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Teams Still Testing Despite Ban

NASCAR's testing ban doesn't seem to be working as well as officials might have hoped.As expected, several teams have been cris-crossing the country over the past few weeks in attempt to shake down their race cars for the upcoming season. Instead, though, of testing at NASCAR sanctioned facilities, they've been testing at...

Pocono Not For Sale; Open for Testing

Bruton Smith and Speedway Motorsports Inc. won't be getting their hands on Pocono Raceway any time soon in his bid to make a race date available to his latest acquisition of Kentucky Speedway.Rose Mattioli told The Associated Press on Tuesday there are no plans to sell Pocono, which currently has two Sprint Cup races, and...

Lowe's Testing Wraps; Dale Jr. Crashes

The Sprint Cup Series wrapped its two-day test session at Lowe's Motor Speedway Tuesday night, and apparently Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended it with a bang.Driver No. 88 hit the wall hard enough to prevent the damage from being repaired and further participation in the session for the Hendrick Motorsports driver. These was no...

NASCAR Scores With Extra LMS Test

It's not too often that NASCAR will change the course of its previously set direction, so Tuesday should be celebrated.The sanctioning body announced today that it will indeed take up the opportunity Lowe's Motor Speedway has granted to test at the 1.5-mile track on May 5 & 6. Originally, Concord, N.C.-based LMS wasn't on...

Sprint Cup Series Finishes Phoenix Test

As of a western swing through Fontana, Calif. and Las Vegas, Nev. wasn't enough, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series got its fourth official test session wrapped up in Phoenix on Tuesday afternoon.The test at Phoenix International Raceway was the fourth of six that teams suggested to NASCAR prior to the season, and joins Daytona,...