Category: RACING

  • THE 2015 CRAZY SPORTS AWARDS – NOMINEES

    THE 2015 CRAZY SPORTS AWARDS – NOMINEES

    Team of the Year

    Nominees: Golden State Warriors, US Women’s Soccer Team, New England Patriots

    Male Athlete of the Year

    Nominees: Steph Curry, Mike Trout , Cam Newton

    Female Athlete of the Year

    Nominees: Serena Williams, Ronda Rousey, Alex Morgan

    Upset of the Year

    Nominees: Roberta Vinci over Serena Williams, Holly Holm over Ronda Rousey, Wisconsin over Kentucky

    Controversy of the Year

    Nominees: Deflategate, Fifa Scandal, Peyton Manning’s HGH

    Best Title Win

    Nominees: Golden State Warriors, American Pharoah, Kansas City Royals

    Did That Seriously Just Happen? Moment of the Year

    Nominees: Holm KO’s Rousey, Butler’s INT, Miami’s 8 lateral miracle vs Duke

    2015 Sports Story of the Year Award

    Nominees

    • Serena Williams’ near Grand Slam
    • Desaun Watson leads Clemson to 13-0 year
    • Brock Osweiler replaces Peyton Manning
    • Cam Newton and Panthers go 14-1
    • Iowa football going 12-1, falling inches short of the playoff
    • Jeff Gordon’s final year in Nascar
    • Todd Gurley’s rookie year
    • Michael Phelps comes back to swimming
    • Royals win World Series
    • Mets win NL
    • Leonard Fournette’s monster year
    • Ole Miss beats Alabama
    • Aaron Rodgers leads Packers to 10-5 year
    • Mariota debuts
    • Deflategate
    • USC wins Pac 12 South
    • Cubs make the playoffs
    • Cardinals overcome injuries
    • US wins Women’s World Cup
    • Jordan Spieth’s year in Golf
    • Warriors win NBA title
    • Blackhawks win Stanley Cup
    • Warriors vs Cavaliers
    • American Pharaoh wins triple crown
    • Ronda Rousey – from most dominant athlete, to KO’d
    • Jim Harbaugh at Michigan
    • Mayweather – Pacquiao
    • UConn wins Women’s NCAA Basketball title
    • Rex Ryan signs with Bills
    • Duke wins Men’s NCAA Basketball title
    • Kentucky goes 38-1
    • Gonzaga rises in NCAA Basketball
    • James Harden – From Sixth Man to MVP Candidate
    • Patriots win Super Bowl
    • Ohio State wins inaugural College Football Playoff
    • Seahawks beat Packers in wild NFC Title Game
    • The rise of Gronk

  • STEWART SKIPS RACE AFTER KILLING DRIVER

    STEWART SKIPS RACE AFTER KILLING DRIVER

    Tony Stewart opted not to race Sunday after he hit and killed sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr. who climbed out of his car and was on the track trying to confront Stewart in a race in upstate New York Saturday night. Regan Smith will race in place of Stewart. Sheriff Philip Povero said Sunday afternoon that there are no charges at this time. However he is being investigated. A video of the incident shows Ward walking up to Stewart, the car hitting Ward, and Ward flying 50 feet. “People that witnessed it were horrified,” Povero said of the crash. “They were extremely shocked.” My thoughts and prayers go out to the Ward family.

  • EARNHARDT JR. WINS POCONO 400

    EARNHARDT JR. WINS POCONO 400

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. got his first career victory at Pocono yesterday adding to perhaps his best season since 2004. “I feel like I’m such a lucky guy to have this second opportunity again to be competitive,” Earnhardt said.

    Earnhardt beat out  Brad Keslowski whose engine overheated as the  race wore on. “It was definitely a mistake because the engine made it,” Keselowski said, rubbing his face. “It probably shouldn’t have.”

    Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five.

     

    RESULTS

    Race Results
    POS DRIVER CAR MANUFACTURER LAPS LED PTS
    1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 11 47
    2 Brad Keselowski Ford 95 44
    3 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 5 42
    4 Denny Hamlin Toyota 4 41
    5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 7 40
    6 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 5 39
    7 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 0 37
    8 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 2 37
    9 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 0 35
    10 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 0 34
    11 Clint Bowyer Toyota 0 33
    12 Kyle Busch Toyota 0 32
    13 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 24 32
    14 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 0 30
    15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 0 29
    16 Greg Biffle Ford 0 28
    17 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 0 27
    18 David Ragan Ford 0 26
    19 Brian Vickers Toyota 1 26
    20 Michael Annett Chevrolet 0 24
    21 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0 23
    22 Aric Almirola Ford 0 22
    23 Casey Mears Chevrolet 0 21
    24 Marcos Ambrose Ford 0 20
    25 Matt Kenseth Toyota 0 19
    26 Paul Menard Chevrolet 0 18
    27 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 6 18
    28 David Gilliland Ford 0 16
    29 Travis Kvapil Ford 0 15
    30 Cole Whitt Toyota 0 14
    31 Alex Bowman Toyota 0 13
    32 Ryan Truex Toyota 0 12
    33 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0 0
    34 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 0 10
    35 Josh Wise Ford 0 9
    36 Timmy Hill Toyota 0 8
    37 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 0 7
    38 J.J. Yeley 44 Chevrolet 0 0
    39 Alex Kennedy Chevrolet 0 5
    40 Joey Logano Ford 0 4
    41 Carl Edwards Ford 0 3
    42 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 0 2
    43 Dave Blaney 77 Ford 0 1
  • JAMIE MCMURRAY WINS 2014 NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE

    JAMIE MCMURRAY WINS 2014 NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE

    If you told anyone Jamie McMurray was going to walk away today the winner of the 2014 NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE I would say your crazy. McMurray’s odds were 40-1. One of the biggest long shots in the 22 man field. But lo and behold he held off Carl Edwards at the end to win $1,000,000. “As a kid, that is what you grew up wanting to do, is have a shootout like that and have a possibility to race for 10 laps,” McMurray said. “He got a little bit of a jump on me on the restart and I was able to hang on to his quarter panel, and when we kept entering Turn 1 and 3, I was like, `It is for a million bucks. If we wreck, it’s not that big of a deal. It’s so cool to come out on top.”

    “Jamie just did a perfect job on the start. I had him cleared for a minute,” Carl Edwards said. “If I would have pulled in front of him in Turn 1, if I would have gone high, I think we would have won that race. But I was just so reluctant to give up the bottom. It was a drag race. My hat is off to him. He earned it.” Kevin Harvick finished second, Matt Kenseth was third and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fourth.

    2014 NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE

  • KESELOWSKI WINS AT VEGAS

    KESELOWSKI WINS AT VEGAS

    Let’s start,  lap 81 and Dale Earnhardt Jr. passes Kyle Busch and Robert Richardson Jr. for 2nd. Lap 194 now and Kevin Harvick takes the lead as Earnhardt comes in for a pit stop. But when Harvick came in for his pit he had problems with his left front hub, he’d leave the race. With 42 laps to go Dale gets the lead off the restart. 4 laps left now and Keselowski tries to go low and he gets past Earnhardt Jr. but Jr. comes back and goes as hard as he can, Jr. retakes the lead! Final lap, Jr. trying to hold Keselowski off and he runs out of gas, no joke! Keselowski takes the checkered flag! He also get the win on Saturday in the Nationwide series. Your podium finishers: Keselowski 1, Earnhardt Jr 2nd and in 3rd was Paul Menard. WHAT A RACE!

  • DAYTONA 500 RECAP

    DAYTONA 500 RECAP

    Let’s begin, lap 39 and they bring out the red flag because of rain, the race wouldn’t resume until 8:52 PM! On lap 85 Danica Patrick took the lead, she wouldn’t hold on to that position for long, but a great moment for women in racing! On Lap 120, Tony Stewart came in for a pit  because of fuel pressure problems he drops a ton of positions, he would finish 35th. Lap 145 and Aric Almirola’s car goes out of control he crashes into Patrick, her car slams into the wall! 9 cars were involved in the crash. 17 laps to go now and Trevor Bayne loses control of his car, slams into the wall, his day is done. With 7 laps to go there was a huge crash and we are under caution. 2 laps to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the lead. Final turn, huge collision occurs behind Jr., he keeps going and takes the checkerd flag! The final results:, Earnhardt Jr 1st, Hamlin 2nd, Keslowski 3rd, Gordon 4th, and and Johnson 5th. Danica Patrick finished 40th/

  • TALK OF THE TOWN SEP. 2: ADVOCARE 500 – SEP 1 AT ATLANTA

    RESULTS

    # Name          Make—Laps Led

    1. Ky. Bush   Toyota       36
    2. Logano     Ford            78
    3. Truex Jr.  Toyota       0
    4. Ku. Bush   Chevy         0
    5. Newman   Chevy         3
    6. J. Gordon Chevy        17
    7. Montoya  Chevy        38
    8. Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 0
    9. Harvick     Chevy        0
    10. Vickers    Toyota     0

    Notables

    # Name      Laps Led

    18.  Edwards 68
    21. Patrick      0
    28. Johnson   0
    35. Keslowsi  31
    39. Bowyer    48

    Kyle Bush: 4th Sprint Cup win this season

  • TALK OF THE TOWN AUG. 25: IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE AT BRISTOL

    IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE RESULTS

    # name         Car   Laps led

    1 Kenseth Toyota     149
    2 Kahne       Chevy       0
    3 Montoya Chevy       0
    4 Vickers   Toyota       0
    5 Logano   Ford            0
    6  Menard Chevy         64
    7 J.Gordon Chevy       0
    8 Ambrose   Ford         0
    9 Biffle         Ford             0
    10 Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 32

    NOTABLES

    # name      laps led

    14 Bowyer  50
    26 Patrick  0
    30 Keselowski 0
    36 Johnson 0
    39 Edwards 119

  • TALK OF THE TOWN JULY 29: CROWN ROYAL PRESENTS THE SAMUEL DEEDS 400 AT THE BRICKYARD POWERED BY BIGMACHINERECORDS.COM AT INDIANAPOLIS FACTS AND RESULTS

    3 INTERESTING FACTS

    INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordan seeking 5th win at track

    SAGE STEELE: Honorary pace car driver for Brickyard 400

    JIMMIE JOHNSON: Has never lost at Indianapolis when leading 2 laps or more

    RESULTS

    Place—Name—-Car Company—Pts.

    1 Newman              Chevy              47
    2 Johnson               Chevy              44
    3 Kahane                 Chevy             41
    4 Stewart                Chevy             40
    5 Kenseth                Toyota             39
    6 Rarnhardt Jr.    Chevy             38
    7 J. Gordan            Chevy             38
    8 Logano                  Ford                37
    9 Montoya              Chevy             36
    10 Ky. Bush           Toyota             34

    Notables

    Place-Name–Pts.

    13 Edwards   32
    19 Harvick    26
    20 Bowyer     25
    24 Biffle          20
    30 Patrick     14

    NEWMAN: 1st career NSCS win at Brickyard 400.

     

  • TALK OF THE TOWN JULY 15: CAMPING WORLD RV SALES 301 at NEW HAMPSHIRE

    Morgan Shepherd-car number 52

    Oldest driver to start Cup Series race (71 years, 9 months)

    NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES AT NEW HAMPSHIRE

    1 Vickers     TOYOTA

    2 Ky. Bush TOYOTA

    3 Burton     CHEVY

    Vickers: 1st NSCS wins since August 2009