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Steve's NASCAR Racing Blog June 2009 Archive

By Steve McCormick, About.com Guide to NASCAR Racing since 1997

Take A Chance On These NASCAR Contests

Tuesday June 30, 2009
The About.com Guide to Contests, Sandra Grauschopf is maintaining a list of all NASCAR related contests and sweepstakes. Some of the prizes currently offered include riding in the pace ... Read More

Joey Logano Wins Rain-Shortened New Hampshire Race

Monday June 29, 2009
Rookie Joey Logano became the youngest winner in the history of the Cup series with his win today in the rain-shortened 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor ... Read More

New Hampshire Sees Focus Shift To The Chase

Thursday June 25, 2009
The Race to the Chase kicks off this week in the 2009 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. For the next ten races the focus shifts to ... Read More

Race To The Chase Kickoff

Tuesday June 23, 2009
Only ten races remain between now and the start of the the 2009 Chase for the Cup. This marks the start of the Race To The Chase as all ... Read More

Kasey Kahne Takes Infineon For First Career Road Race Win

Monday June 22, 2009
The 2009 Toyota / Save Mart 350 started as a strategic battle and ended as an all out dash for cash. Kasey Kahne survived a series of late race ... Read More

Will a Hired Gun Score In Sonoma?

Thursday June 18, 2009
This weekend the 2009 Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway marks the first of two road races on the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup calendar. NASCAR drivers are not known for ... Read More

Do Any Current Drivers Belong In The All-Time Top Five?

Wednesday June 17, 2009
I was thinking about the top five NASCAR drivers of All-Time recently and discovered that there is only one active driver on my list. Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Kyle ... Read More

Mark Martin Wins Fuel Mileage Michigan Race

Sunday June 14, 2009
Mark Martin only lead one lap in today's 2009 LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway but it was the most important one. Martin went from third to first on ... Read More

GM Cuts Nationwide / Truck Support

Friday June 12, 2009
An interesting bit of news hit NASCAR's Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series teams today as General Motors confirmed that it is pulling factory support from those two series. ... Read More

Kyle Busch Destroys Nashville Trophy

Monday June 8, 2009
Kyle Busch has NASCAR fans fuming after he intentionally destroyed the 2009 Federated Auto Parts 300 trophy. It is tradition in Nashville that the trophy is a beautiful custom ... Read More

Tony Stewart Wins Pocono On Fuel

Sunday June 7, 2009
Tony Stewart was slated to start the 2009 Pocono 500 from the pole. However a practice crash caused Stewart to start from the back in a backup car. Stewart ... Read More

Tony Stewart Makes NASCAR History

Friday June 5, 2009
For the first time since November 15th, 1992 an owner-driver leads the series championship standings. Tony Stewart is the first driver to lead the point standings since Alan Kulwicki ... Read More

NASCAR Implements Double-File Restarts

Thursday June 4, 2009
Big news from NASCAR today as they are changing their restart format. After years of having lapped cars line up on the inside lane and lead lap cars ... Read More

Sprint Cup Visits the Tricky Triangle

Thursday June 4, 2009
This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup stars will visit Pennsylvania for the 2009 Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. This 2.5 mile triangle features fast straights and three unique turns ... Read More

Sports Illustrated Slams Earnhardt and NASCAR

Tuesday June 2, 2009
This week's Sports Illustrated contains an essay by Stephen Cannella called "A Tune-up For Earnhardt" in which he compares Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Danica Patrick as two celebrity drivers with no ... Read More

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