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By Amanda Vincent

On the surface, Kyle Busch’s run to the 2009 Nationwide Series championship may have looked easy, but Busch himself admits that staking his claim on the 2009 champion’s trophy was no easy task.

“It wasn’t a cake walk this year,” Busch said at the Camping World Truck Series/Nationwide Series awards banquet in Miami on Monday.

Sure, he accumulated 5682 points over the course of the 35 races that made up the 2009 campaign — the most ever earned by any driver in the series in a single season. But even on the strength of a season that included nine wins and 11 second-place finishes, the 2009 Nationwide Series title came down to the last race of the season.

“We went all the way to the last race before we won the championship, Busch said. “Just shows you how hard this is.”

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Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and wife Chandra visit Johnson’s grammar school, Crest Elementary in El Cajon, Calif., and make grants of nearly $1 million to schools in California, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

Continue reading “The Jimmie Johnson Foundation Gives $1m to Education”

On Monday November 30th, Danica Patrick officially made her announcement on her IndyCar plans for next season.  The full press release is below for your reading pleasure, however this photo was found as a loading graphic yesterday on her website and tells more of the story.  Yesterday, as the her website loaded (danicaracing.com) this graphic came up in a split second, and the screenshot tells us all about her NASCAR plans without saying a word.  This loading graphic has since been replaced with her IndyCar fire-suit.  But it looks like, at the very least, she’ll be racing in the Nationwide Series and it’ll be for JR Motorsports behind the wheel of a Chevy.

(Info from nascar.com and sportingnews.com)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 30, 2009) – With all the speculation buzzing around her 100-pound physique and multi-million dollar appeal, one point about Danica Patrick’s future is clear – she intends to be a Go Daddy Girl for years to come. Danica signed a three-year deal with Andretti Autosport to remain with the world’s largest domain name registrar and Web hosting provider. This means Go Daddy is Danica’s primary IndyCar sponsor into 2012.

Continue reading “Danica Patrick inks Indy deal, photo shows NASCAR plans”

Our friends at ask.com have given us these lists of their top searches, some are quite interesting.

2009 – Top NASCAR questions on Ask.com
1. How do NASCAR drivers go to the bathroom?
2. How much do NASCAR drivers get paid?
3. What is Dale Earnhardt Jr’s girlfriend’s name?
4. What does NASCAR stand for?
5. What is burnout alley?
6. Who is Tony Stewart dating?
7. How do you get a job on a pit crew?
8. How do you become a NASCAR driver?
9. Why are there flyovers at NASCAR races?
10. What do NASCAR drivers wear under their suits?

2009 – Top questions about NASCAR drivers’ relationship status’ on Ask.com

1. Is Dale Earnhardt Jr. married?
2. Who is Tony Stewart dating?
3. Does Kasey Kahne have a girlfriend?
4. Does Kyle Busch have a girlfriend?
5. Is Michael Waltrip still married?
6. Who is Carl Edwards married to?
7. Does Denny Hamlin have a girlfriend?
8. Who is Jeff Gordon’s wife?
9. Who is Robby Gordon’s girlfriend?
10. Does Joey Lagano have a girlfriend?

Source: Ask.com