Ford Sprint Cup teams will begin using a new engine later this season, but the exact rollout hasn’t been determined, Roush Yates Engines president Doug Yates said Thursday.
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David Donohue edged Timo Bernhard by 0.001 seconds Thursday to take the pole position for the 47th Rolex 24 At Daytona, breaking the Daytona Prototype track record. Donohue turned a lap in 1 minute, 40.540 seconds — averaging 127.472 mph — in the No. 58 Brumos Porsche Riley he will share with Darren Law, Buddy Rice and Antonio Garcia in the race that will start at 3:30 p.m.
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It was a full house in the E Ballroom at the Embassy Suites hotel Thursday morning, but then it usually is when Roush Fenway Racing is involved.
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Natalie Sather is getting her lead foot in the door of NASCAR. The Fargo sprint car driver won’t be competing against the likes of Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart anytime soon. But she’s one of 12 drivers selected for NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, which seeks to develop minority and female drivers and crew members.
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TRG Motorsports, which expanded its successful sports car legacy by winning a race in the 2008 Truck Series and also competing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, will enter a No. 71 Chevrolet in the 2009 Daytona 500 for Mike Wallace.
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With NASCAR’s ban on testing at sanctioned facilities sending its national series teams far and wide to rack up some mileage, Greg Biffle’s Roush Fenway Racing Ford team was the first Cup operation to test at the newly-spruced-up, two-mile Texas World Speedway, whose last Cup race was held in 1981 and won by the late Benny Parsons.
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NASCAR announced on Thursday the annual induction process for the Hall of Fame, scheduled to open in Charlotte, N.C., in 2010.
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One lucky fan will win a 2010 Ford Fusion in Ford Racing’s “We Race. You Win.” national sweepstakes, announced Thursday as part of the Ford NASCAR Media Day.
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NASCAR chairman Brian France says his management group is working with teams to develop new business models that can withstand the current economic crisis.
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Kasey Kahne got off to a rousing start in 2008, then fell off the map. How will that impact him in 2009?
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