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(workingonmyredneck file photo) Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced details related to the NASCAR facility’s first major track paving project since 1990. Construction will begin in March with the removal of the facility’s current racing surface and the subsequent installation of a new surface to go with a series of . . . → Read More: Phoenix (PIR) To Be Reconfigured (photo courtesy Tom Pennington/Getty Image) The 2011 Speedweeks will go down in NASCAR history as the most memorable. Drama was in all three of the elite series, real not manufactured. Michael Waltrip won Friday’s truck race, on the 10th anniversary of his breakthrough Cup victory, which came on the same day Dale . . . → Read More: 2011 Daytona Speedweeks, The Most Exciting In Memory (diagram courtesy nascar.com) Imagine filling up your car and changing all four tires in less than 15 seconds. That’s exactly what happens during a pit stop. As a race progresses, cars need to be refueled and worn tires need to be replaced. That’s when a pit stop is needed. Because seconds are so . . . → Read More: The Pit Stop; A Symphony In Motion (Photo courtesy Leon Hammack) The changes, they are a coming! There are a few new rules about to be announced. Among the changes are the way in which NASCAR will qualify in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series this season. The Camping World Truck series experimented with using the practice speeds . . . → Read More: Qualifying Procedures May Change (photo courtesy Leon Hammack) Friday night in Las Vegas concluded the longest season in all of sports with the crowning of Jimmie Johnson as the 2010 Sprint Cup champion. However that banquet didn’t really hand out some of the awards that WOMR feels should have been awarded. So WOMR is giving out . . . → Read More: 2010, The Long And Winding Road (photo courtesy Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) On Friday the Nationwide’s “new cars” will make their third appearance on the NASCAR circuit in the Virginia College Savings Plan 250 at Richmond International Raceway. On Thurday, these “new cool cars’ got on the track for a six hour practice session. “It has a lack of . . . → Read More: “New Cool” Cars At Richmond Nationwide Race (photo courtesy rir.com) Richmond International Raceway track facts: LENGTH: 3/4-Mile, measured 13-½ feet in from SAFER Barrier. SHAPE: “D”-Shaped Oval WIDTH: 60 feet with a 10-foot apron. BANKING: 14 degrees in turns, eight degrees at starting line on 1,290-foot front stretch, two degrees on 860-foot back stretch. RADIUS OF TURNS: Turns 1 and . . . → Read More: Richmond Track Facts (photo courtesy John Sommers II) This view from RacinToday.com writer Larry Woody: “There’s no question that Kyle Busch is currently the hottest thing on four wheels. His recent Bristol Triple – three wins in three days in NASCAR’s three touring series – was an amazing feat, especially on a treacherous track like . . . → Read More: Are Kyle’s Wins Tainted? (photo courtesy Leon Hammack) The long awaited 2011 Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Trucks schedule has now been officially released. There are a few venues that have been realigned, a new venue for the Sprint Cup, and a second race for the Iowa Speedway. The Phoenix race moves to the second race of . . . → Read More: NASCAR 2011 Season Schedule (photo courtesy Rusty Garrett/Getty Images) Kyle Busch, driving his Joe Gibbs Racing #18 Z-Line Furniture Toyota Camry, thoroughly dominated the entire Nationwide field at The Iowa Speedway Saturday night. Busch led 209 of the 250 laps in the U.S. Cellular 250, and made the pass around Kevin Harvick for the lead and . . . → Read More: Kyle Dominates At Iowa |
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