Pit reporter Krista Voda forecasts 12 Chase drivers in 2012
Fox's Krista Voda, the first female to host a NASCAR pre-race show, goes in-depth on her choices for this year's Chase for the Cup.
Jeff Gordon: 'Absolutely' Fair For NASCAR To Instruct Drivers To Pack-Draft At Daytona
During the lunch break of Friday's preseason test session at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR called all of the Sprint Cup Series drivers together for a meeting. The message: We strongly suggest you guys draft in a pack when practice resumes . Prior to that point, drivers had only gone on single-car runs or attempted the two-car drafts – a plague which NASCAR is trying to eradicate. Some ...
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Feb. 12 1937 -- Cleveland is granted an NFL franchise. The Rams play in Cleveland for nine years before moving to Los Angeles. After the 1994 season, the Rams move to St. Louis. 1958 -- Boston's Bill Russell scores 18 points and grabs 41 rebounds to lead the Celtics to a 119-101 victory over the Syracuse Nationals. 1968 -- Jean-Claude Killy of France wins the men's giant slalom in the Winter ...
McGee: Mad scramble to halfway bonus
Racing for bonus money is practically as old as racing itself. So what has fans so riled up about the halfway bonus in the Daytona 500? Well, 200 large gets people talking.
Using his go-cart to help kids with cancer
Timmy “Mini” Tyrrell has a hard time deciding which he likes better: racing his go-cart around a track at 40 miles per hour, or raising money for cancer. He has done a lot of both in the past year. The Manassas second-grader is a regular at King George Speedway and Old Dominion Speedway in Manassas, where he often finishes in the front of of the pack — even after moving into a bigger, faster ...
Crew chiefs dealing with changes in final tests
NASCAR completed its three-day Preseason Thunder Sprint Cup test session Saturday in advance of February's Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway and by the numbers alone, seemed to make a lot of progress in equalizing mass pack and tandem drafting.
McGee: 'Fast Forward' into 2012
There's a youth movement afoot in the world of NASCAR. Don't believe it? Well, it's obvious you didn't attend the annual media circus this week in Charlotte.
Sports calendar - Feb. 10
Area events Friday BOYS BASKETBALL Brainerd at Willmar 7:30 p.m. Ogilvie at Aitkin 7:30 p.m. Crosby-Ironton at Thief River Falls 7:30 p.m. Pequot Lakes at Roseau 7:30 p.m. Pillager at Menahga 7:45 p.m. Pine River-Backus at Blackduck 7:30 p.m.
Racers group up for laps; fans swarm favorites
Preseason Thunder continues to deliver big numbers, not only the swarm of fans enjoying Fan Fest, but on the track, which saw pack racing and speeds over 206 mph Friday, just what those fans want to see. INSIDE: Photo gallery