NASCAR Podcast
SHOW #250 – Guests: Joey Logano, Kurt Busch – We get you caught up with the latest on the Texas and Rockingham penalties, Brad Keselowski’s profanity laced tirade, preview Kansas, plus Toby Christie patrols the Texas midway for bacon flavored cotton candy. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.
(47:44 mins)
CREDITS:
Hosts: Kerry Murphey & Toby Christie
Executive Producer: Kerry Murphey
Music: Russell Nash Radium Sound
Voice Over: Thomas Moog
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 17, 2013) – Penalties have been handed down to three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams following last Saturday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.
The No. 56 car was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-12.8.1B (the car failed to meet the minimum front car heights during post-race inspection) of the 2013 rule book.
NOTE: TEAM STATEMENTS AT THE END OF THE POST
Continue reading “Three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Teams Penalized After Race At Texas Motor Speedway”
Photo Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
FORT WORTH, Tex.–The record book will say that Kyle Busch won the NRA 500 on Saturday night.
If truth be known, Busch started the process on Friday afternoon and applied the coup de grace with 20 laps left on Saturday evening.
Yes, Busch capped a perfect weekend when he took the checkered flag .508 seconds ahead of runner-up Martin Truex Jr. Continue reading “NSCS Recap: Busch caps perfect weekend with Cup win at Texas”
Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
By: Toby Christie – Follow on Twitter @Tobalical
Brad Keselowski and his Penske Racing teammate Joey Logano will surely be facing penalties this week, as NASCAR confiscated rear end parts from both of their racecars. Keselowski, who wound up finishing ninth despite being out to lunch all race long, ripped the sanctioning body when he climbed from his racecar.
According to USA Today’s Jeff Gluck, Keselowski said reporters had ”no (freaking) idea what’s going on” behind the scenes and said NASCAR has targeted his No. 2 team in an “absolutely shameful” way. Continue reading “Brad Keselowski Believes NASCAR Is Targeting Penske Racing”
Photo Credit: Jeff Zelevansky/NASCAR via Getty Images
By: Toby Christie – Follow on Twitter @Tobalical
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was looking to bounce back from a dismal day in Martinsville a week ago, but things went awry in Texas when his No. 88 Chevrolet lost voltage on lap 187.
“We had a battery go dead, and I didn’t diagnose it correctly,” Earnhardt said. “We’ve got two batteries in there, and we’ve got a switch in the driver’s seat.”
Earnhardt out of instinct brought his machine to pit lane, when he easily could have just swapped to the back up battery, as Sprint Cup Series racecars are equipped with two batteries. We’ll never know what could have been had Earnhardt just swapped to the second battery, but he believes he could have salvaged a decent finish. Continue reading “Dale Earnhardt Jr. Sees Promising Run, Run Out Of Juice”
The Final Lap Weekly 