Dale Jr Post-Race Press Conference - “I didn’t think the 2 could make it….”
Brad Keselowski won and put Junior on the losing end of a fuel duel for the second week in a row.
Tagliani earned his third career NASCAR Canadian Tire Series pole Saturday, finishing first in qualifying for the inaugural Grand Prix iCAR. The 38-year-old posted a top speed of 78.828 miles per hour in his No. 12 Hot Wheels Dodge at Circuit iCAR.
Justin Allgaier won at Chicagoland Speedway despite running out of gas on the homestretch. The question is, though, didn’t Trevor Bayne beat him to the line?
The lines between pro wrestling and NASCAR continue to blur together.
-Damon Hill commenting on Bernie’s decision to reinstaste the F1 race in Bahrain.
ESPNF1 has more here.
The INDYCAR twitter-sphere was a bit busy for a while this afternoon when Graham Rahal came out to defend his teammate after media stories came out about just *how slow* Kimball was going at the end of the race to try to save fuel. Curt Cavin got in on the action here.
Graham Rahal started up a little testy exchange with his tweet:
| @KevinLee23: | INDYCAR Open Wheel Weekly is on hiatus. Parked (we believe temporarily) due to lack of sponsorship. Thnx for all the positive reviews |
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| MotorPundit comment: | Too bad, because this show is very interesting and the only of its kind on a major sports TV network. Here's to hoping sponsorship is secured quickly. |
Clint Bowyer won his home town race at Kansas today in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series leading 124 laps including the last 46 laps. It is his first win at KMS.
CBS Sports has their story up now here.
Kansas Sprint Cup Top 10 Qualifying
1 22 Kurt Busch 174.752
2 42 Juan Montoya 174.154
3 18 Kyle Busch 174.081
4 83 Brian Vickers 173.991
5 20 Joey Logano 173.851
6 1 Jamie McMurray 173.706
7 99 Carl Edwards 173.650
8 56 M Truex Jr. 173.611
9 27 Paul Menard 173.589
10 29 Kevin Harvick 173.494
Jayski has the full grid here.
“I think that we came close to winning that race and we’ve done it a couple of times this year, and it makes me feel more confident in us having that opportunity again more often throughout the season,” Earnhardt said Friday.
“I feel like if we keep doing that then the luck is going to fall our way and we’ll get to Vict
Read more: newsobserver.com
At least Casey Stoner won’t have to worry about Simoncelli punting him from the rear at the start of the race. Simoncelli is public enemy #1 on the grid right now due to the fact that he suffers from brain fade, and tends to crash people out of races.
