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Rudd Still Hurt, Wallace Still In at RYR

Ricky Rudd will miss his third consecutive race this weekend at Dover International Speedway. Rudd suffered a serious shoulder separation during a crash at California Speedway.Kenny Wallace has filled in Rudd's No. 88 since that time and will continue this weekend with Dover's Dodge Dealers 400. Wallace says that he is...

NASCAR's Most Spectacular Superspeedway Crashes

The superspeedway races have certainly seen some of the more spectacular crashes in NASCAR history. They range from hit-n-runs causing a single car to go flying to pileups involving half the field or more.Kyle Busch's wreck on Saturday was reminiscent of Tony Stewart's airborne roll crash last year and Elliott Sadler's in...

Four Brickyard Winners Turn Laps at Indy Tuesday

Dale Jarrett got some much needed practice time at Indianapolis on Tuesday in preparation for the 2007 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard."With this team, we need time on the racetrack. This was invaluable to a team like ours," said Jarrett.Jarrett was among four other drivers from each manufacturer who were on hand to assist...

Racing at Martinsville Is Exhausting

After last week's complaints about the car of tomorrow exhaust systems, I expected we'd have more air quality complaints by the halfway mark of today's Goody Cool Orange 500.I wasn't the only one. The drivers have the oxygen tanks ready to go. Jimmie Johnson even tried to preempt any potential problem by preparing for...

By the Numbers: Martinsville

$4,929,787 – Amount of Martinsville purse 2,206 – # of laps led by Jeff Gordon, most of any active driver 1947 – Martinsville Speedway opening 1,548 – # of laps completed this season by Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth, the only drivers to finish on the lead lap in every race 609 – #...

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02/15/12 CUP: NMPA Hall Of Fame Welcomes Two New Membe... Source: FOX Sports Outstanding driver Ricky Rudd and championship team owner Richard Childress will be inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association's Hall of Fame in May. The two were selected on more than 65 percent of the ballots cast by NMPA members to earn induction into the Hall of Fame. Childress was selected on 70 percent of the ballots.
02/14/12 NASCAR's Curious Case: Owner-Drivers the Kiss of Death? Source: Bleacher Report Being an owner-driver in the cup series creates enormous pressure, and takes a special kind of driver.
02/07/12 Evernham and Rudd Make TV Moves Source: The Daly Planet When SPEED released the TV line-ups for 2012 earlier this week, one name that was missing was Ray Evernham.