NNS Zippo 200 at the Glen – Marcos Ambrose is Flawless

On a perfect weather day in Watkins Glen New York, Marcos Ambrose lead the field to the green flag to start the Zippo 200 at the Glen. Ambrose won the pole during the group qualifying session earlier in the day. He also went on to win the race.

NNS: Surprise! Kyle Busch Dominates For Ninth Win Of Season

Kyle Busch laid a woopin’ on the field in Saturday night’s U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. Busch led 209 of the 250 laps on the night en route to his ninth victory of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.

NSCS Jamie McMurray Joins Elite Group by Winning the Brickyard 400

Jamie McMurray added his name to the NASCAR record books today by winning the Brickyard 400. He previously won the Daytona 500 in February. Only 2 other drivers had accomplished both in the same year, Dale Jarrett in 1996 and Jimmie Johnson in 2006.

NNS Kroger 200 from O’Reilly Raceway Park Recap

By: Holly Blake The green flag flew at O’Reilly Raceway Park for the Kroger 200 but just as it did there was a bit of a miscue on the front stretch that caused Jason Leffler to plow into the back end of the 20 of Matt DiBenedetto. Leffler suffered significant damage to the nose and [...]

NSCS: Friday Notes and Quotes from the Brickyard

Denny Hamlin:

Very important to qualify well at this racetrack. Felt if we could come here and beat these guys it would be a big morale boost for us and a big shot in the gut to them . Drivers don’t give each other positions like they used to. Everyone battling now to keep good track position, that’s why you see more wrecks now.

CWTS: The Streak Ends – Hornaday Grabs First Win of 2010

he weather at O’Reilly Raceway Park was intense with track temperatures well over 100 degrees but Ron Hornaday kept his cool and put his #33 in Victory Lane for the first time in 2010. Hornaday won this race last year at ORP but was just plain dominate this evening. He started the race in fifth position but with precision worked his way through the field and never looked back.

CWTS: Qualifying Results and notes

Timothy Peters went out fifth for his qualifying lap and his lap time of 22.522 seconds at 109.653mph won him the pole for the Keystone Light Pole Award for the AAA Insurance 200. This is just Peters’ second pole in 80 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races and his first of 2010.

NASCAR Press Conference – Most Popular Driver Vote for NCWTS

By: Holly Blake There was a press conference just a while ago announcing the formation of the Most Popular Driver voting for the Nascar Camping World Truck Series. It has been a hit with the Nascar Sprint Cup Series and also the Nascar Nationwide Series. So why not open it up again for the NCWTS? [...]

NSCS: Johnson Out-Shoves Busch For Second Straight Win

Late in the Lenox Tools 301 Jimmie Johnson got around Jeff Burton for the lead and it appeared to be another easy victory for the 48 team. However later that lap Burton made contact with Kyle Busch which caused a caution.

This bunched the field back up, and on the restart with five laps to go, Johnson received a bump-and-run from Kurt Busch for the lead.

Busch however made the move a little too early…

NNS: Kyle Busch Wins the New England 200 at Loudon

The question of will the streak (of no repeat winners) be broken got answered today and it was a resounding YES!
Kyle Busch took care of that fairly easily and in his normal form was fairly dominant today in his #18 ZLine Toyota.
He also broke the record of most laps led by a driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series when he led lap 8083.
It’s the 36th victory of his Nationwide Series career, tying him with Kevin Harvick for second on the division’s all-time win list. His sixth win of 2010.