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(workingonmyredneck file photo) If you thought that some of the double-duty drivers were busy this weekend, it will not compare to the hustle and bustle that will be happening this week in the NASCAR race teams fabrication, body, and machine shops. All the kings horses and the the kings men are trying . . . → Read More: Is Aggressive Driving On The Increase? (photo courtesy Alan Marler) When you think of very good road racers among the NASCAR drivers, you might think if Jeff Gordon, Jun Pablo Montoya, Marcos Ambrose, even Tony Stewart. However,it is safe to say that Kurt Busch is not the first driver that comes to mind. However, Sunday the Penske Racing . . . → Read More: Kurt Busch Wins First Road Course Race (photo courtesy Todd Warshaw/Getty Images) On Friday Joey Logano won the pole position forf Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in the heart of California’s wine country. He posted the fastest lap speed of 93.256 MPH. It was his first road course pole and the second pole of his career . . . → Read More: Logano Wins The Pole At Infineon (workingonmyredneck file photo) Marcos Ambrose is known to go prospecting for gold in his spare time. However, this weekend Marcos will panning for gold in California while working at his day job, the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. This weekend NASCAR rolls into California’s wine country, Infineon Raceway, for the first of two . . . → Read More: Ambrose Panning For Gold At Infineon (photo courtesy Leon Hammack) Four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon used to be “the king of the road course”. He has the most road course victories of any current Sprint Cup driver. His days used to be very busy collecting trophies on Sunday afternoons. However last Sunday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, . . . → Read More: Most Wanted Man In NASCAR (photo courtesy Jeb Jacobsohn/Getty Images) If what we saw Sunday at Infineon Raceway was a prime example of NASCAR’s edict of “have at ‘em boys”, the race teams will need to crank up their production of race cars for the rest of the season. The Toyota/Save Mart 350 was more like a . . . → Read More: Infineon Was A Hooligan! (photo courtesy Todd Warshaw/Getty Images) After watching the Toyota/Save Mart 350 I was aghast with the way that Marcos Ambrose let the victory slip right through his grasp! I was just simply appalled watching him shut off his engine trying to save fuel, when it was apparent that fuel was not an . . . → Read More: Gaffe Or Blunder? (photo courtesy Leon Hammack) Jimmie Johnson was literally handed his fourth victory of the season today at Infineon Raceway, winning the Toyota/Save Mart 350. During a yellow flag Marcos Ambrose was shutting off his engine to conserve fuel, while following the pace car. But after he passed the start/finish making a left . . . → Read More: Ambrose Goofs And Johnson Wins (photo Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) There was a time when the NASCAR drivers went to the road courses with dread in their hearts and just try to escape without killing themselves! “These dang cars don’t like to turn right,” Dale Earnhardt said at Riverside in 1980. “I like the challenge of something different, . . . → Read More: Road Courses New Perspective (photo courtesy Robert Leberge/Getty Images) · The track opened as a 2.52-mile road course and drag strip in 1968. · The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held in 1989. · The first nine races were 300 kilometers and switched to a 350k format in 1998. · The track was reconfigured to . . . → Read More: Infineon Facts |
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