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ryan_newman_kisses_bricks_nascar_indy_july2013July 28, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Ryan Newman, now a job seeker, couldn’t have added a more important or timely accomplishment to his resume.

Taking advantage of an uncharacteristic glitch on pit road on the part of Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 team, Newman grabbed the lead during a long cycle of late green-flag pit stops and held on to win Sunday’s Crown Royal presents the Samuel Deeds 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Continue reading “Indiana Native Ryan Newman Gets Much-Needed Win At The Brickyard”

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kevin-harvick-burnout-coca-coca-600-nascarJimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick are the only members of the current top 10 in the standings – and provisionally Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ eligible – to have won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Harvick’s victory came in 2003. Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard are former Brickyard winners battling for Wild Card entry into the Chase although Menard – 20th – is only 36 points outside the top 10.

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carl-edwards-nascar-brickyard-2012Normally every Thursday or Friday during the long Sprint Cup season, NASCAR drivers are getting aboard private jets to get to the next racetrack to practice before the weekend race goes to the green flag.

by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

Not this week. The next Sprint Cup Series race is July 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This week, Sprint Cup drivers have no green flag to greet them unless they choose to race Nationwide Race at Chicagoland , Camping World Truck Series at Eldora Speedway or a local short track of their choice

Continue reading “FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers Get A Rare Break Before Brickyard Intensity”

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kurt_indycarKurt Busch turned his fastest of 83 IndyCar Series laps at 218.210 mph with Andretti Autosport today, but indicates he won’t try the Memorial Day The Indianapolis 500 / Coca-Cola 600 double this season:
“A driver can race here at Indianapolis and give a full 500 miles. That needs to be the end of his day. To run 600 miles after that, you’ve got to pace yourself. I wouldn’t be able to do it this year just with stamina; just with not giving my all for my Furniture Row Racing team in Charlotte. If I’m going to do something, I want to do it at the best level I can, so I need more time.”

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7-Paul Menard Holds Off Jeff Gordon to Win Brickyard 400

Surprise winners in 2011, take three. For much of its 19 years, Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Brickyard 400 had been won by the greatest names in NASCAR: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt, bill Elliott – champions all. No first-time winners in the bunch – until this July. Midwesterner Paul Menard wound up kissing the start-finish line bricks after prevailing in a torrid battle with four-time Brickyard 400 winner Jeff Gordon. Menard joined Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne and SHOWTIME Southern 500 winner Regan Smith to score a first victory on the schedule’s largest stages.