Awards Ceremony
When: December 3, 2010
Time: 9PM
Channel: Live On SPEED
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Earnhardt Jr. Issues Statement Regarding HMS Team Changes
"Rick Hendrick is someone I trust wholeheartedly, and any decision he makes inside or outside his organization is something I support. He is a 10-time champion owner, and that speaks directly to his ability to lead. I am committed to give Steve Letarte and the new team 100% of my effort. I spoke with Steve last night, and his enthusiasm really pumped me up to the point I wish we were going to the track this weekend. I really enjoyed working with Lance (McGrew), and I want to thank him and everyone on that team for their hard work. I've had a lot of fun with that group, and we'll continue working together to make all the Hendrick Motorsports teams better."
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
BIG NEWS AT HMS!!!!!
From: Official Site Of HMS
CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 23, 2010) – Hendrick Motorsports has made personnel adjustments in preparation for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, with drivers Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. being teamed with new crew chiefs.
Below are the driver-crew chief pairings for each Hendrick Motorsports car, effective immediately:
No. 5 Chevrolet
Driver: Mark Martin
Crew Chief: Lance McGrew
No. 24 Chevrolet
Driver: Jeff Gordon
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
No. 48 Chevrolet
Driver: Jimmie Johnson
Crew Chief: Chad Knaus
No. 88 Chevrolet
Driver: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Crew Chief: Steve Letarte
The cars of Martin and four-time Sprint Cup champion Gordon will be fielded out of the same facility, now known as the 5/24 shop. Earnhardt Jr.'s Chevrolets will be prepared out of the renamed 48/88 shop alongside those of five-time and defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.
"This will improve us as an organization, across the board," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. "We had a championship season (in 2010), but we weren't where we wanted and needed to be with all four teams. We've made the right adjustments, and I'm excited to go racing with this lineup."
CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 23, 2010) – Hendrick Motorsports has made personnel adjustments in preparation for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, with drivers Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. being teamed with new crew chiefs.
Below are the driver-crew chief pairings for each Hendrick Motorsports car, effective immediately:
No. 5 Chevrolet
Driver: Mark Martin
Crew Chief: Lance McGrew
No. 24 Chevrolet
Driver: Jeff Gordon
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
No. 48 Chevrolet
Driver: Jimmie Johnson
Crew Chief: Chad Knaus
No. 88 Chevrolet
Driver: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Crew Chief: Steve Letarte
The cars of Martin and four-time Sprint Cup champion Gordon will be fielded out of the same facility, now known as the 5/24 shop. Earnhardt Jr.'s Chevrolets will be prepared out of the renamed 48/88 shop alongside those of five-time and defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.
"This will improve us as an organization, across the board," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. "We had a championship season (in 2010), but we weren't where we wanted and needed to be with all four teams. We've made the right adjustments, and I'm excited to go racing with this lineup."
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Congratulations To All!
Jimmie Johnson wins his 5th Championship.
Brad Keselowski wins the Nationwide Championship.
Todd Bodine wins the Truck Series Championship.
Friday, November 19, 2010
I NEED YOUR HELP!
THIS CAT IS A SWEETHEART, AND MAYBE WITH A LITTLE PATIENCE, SHE'LL TOLERATE OTHER CATS.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
It's A Girl For Ryan and Krissie Newman!
Ryan Newman’s wife, Krissie, gave birth to their first child Thursday. Newman announced the birth of a baby girl – Brooklyn Sage Newman via Twitter post.
Congrats!
Congrats!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Busch penalized for gesture and verbal abuse
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has fined Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 car in the Sprint Cup Series, $25,000 and placed him on probation until Dec. 31 for his actions during this past Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch violated Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing -- inappropriate gesture and verbal abuse to NASCAR Officials) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book.
"I accept NASCAR's penalty and realize what I did during Sunday's race at Texas was inappropriate," Busch said in a statement.
"Even in my relatively short time here in NASCAR, it's pretty obvious to everyone that I wear my emotions on my sleeve. Sometimes that passion has allowed me to find that little something extra I needed to win, and other times it's made me cross the line. Sunday at Texas was one of those days.
"I lost my cool, plain and simple. It's not acceptable, and I know that. I apologize to NASCAR, its fans, all the partners who support Joe Gibbs Racing, and all the people who work so hard to give me a race car that's capable of winning races every week. All of those people deserve better from me, and I owe it to them to keep my emotions in check."
Busch was strong early at Texas, climbing as high as third after starting 29th. But by Lap 75, he had a piece of debris flapping on his front bumper and was sliding back. He lost control of the car after he said someone spun him out while he was trying to get to the bottom of the track about 100 laps later. He kept the car off the wall.
He came to the pits for repairs, and while trying to beat the pace car and stay on the lead lap was caught speeding by NASCAR as he exited pit road on Lap 159. Busch exploded on the team radio with a string of expletives and then compounded his misery by flashing an obscene gesture to the NASCAR official who signaled the infraction.
"You get spun out and wrecked like that and you're not supposed to lose your cool -- I mean, hello," Busch said immediately after the race. "It's just so frustrating the way that you have such a fast race car and then you get spun out and you don't expect to lose your cool, I guess."
Instead of simply having to go to the tail end of the longest line to serve the speeding penalty, which would have left him at the end of the group of cars on the lead lap, Busch was penalized two laps for making the gesture.
Officials told Busch's team during the race that the driver was being penalized for "unsportsmanlike conduct." Although Tharp said Busch was penalized for the gesture, the official post-race infraction sheet stated that it was for "verbal abuse to a NASCAR official" as well as noting the obscene gesture.
Busch publicly apologized to his No. 18 JGR team after the race.
"I'm sorry I lost my cool to everybody on this team," he said. "I apologize to all of my guys for letting them down and for getting so behind [Sunday] that we could never make it up."
Kyle Busch violated Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing -- inappropriate gesture and verbal abuse to NASCAR Officials) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book.
"I accept NASCAR's penalty and realize what I did during Sunday's race at Texas was inappropriate," Busch said in a statement.
"Even in my relatively short time here in NASCAR, it's pretty obvious to everyone that I wear my emotions on my sleeve. Sometimes that passion has allowed me to find that little something extra I needed to win, and other times it's made me cross the line. Sunday at Texas was one of those days.
"I lost my cool, plain and simple. It's not acceptable, and I know that. I apologize to NASCAR, its fans, all the partners who support Joe Gibbs Racing, and all the people who work so hard to give me a race car that's capable of winning races every week. All of those people deserve better from me, and I owe it to them to keep my emotions in check."
Busch was strong early at Texas, climbing as high as third after starting 29th. But by Lap 75, he had a piece of debris flapping on his front bumper and was sliding back. He lost control of the car after he said someone spun him out while he was trying to get to the bottom of the track about 100 laps later. He kept the car off the wall.
He came to the pits for repairs, and while trying to beat the pace car and stay on the lead lap was caught speeding by NASCAR as he exited pit road on Lap 159. Busch exploded on the team radio with a string of expletives and then compounded his misery by flashing an obscene gesture to the NASCAR official who signaled the infraction.
"You get spun out and wrecked like that and you're not supposed to lose your cool -- I mean, hello," Busch said immediately after the race. "It's just so frustrating the way that you have such a fast race car and then you get spun out and you don't expect to lose your cool, I guess."
Instead of simply having to go to the tail end of the longest line to serve the speeding penalty, which would have left him at the end of the group of cars on the lead lap, Busch was penalized two laps for making the gesture.
Officials told Busch's team during the race that the driver was being penalized for "unsportsmanlike conduct." Although Tharp said Busch was penalized for the gesture, the official post-race infraction sheet stated that it was for "verbal abuse to a NASCAR official" as well as noting the obscene gesture.
Busch publicly apologized to his No. 18 JGR team after the race.
"I'm sorry I lost my cool to everybody on this team," he said. "I apologize to all of my guys for letting them down and for getting so behind [Sunday] that we could never make it up."
Monday, November 08, 2010
Kyle Is Such A @#&*!!
After Kyle was caught for speeding while leaving pit road, Kyle could have just shut his pie hole and accept his penalty. Instead he sat in his pit stall flashing a NASCAR official the middle finger. Kyle was penalized two laps for giving the middle finger.
Joe Menzer's over at NASCAR.com writes that there could be more to come, according to Kerry Tharp, NASCAR's director of communications, competition.
The following was said about the incident:
"Any time you make an obscene or inappropriate gesture to one of our officials, which he did, you're subject to penalty," Tharp said. "We penalized him during the course of the race. We held him two laps. But I tell you what, we're going to go back this week when we get to Concord, N.C., and we're going to review this situation and there could be further penalties regarding the No. 18 car."
Also, there was some sort of incident that happened on Saturday between the media and Kyle Busch. I haven't read the entire story but it seems Kyle was livid because he (Kyle) believed Carl Edwards wrongly jumped the last restart and got away with it.
Egads! Does this kid ever stop whining?
Joe Menzer's over at NASCAR.com writes that there could be more to come, according to Kerry Tharp, NASCAR's director of communications, competition.
The following was said about the incident:
"Any time you make an obscene or inappropriate gesture to one of our officials, which he did, you're subject to penalty," Tharp said. "We penalized him during the course of the race. We held him two laps. But I tell you what, we're going to go back this week when we get to Concord, N.C., and we're going to review this situation and there could be further penalties regarding the No. 18 car."
Also, there was some sort of incident that happened on Saturday between the media and Kyle Busch. I haven't read the entire story but it seems Kyle was livid because he (Kyle) believed Carl Edwards wrongly jumped the last restart and got away with it.
Egads! Does this kid ever stop whining?
Thursday, November 04, 2010
2 teams penalized for violations at Talladega
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has issued penalties to the No. 46 team in the Sprint Cup Series as a result of rule infractions discovered during opening day inspection Oct. 29 at Talladega Superspeedway.
The No. 46 car was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR required rules); and 20-2.3A (unapproved added weight location and unapproved added weight -- lower A-frames were filled with weight pellets) of the 2010 NASCAR rule book.
Crew chief Thomas Tucker has been fined $50,000 and indefinitely suspended from NASCAR. Car chief Richard Boga and team manager Tony Furr have also been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR.
Driver Michael McDowell and car owner Dusty Whitney have been penalized with the loss of 50 driver and owner points, respectively.
Penalties have been issued in the Camping World Truck Series as a result of violations during last weekend's event at Talladega Superspeedway.
Richard Wauters, crew chief of the No. 51 team, has been fined $2,500 and placed on probation until Dec. 31 as a result of rule violations discovered during pre-qualifying inspection.
The No. 51 truck was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules) and 20B-5.12.1B (only a NASCAR-approved composite air filter housing will be permitted; use of unapproved air filter housing) of the 2010 Camping World Truck Series rule book.
John Loper Jr., a crew member in the series, has been fined $2,500 and suspended from NASCAR indefinitely due to the violation of Section 12-1 and the unauthorized duplication of a NASCAR annual credential.
The No. 46 car was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR required rules); and 20-2.3A (unapproved added weight location and unapproved added weight -- lower A-frames were filled with weight pellets) of the 2010 NASCAR rule book.
Crew chief Thomas Tucker has been fined $50,000 and indefinitely suspended from NASCAR. Car chief Richard Boga and team manager Tony Furr have also been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR.
Driver Michael McDowell and car owner Dusty Whitney have been penalized with the loss of 50 driver and owner points, respectively.
Penalties have been issued in the Camping World Truck Series as a result of violations during last weekend's event at Talladega Superspeedway.
Richard Wauters, crew chief of the No. 51 team, has been fined $2,500 and placed on probation until Dec. 31 as a result of rule violations discovered during pre-qualifying inspection.
The No. 51 truck was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules) and 20B-5.12.1B (only a NASCAR-approved composite air filter housing will be permitted; use of unapproved air filter housing) of the 2010 Camping World Truck Series rule book.
John Loper Jr., a crew member in the series, has been fined $2,500 and suspended from NASCAR indefinitely due to the violation of Section 12-1 and the unauthorized duplication of a NASCAR annual credential.
Update On Shane Hmiel
Former NASCAR driver Shane Hmiel has been moved out of intensive care at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and should return to North Carolina later this week to continue rehabilitation following an Oct. 9 accident in USAC Silver Crown qualifying.
Hmiel broke bones in his neck and back and bruised his spinal cord in the accident at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, where the top of Hmiel’s car hit the concrete wall. The cars have roll cages but not roofs.
The son of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Competition Director Steve Hmiel, Shane Hmiel has undergone several surgeries on his back and neck. Steve Hmiel has said he is optimistic for a full recovery.
The family is updating Hmiel’s recovery on a Facebook page. The post Wednesday morning said that Hmiel was moved out of intensive care and the hope was he'd be in Charlotte by the end of the week.
Hmiel broke bones in his neck and back and bruised his spinal cord in the accident at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, where the top of Hmiel’s car hit the concrete wall. The cars have roll cages but not roofs.
The son of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Competition Director Steve Hmiel, Shane Hmiel has undergone several surgeries on his back and neck. Steve Hmiel has said he is optimistic for a full recovery.
The family is updating Hmiel’s recovery on a Facebook page. The post Wednesday morning said that Hmiel was moved out of intensive care and the hope was he'd be in Charlotte by the end of the week.
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