Archive for July 31st, 2009

No. 44, meet No. 48.

President Barack Obama will welcome three-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson to the White House on Monday. Obama, the 44th president, will also honor other former NASCAR champions and other drivers who qualified for the 2008 Chase for the championship.

Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet also will be parked at the White House.

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Unlike a driver nabbed going 70 mph in a 55 zone, Juan Pablo Montoya couldn’t talk his way out his speeding ticket.

Not when NASCAR’s the traffic cop.

Busted at the Brickyard for speeding on the final pit stop, the penalty cost Montoya his shot at winning on the historic track.

Perhaps the result would have been different if Montoya had a speedometer instead of relying on a tachometer that monitors engine RPMs. Or maybe he would finished 11th anyway.

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Rain has washed out Sprint Cup qualifying, putting Tony Stewart on the pole at Pocono Raceway.

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Red Bull GM Jay Frye took a trip of discovery this week. Now he’s making choices that will have a lasting impact, Lee Spencer says.

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J.J. is coming into Pocono hot after winning at Indy, but is he the favorite to win? Lee Spencer looks at the drivers to watch.

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Darlington Raceway has trimmed ticket prices on more than half of its seats for its 2010 NASCAR race in light of continuing tough economic times.

Darlington president Chris Browning told The Associated Press on Thursday that the track “Too Tough To Tame” would offer reduced prices on about 35,000 seats for next year’s Southern 500. Add that to the 9,000 or so seats reduced by $10 for last May’s event, and 44,000 of the track’s 62,000 would cost less than they did in 2008.

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