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Archive for February, 2011
  • Texas Motor Speedway Invites Fans to Join Media Day 0 CommentsPosted by THL on February 28, 2011 under Other News, Track News
    Texas Motor Speedway's Media Day, featuring stars Denny Hamlin and Danica Patrick, will utilize USTREAM to allow fans to enjoy the program of events live as well as participate in an interactive element with the visiting guests when the annual event takes place Wednesday in the speedway's Grand Ballroom. Beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT, fans can enjoy a program that will feature news and sponsor ann... more.
  • BLAKE KOCH 27TH @ PHOENIX IN MACDONALD MOTORSPORTS RIZEUP.US NO. 81 DODGE 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Post Race
    25 year old Blake Koch was behind the wheel of the MacDonald Motorsports No. 81 this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway.  With RizeUp.us on the car for the race, the team really was hoping to run strong.  Prior to the race Blake had 3 career NASCAR Nationwide Series starts, with a best finish of 17th driving for MacDonald Motorsports in 2009 at Memphis.  Blake had spent the past two s... more.
  • Michael Waltrip’s Comedy Garage Ready To Play Las Vegas 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Team PR
    It seems like Michael Waltrip reaches a new milestone every week. Doing stand-up comedy at the Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip this week is just the latest. The only driver to ever win races in four separate decades in one of NASCAR’s top series becomes the first driver to perform consecutive nights of stand-up comedy when he brings Michael Waltrip’s Comedy Garage to one of ... more.
  • Starr Caught in Wrong Place at Phoenix 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Post Race, Team PR, Truck Series News
    Some times it just takes a little bit of luck. But for the second week in a row the only luck David Starr could only find bad luck. Once again, the SS Green Light Racing team gave Starr a truck capable of a top finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway but Starr would get caught up in a race ending accident on lap 112 of the 150-lap event. David was v... more.
  • Red Bull Racing Report-Kahne-6th, Vickers-30th 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Post Race, Team PR
    Sixth place goes down in the record books as just that: sixth. It’s not a shiny number. It’s a solid number. And for a team that’s been blanked by a 1-mile slick and slippery race track for the past four years, sixth is quite an accomplishment. “To come out of here with a top 10, I’m pretty happy,” Kasey Kahne said. Kahne and the No. 4 Red Bull Toyota finished — you guessed it ... more.
  • Ryan Newman-Tornados Driver Scores Fifth-Place Result, Moves to Seventh in Points 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Post Race, Team PR
    There’s no doubt that Ryan Newman was hoping for a little magic as he returned to Phoenix International Raceway as the defending champion of the Subway Fresh Fit 500k NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. After all, Newman started in the same spot, pitted in the same pit stall and drove the same No. 39 Tornados Chevrolet as he had last April when he got his first win with Stewart-Haas Racing. And wh... more.
  • Tony Stewart-Office Depot/Mobil 1 Driver Leads Four Times for 59 Laps En Route to Top-10 Finish 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Post Race, Team PR
    With 25 laps to go in Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500k at Phoenix International Raceway, Tony Stewart appeared poised to grab his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory of the season and the 40th of his career. He was leading after a strategic two-tire pit stop under green vaulted him from third to first, and with plenty of daylight between him and his pursuers, Stewart could simply wheel his No. ... more.
  • Ford Racing Driver Quotes-Post-Phoenix 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Post Race, Team PR
    TREVOR BAYNE – No. 16 Roush Fenway Mustang (Finished 31st) – “We learned a lot about our short track program.  We just had some misfortune with the tire.  We were top 10 all day long and I don’t know if we ever fell out of the top 10.  We were right there in seventh behind Logano trying to work on him and going into three the tire went.  I don’t know if the bead melted from the b... more.
  • A 25th-place Finish for McClure at PIR 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Post Race, Team PR, Truck Series News
    Following a disappointing finish at Daytona, Eric McClure and the Hefty Racing team headed to Phoenix Int’l Raceway with hopes of a solid result to jumpstart the season.  After posting the 27th fastest time during qualifying, the team fought a few issues before finishing the Bashas’ 200 in the 25th position. Falling two positions to 29th at the start of the 200-lap event McClure was able t... more.
  • Rookie Johanna Long Earns a Solid Top 20 Finish at Phoenix in First Showing 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Post Race, Team PR, Truck Series News
    Panhandle Motorsports' No. 20 Panhandle Grading Toyota Tundra team, headed up by the youngest driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series - Johanna Long - earned their first top 20 finish at their inaugural visit to Phoenix International Raceway. Long lined up the No. 20 Panhandle Grading Toyota Tundra in the 25th position with a qualifying lap time of 27.735 and a speed of 129.800mph... more.
  • Johnny Sauter Powers the No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records Chevy to a 4th Place Finish 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Post Race, Team PR, Truck Series News
    ThorSport Racing's No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records team proved that 2011 can be a big year by delivering a strong performance and a fourth-place finish in the 2011 Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. Johnny Sauter lined up the No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records Chevrolet Silverado in the 8th position with a qualifying lap time of 27.083 seconds at 132.925mph speed. He made i... more.
  • Crafton and the No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Team Collect a Top-10 & Bank the Top Driver Points Spot 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Post Race, Team PR, Truck Series News
    ThorSport Racing's No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door team showcased their talents at Phoenix International Raceway and proved that they were a team in the Championship running this year by demonstrating a solid performance and bringing home a seventh-place finish in the 2011 Lucas Oil 150. Matt Crafton lined up the No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Chevrolet Silverado in the 6th position and ran as high ... more.
  • Sadler Rebounds From One Lap Down to Finish 12th at Phoenix 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Post Race, Team PR
    After a tough start to the 2011 season last weekend at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, the No. 2 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team packed up and headed west to the desert and Phoenix International Raceway looking to rebound.  Sadler qualified in the 11th position for the Bashas' Supermarkets 200, but fought a loose-handling race car the majority of the event.  An ill-handling car coupled wi... more.
  • Kyle Busch and Interstate Batteries Racing-New Paint, Same Result 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Post Race, Team PR
    The paint scheme was different but the result was the same for Kyle Busch in Saturday’s Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. The driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) dominated the 200-lap race, leading flag-to-flag en route to his first Nationwide Series win of 2011 and his fourth at Phoenix. It... more.
  • Eddie Sharp Racing Post-Phoenix Report-Goess 23rd and Skinner 24th 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Post Race, Truck Series News
    Craig Goess | No. 46 Greenville Toyota of N.C. Tundra St art: 31 Finish: 23 Craig Goess finished 23rd in his first trip to Phoenix International Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event Friday night. The rookie, piloting the No. 46 Greenville Toyota of N.C. Tundra, started his second event of the 2011 season and his first NCWTS event at a track shorter than 1.5 miles. The... more.
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