NASCAR legend Buddy Baker died today after a battle with lung cancer, according to reports from SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and nascar.com. He was 74. Baker had a decorated career, winning 19 races at NASCAR’s highest level, finishing in the top five 202 times, and in the top 10, 311 times. Baker, along with his father,
Jeff Gordon, NASCAR’s third-winningest driver and a four-time champion, has announced 2015 will be his final season racing full time. “I won’t use the ‘R-word’ because I plan to stay extremely busy in the years ahead, and there’s always the possibility I’ll compete in selected events, although I currently have no plans to do that,”
A grand jury in Ontario County, NY has decided not to bring criminal charges against NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, according to the New York Times. The grand jury heard testimony regarding the accident from more than two dozen witnesses this week. Stewart’s race car struck and killed 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. at a Sprint Car race
Lynda Petty, wife of racing legend and seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty, died Tuesday. She was 72. Lynda Petty was diagnosed with central nervous system lymphoma four years ago. She was lovingly referred to as “The First Lady of NASCAR.” “On behalf of the France family and everyone at NASCAR, I want to offer sincere
NASCAR qualifying may never be the same. The world’s premier stock car racing series will switch to “knock-out” qualifying for the 2014 Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Camping World Truck Series. Single-car qualifying is no more. The new qualifying format will be similar to what you see in the IndyCar Series and Formula One. This new
NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died Wednesday night at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey due to injuries suffered in an accident during a dirt track sprint car race. He was 37. Affectionately called “LEFturn,” Leffler was reportedly running second in the event’s first heat race when he lost control on the high-banked dirt oval track and his
When that first green flag waves kicking off NASCAR’s 2013 racing season on February 16, racing fans will see something they haven’t seen in a long time—stock cars that closely resemble their production-model counterparts. Brand recognition is one of the hallmarks of the Generation-6 redesign. NASCAR officials and those participating in the racing series hope
And then there were three. According to an ESPN report, Dodge plans to withdraw from NASCAR competition following the 2012 season, leaving just the Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota cars to trade paint in 2013. But you didn’t have to be of Mayan descent to see the end of this era coming. Dodge was forced to
Father’s Day gets us thinking about dads. Writing about cars gets us thinking about racing. So it was only a matter of time before we started thinking about dads in racing. And think about it, we did. Who are the best father-son (or in the case of the Forces, the best father-daughter) tandems or groups
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