The Pennsylvania 500 separated the Chasers from the boys.
With time running out to squeeze in one of just 12 positions, Denny Hamlin, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kasey Kahne showed they didn’t want to be left behind when the Sprint Cup Series postseason begins five races from now.
Hamlin won Monday, Montoya and Kahne finished second and [...]
August 4, 2009
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Jimmie Johnson cashed in on a $224,000 speeding ticket, grabbing an improbable third Nascar Sprint Cup victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a penalty to Juan Pablo Montoya blew the race wide open.
In a performance that mirrored his dominating Indianapolis 500 victory nine years ago, Montoya was in cruise control in the Allstate 400 at [...]
July 27, 2009

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INDIANAPOLIS – Jeff Gordon said all one needed to know about tire concern for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday.
“The tires are a non-issue and we need to move on to a whole other subject,” Gordon, a four-time Brickyard winner said. “If anybody has an issue with tires it’s not because [...]
July 24, 2009
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JOLIET, Ill. – Mark Martin had the dominant car in Saturday night’s LifeLock.com 400, but he warned his crew not to become overly optimistic in the closing laps.
And even after scoring his fourth win of the season and his first victory at Chicagoland Speedway, the veteran still had to ask over the radio: “Tell me [...]
July 12, 2009
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If Danica Patrick chooses to make the jump to NASCAR, she’s going to have her work cut out for her, according to another former open-wheel star who made a similar move.
“Danica, I think she’s got the talent and everything, but I don’t think she knows what she’s getting into,” said Juan Montoya, the former Indianapolis [...]
June 26, 2009
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SONOMA, Calif. — Richard Petty Motorsports has made news this season for all the wrong reasons.
Caught in the financial crunch of Chrysler’s bankruptcy, the team had a recent round of layoffs and companywide salary reductions.
Star driver Kasey Kahne has been openly unhappy with RPM’s slow development of an improved Dodge motor, and the organization can’t [...]
June 21, 2009

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BROOKLYN, Mich. — When he announced his Sprint Cup free agency two years ago, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made clear there was only one condition attached to his next employer.
That the team would hand him the keys to a Chevrolet.
The automobile manufacturer with the bowtie logo won’t be handing as much to Earnhardt’s Nationwide Series team, [...]
June 12, 2009
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Jimmie Johnson at the Pocono Speedway in Pennsylvania
LONG POND, Pa. — It didn’t take long for drivers to get some experience with NASCAR’s new double-file restart rule.
Denny Hamlin’s car sputtered into the garage two laps into Sunday’s Pocono 500 with a broken fuel pump, bringing out the first caution of the afternoon. Another caution came [...]
June 7, 2009
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