" in New York City. New York Yankee outfielder Johnny ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- It is beginning to sound more and more like Ray Evernham is itching to get back in on the competition side of NASCAR.
The former car owner and crew chief said prior to Sunday's season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway that he hopes to get a series of ...
NASCAR
Ray Evernham
Richard Petty
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Warner Music Nashville and BAM Racing announced that Larry the Cable Guy will be the featured artist on the No. 49 BAM Toyota Cup car for the 2010 Daytona 500. In addition, both WMN vice president of marketing, Kelli Cashiola, and BAM Racing owner, Beth Ann ...
NASCAR
BAM Racing
Larry Dixon
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - All Jimmie Johnson ever wanted was a chance to race with the best in NASCAR. Maybe even win a race or two.
Never did he expect to be a champion. Jimmie Johnson could've cruised to the title Sunday, but that's not his style. And that's why he's a worthy champ, ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Mark Martin thought for a second. Laughed. Then laughed again.
Finishing second in the yearlong battle for the NASCAR championship, there was a time that easily could have crushed his emotions, left him angry and frustrated.
Not this time. At 50, his ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Hans-Joachim Stuck, group communication motorsport representative of Volkswagen, says he might be "NASCAR's biggest fan" but there have been no formal talks regarding entry into the sport.
Stuck said he's discussed NASCAR with Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of the ...
F1
Volkswagen
Hans Joachim Stuck
Audi
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Stewart could have used a referee.
The final two races of the NASCAR season were more like a throwback to the good ol' boys who settled their feuds on the track.
Montoya and Stewart must have paid attention to the Nationwide ...
NASCAR
Juan Pablo Montoya
Denny Hamlin
Brad Keselowski
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick is not at Homestead-Miami Speedway because he stayed in North Carolina to be with an ailing niece.
A Hendrick spokesman says that Alesha Gainey is in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital awaiting an emergency liver ...
NASCAR
Rick Hendrick
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Kyle Busch made it a double dose of celebration, winning the Nationwide Series championship before completing a lap and capping his night at Homestead-Miami Speedway with his ninth trip to Victory Lane.
Busch held off a hard-charging Carl Edwards to win the ...
NASCAR
Kyle Busch
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Carl Edwards
Joe Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR.
Top NASCAR officials confirmed to The Associated Press that ...
F1
Volkswagen
Toyota
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Rick Hendrick understands you don't mess with a good thing. That's perhaps why one of his top priorities was to sign potential four-time champion Jimmie Johnson and sponsor Lowe's Companies, Inc. to long-term contract extensions, something that was announced Friday ...
NASCAR
Rick Hendrick
Jimmie Johnson
Lowe's
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Jimmie Johnson kept his promise -- to try to qualify up front -- and at the same time took another giant step toward his record fourth consecutive Cup Series championship.
Turning a lap in 31.049 seconds (173.919 mph), Johnson won the pole for Sunday's Ford 400 at ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
Chase Austin
Scott Speed
Marcos Ambrose
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Rusty Wallace Racing is moving its Nationwide Series team from Chevrolet to Toyota next season.
Wallace, who is a NASCAR analyst for ESPN, also will represent the Toyota brand on a national basis.
His team will field cars for Steve Wallace and Brendan ...
NASCAR
Toyota
Rusty Wallace
Chevrolet
Steve Wallace
Brendan Gaughan
With Kyle Busch participating in Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race, as well as Sunday's Sprint Cup event at Homestead, Busch will make his 84th 85th and 86th overall starts in 2009 across NASCAR's top three series. By merely ...
NASCAR
Kyle Busch
Camping World
Several sources, including a NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief and a manufacturer's representative, have confirmed that the sanctioning body intends to replace carburetors with fuel injection on Sprint Cup engines in 2011. The move has been discussed for several years, but in a meeting ...
Other
After five years of partnership, Jack Daniel's announced in September they would be discontinuing their NASCAR sponsorship with the conclusion of this weekend's race. In honor of their association with Richard Childress Racing, Jack Daniel's has placed the name of every driver, crew ...
NASCAR
Jack Daniel's
Casey Mears
Richard Childress Racing
Michael Waltrip Racing officials were pleased with the outcome of a two-day test with Formula One drivers Jarno Trulli and Mika Salo behind the wheel of the #55 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna, FL. "Both Jarno and Mika have done really well," said Steve ...
NASCAR
Mika Salo
Jarno Trulli
Mark Martin
Reed Sorenson drives the #43 Siemens Dodge at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend. Sorenson is behind the wheel of the #43 for the final time for Richard Petty Motorsports. SORENSON:
"I want to thank the Richard Petty Motorsports organization for giving me the chance to race the ...
NASCAR
Richard Petty
Reed Sorenson
Dodge
Siemens
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Every fan I talk to, every talk show host I'm interviewed by, and every article I read goes out of their way to tell me how Jimmie Johnson has already won his fourth straight Sprint Cup Championship. They also tell me that Mark Martin is once again a brides maid and not a bride...for a record ...
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS: 1ST JOHNSON, 4TH MARTIN, 6TH BUSCH, 9TH GORDON, AND 25TH STEWART
CAPTAIN THUNDER'S LEGENDARY TOP 5
MARK MARTIN - WINNER
#5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet
Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 100.5
2009 Rundown
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