By Wes Holtsclaw (wholtsclaw@starhq.com)
BRISTOL — With two laps remaining, Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick gave Jeff Burton another shot at Bristol glory when Harvick pushed Stewart into the second turn wall to force overdrive.
Burton took over from there, speeding past Denny Hamlin in the first lap of NASCAR’s version of overtime to take Sunday’s Food [...]
Photo by Larry N. Souders / Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson discuss their setups during Saturday’s practice at Bristol. The Hendrick teammates will lead the field from the front row at today’s Food City 500.
By Rick Sheek (rsheek@starhq.com)
BRISTOL — Time for a rebound. Time to get back in contention.
Jimmie Johnson is in an bizarre slump. [...]
Photo by Larry N. Souders / Clint Bowyer leads Kasey Kahne in the final laps at Bristol.
By Wes Holtsclaw (wholtsclaw@starhq.com)
BRISTOL — After being close three times before at the ‘world’s fastest half-mile’, Clint Bowyer got to taste Bristol’s victory lane for the first time.
Bowyer held off Kasey Kahne near the halfway point and held on [...]
Photos by Larry N. Souders
Aric Almirola will make the start Sunday for Dale Earnhardt Incorporated
Dale Jr. smiles in the pits
Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson discuss the track
Jeff Burton talks setup with one of his crew members
Tony Stewart gives a Napoleon like pose in the pit area
Michael Waltrip and Dale Jarrett watch the weather roll in [...]
The thunder rolls… and the lightning strikes on Bristol.
The big storm cell has arrived. Teams were working hard putting up canopies, covering cars and packing things up on pit road before it got too dangerous out there.
Fans were asked to clear the grandstands and leave the track.
But after a three hour wait, the storm had [...]
The weather doesn’t appear as if it’s going to cooperate with NASCAR this afternoon — so Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup teams have been working hard.
Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup drivers were able to get a practice session in this morning and Sprint Cup drivers began their happy hour session at 12:20 p.m., but the [...]
Photo by Sam Greenwood of Getty Images for NASCAR / Dale Jarrett prepares to practice for the Food City 500, his final career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
By Rick Sheek (rsheek@starhq.com)
BRISTOL – The journey is coming to an end for Dale Jarrett. Showers canceled qualifying for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The [...]
“We’re hoping that Goodyear will now work with us a little better on the racing side of things and rely on our input a little more, because we are the ones driving the cars. It was a good meeting, but at the end of the day, it’s up to Goodyear to make it right. If having this meeting helps to make things better down the road, then this meeting was a success.” — Tony Stewart
Photo by Larry N. Souders / Matt Kenseth speaks with the media at Bristol.
By Rick Sheek (rsheek@starhq.com)
BRISTOL – Matt Kenseth finds himself on the bubble in the Race to the Chase at 12th in the point standings.
The former champion of NASCAR’s premier series returns to the high-banked oval where he is a two-time winner.
“You always [...]
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