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Obama Camp Nixes NASCAR Sponsorship Rumors
Following a recent Sports Illustrated story stating the Obama campaign was in talks with BAM Racing about sponsoring a Sprint Cup car, spokespeople for the Senator now claim no deal was reached. BAM Racing, a part-time outfit that hasn't fielded a car in recent weeks, made similar overtures to Sen. John McCain and at least one third-party candidate, raising hopes among Southerners for the first U.S. presidential contest to be decided on a NASCAR superspeedway. Rationale and potential pitfalls for Obama after the jump. More »
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Barack Obama To Sponsor NASCAR Sprint Cup Car In Florida, Other Cars To Turn Right In Protest
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama will be attempting to reach red state audiences by sponsoring a NASCAR Sprint Cup car for the Pocono race on August 3rd of this year. Assuming no one gives it the red flag, this will be the first time that a presidential candidate has officially sponsored a NASCAR entrant. The one-time sponsorship deal is part of a larger "get out the vote" and "make John McCain spend all his money" initiative by the campaign. The #49 car is run by BAM Racing and will be driven by Ken Schrader. Of course, it's a Toyota. More »
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CNBC's Jim Cramer Goes To NASCAR, Teaches Fans To Say "BOOYAH!"
The bald-headed man out to make 'merica money will be heading "to Nascar's pit row" for his first NBC special called "The American Dream with Jim Cramer." That's right folks, "Big" Jim's jumping over to the airwaves from cable and in doing so, the Mad Money-man is looking to teach fans of the rubbin' is racin' series what making a buck is all about. Although you'd think we'd laugh off his prospects of success, he's bringing some of the big names in "stock car" racing with him — Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Burton and Casey Mears — so hopefully a tip or two may sink in. But really, the best part of the entire show will more than likely be seeing Cramer taking a run on the circular track himself in the cockpit side-seat of a Petty Experience Nascar racer at 160 MPH. We're assuming it'll happen, considering there's a teaser clip of it up on CNBC's site. All we know is, we hope he screams like a little girl with pigtails. [The American Dream]
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Dario Franchitti Loses NASCAR Ride, Contemplates Return To Real Racing
After an unlucky start to the 2008 season, Chip Ganassi Racing is pulling out of NASCAR, meaning Dario Franchitti is out of a job. The Scottish racer — AKA Ashley Judd's husband — was having a miserable season, failing to qualify in Texas and fracturing his leg in a crash two weeks later. His team was equally troubled, unable to find a continuous sponsorship deal for the season. So what's next for Franchitti? More »
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Ford Racing invited Los Jalops on a NASCAR immersion trip this past Friday. At first we were skeptical, considering the big oval hasn't traditionally been our beat, but we've never been ones to shy away from bringing you the gift of knowledge, particularly when the odor of burning Sunoco 260 is involved. Since Wert's mouth was deemed "too purdy," yours truly popped a pinch 'twixt cheek and gum and headed over to Michigan International Speedway during practice laps for the LifeLock 400 to see what the fuss was all about. Five surprising revelations after the jump.
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Five Cool Things We Learned About NASCAR This Weekend
Ford Racing invited Los Jalops on a NASCAR immersion trip this past Friday. At first we were skeptical, considering the big oval hasn't traditionally been our beat, but we've never been ones to shy away from bringing you the gift of knowledge, particularly when the odor of burning Sunoco 260 is involved. Since Wert's mouth was deemed "too purdy," yours truly popped a pinch 'twixt cheek and gum and headed over to Michigan International Speedway during practice laps for the LifeLock 400 to see what the fuss was all about. Five surprising revelations after the jump.More »
1:00 PM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Andrew Stoy
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Latest by n/a: @tenbeers: honestly, an Eddie Irvine quote? Does anyone outside of the UK give a flying fuck about that unremarkable douchenozzle? You weren't alive the last time an American driver (Phil Hill) had the talent of Eddie Irvine. And since you're so pathetically more »
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Former NASCAR Official Sues For Rampant Discrimination, It's Worse Than You Think
Former NASCAR Technical Inspector Mauricia Grant is suing the racing organization to the tune of $250 million, citing some pretty extraordinary examples of racial, sexual, religious and downright ridiculous discrimination. In a 40-page legal filing made in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, Grant claims that, on many occasions, other officials referred to her as a "Nappy Headed Mo," "Mohammed," and "Al Queda" as well as exposing their penises for her inspection. We doubt that was included on the roles and responsibilities portion of her offer letter. Seems NASCAR now has its very own Don Imus/Max Mosley scandal. [WBIR]
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Junior Varsity Nationwide Series. Yes, whether you call 'em wrecks, bang-ups, or fender-benders, we can all enjoy a good, clean racing accident at the expense of someone else. [via The SPEED Report]
Introducing: Monday Morning NASCrash!
We know despite our own usual disinterest with America's favorite racing series, there's at least a few of you NASCAR fans out there. Even for those of us who aren't fans of the always-turning-one-way-action there's one thing we can all come together on for entertainment value: the crashes. It may be the dirty little secret of NASCAR fans, which is why we're so ready to pounce on this idea with such reckless abandon. Thanks to the folks at SpeedTV, we've been able to create a mashup of all of the fantastic crashes from the past weekend of circular racing action — we're calling it "Monday Morning NASCrash". It'll be all the big bang-ups from all three NASCAR series of the past weekend: Sprint Cup, Craftsman Trucks, and the
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Tony Stewart Wins Prelude To The Dream At Eldora Speedway
Despite a late-minute surge from folks like drag racing champion Cruz Pedregon, who proved quite adept at turning circles at Wednesday night's fourth annual Old Spice Prelude to the Dream charity race at Eldora Speedway, the winner ended up being the man that brought the racers there — Tony Stewart. We're assuming we'll have more in the morning — including hopefully some pictures. But at the moment, we're too busy rioting in downtown Royal Oak over the Red Wings Stanley Cup victory. Full list of finishes below the jump. More »
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Eldora Speedway's Only Three Hours Away...
...and the Prelude To The Dream race starts at 7:00 PM tonight. We could totally make it down to the Tony Stewart-owned track. And believe us, we seriously thought about taking a run down to the track from Detroit. But frankly after covering it last year, the thought of spending the next week wiping down the dirt from our laptop again is making us reconsider the idea — even if it's a blast watching Nascar drivers getting schooled on the dirt-track by the local soil-grinders. But — maybe we'll snag it on Pay-Per-View this year instead. Hey, the money goes to a good cause, right? At the very least we'll try to get some updates tonight — in between watching Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finals. Jeez, why am I feeling like we're going all Deadspin over here? Whatevs — check out the sweet on-dirt action from last year below.[HBO]
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Kasey Kahne Wakes Up After 600 Mile Cruise, Finds He's Won Coca Cola 600
This weekend lovers of the oval saw NASCAR's Coca Cola 600 at the Lowes Motor Speedway won by Budweiser-sponsored Kasey Kahne in his #9 Dodge Charger "Car of Tomorrow." Did you notice almost half of that sentence was constructed with race sponsors? We did. Kahne basically fell into the win for the longest circle track race in the world after Tony Stewart's tire took a dirt nap on lap 397. We're guessing 600 miles going in a circle has got to be excruciating, so give that man his victory check for endurance if nothing else. [NASCAR.com]
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Helio Castroneves Considering Move To NASCAR, Pretending To Bang More Dancers
Helio Castroneves, IndyCar driver and man with some magic feet has told the Los Angeles Times that he is considering making the big move to NASCAR. Castroneves is a two-time Indy 500 winner and regarded as one of the more popular, and well known, IndyCar drivers. If Castroneves does make the move, he will join the likes of Sam Hornish, Dario Franchitti and Juan Pablo Montoya, all who've moved from open-wheel racing to stock car racing and tried to get people to believe they were hitting that. Wait, just the first part. More »
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Ass-Kickin' Engine of the Day: Hudson Six
You know what's wrong with NASCAR these days? Two things: the fans no longer drink beer from steel cans, and nobody races inline-six flatheads! Oldsmobile and Chrysler had new overhead-valve V8s in the early 50s, but Hudson Hornets equipped with 308-cubic-inch, twin-carb (called "Twin-H") flathead six engines utterly dominated NASCAR during the era. You can get a 308 equipped with a 4-71 supercharger nowadays, in case your Hornet needs even more power! Make the jump for the sound of the Hudson six. [Collector Car Market] More »
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$17k NASCAR Tailgating Trailer Is Drool-Worthy
We regularly mock anything and everything NASCAR-related around these parts, but you can't deny the fanbase of this racing sport, as proven by this ridiculously amazing NASCAR-themed tailgating trailer. It is loaded up with a full size stainless steel Cal Flame grill, CD/DVD combo deck, JVC stereo system with two 12-inch subs, storage compartments for coolers, racing tires, customized rims and enough diamond plate to make truckers jealous. All of this is available for $17,000 on eBay and it currently has zero bids. [eBay via Slashgear]
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Randy Moss To Start NASCAR Truck Team And No, We're Not Joking
Randy Moss, the man who combined with Tom Brady to give us quite the fantasy football season last year (and, apparently, helped take the Patriots to the Super Bowl), is going to be starting a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team. Fox Sports is reporting that Moss hopes to get the team running in races later this year in advance of a full 2009 season. At the moment he lacks a manufacturer, a driver and a sponsor. But he's Randy Moss, so that doesn't much matter. Plus, if Dan Marino and Troy Aikman can do it why can't he? More »
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CBS' Doyel Rules IRL Isn't Real Racing, Danica Is "Junior Varsity"
We all know what Pedro de la Rosa thinks about women in motorsport. Now, we've got CBS Sports' Gregg Doyel weighing in on Danica Patrick's win, proclaiming the Indy Racing League to be an inferior racing series. Most people will agree the IRL isn't the highest pinnacle of motorsports, but Doyel thinks"the IRL is not real racing. Not real good racing, anyway. It's not the best car circuit in this country — that would be NASCAR ... what is the IRL? It's a training ground for decent drivers who hope to be good enough to race somewhere important some day ... Winning in the IRL isn't a matter of talent..."" Wait, what? He thinks NASCAR takes more skill? Hmm. Certainly there are some very skilled NASCAR drivers, and sure, there is competition, but it seems to us like Doyel is just shooting his mouth off. Suggesting the IRL isn't real racing, given the timing, comes across like Gregg is trying to deny Danica's skills. Which he then proceeds to do: More »
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Tony Stewart Edition Toyota Camry? Sort of.
We like when dealers try and take advantage of trends to make the special editions that the automakers were just too wimpy or cheap to attempt. In this case, we've got a Toyota dealer that's taking advantage of Tony Stewart and his racing a Camry in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. How does it work? Take a black Toyota Camry, add gaudy orange touches, blacked-out NASCAR wheels, festoon with the #20 and charge an additional $7K. This makes sense to us as most NASCAR fans drive Toyotas, right? One thing you'll notice has not been added to this car is the name "Tony Stewart" as this would almost certainly draw a lawsuit. Anyone have an idea what stadium this is outside of?(Hat tip to Zerin!) [Dubspeed Racing]
