Kasey Kahne Wins Third Coca-Cola 600, First with Hendrick Motorsports

Posted: May 27, 2012 by NASCARKrissy in NASCAR
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Kasey Kahne celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 27, 2012. (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Memorial Day Weekend. Definitely one of the best weekends in auto racing. Where else can you sit on the couch and watch 1100 miles of auto racing. In NASCAR it’s definitely the most patriotic and Charlotte Motor Speedway knows how to pay tribute to the men and women who have died or still serve in the United States military.

The Ford’s of Richard Petty Motorsports started on the front row in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600, but it was the Chevrolet driven by Kasey Kahne that is celebrating the victory tonight. While Kahne didn’t have the strongest car for much of the race, that honor goes to Greg Biffle who led a race high 204 laps, he had the card with the most get up and go when it counted.

Chalk the extra motivation to win up to the 200th Cup win victory party that was held in honor of Rick Hendrick on Tuesday night. Kahne wasn’t on stage as drivers for the organization that have won a race for Hendrick, however; he was introduced as the new driver for the organization during the event. After the race, Kahne climbed out of his car and said “It’s so special and awesome to drive for Rick and Linda Hendrick, we’re making big strides.” Read the rest of this entry »

Brad Keselowski Wins the History 300 from Charlotte Motor Speedway

Posted: May 26, 2012 by NASCARKrissy in NASCAR
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Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2012 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

After a horrific command to start the History 300 from Charlotte Motor Speedway was given by the guys of History Channel’s “Pawn Stars” many of the NASCAR Nationwide Series fans were wondering if the race was going to be just as bad. It was anything but horrific.

Brad Keselowski, who even his own crew chief was worried about fuel, took the checkered flag for his first victory of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series after leading the final 67 laps of the race. Keselowski, who has been close to a victory a few times this season, finally was able to get his guys at Penske Racing their first taste of victory lane.

The race started with Travis Pastrana, who had spun during qualifying earlier this morning, bringing out the first caution of the race with another spin. Luckily no one else was involved. Another driver who had an issue was Denny Hamlin. Hamlin, who would finish second, changed a carburetor during the race during the second caution of the race. NASCAR Nationwide Series points leader, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., had driveshaft problems and finished 26th. He now leads Elliott Sadler by 21 points.

When asked after the race by ESPN to give his secret for saving fuel, Keselowski declined and said “It was his secret.” He would later say that he used all the fuel trying to get Hamlin far away from him.

Could we see a Penske sweep of the weekend? After all Ryan Briscoe is on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 tomorrow.

The next race for the NASCAR Nationwide Series is next Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST at Dover International Raceway.

Unofficial Race Results:
1. Brad Keselowski
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Elliott Sadler
6. Joey Logano (Pole Sitter)
7. James Buescher
8. Justin Allgaier
9. Sam Hornish, Jr.
10. Joey Coulter
11. Austin Dillion
12. Mike Bliss
13. Danica Patrick
14. Michael Annett
15. Mike Wallace
16. Reed Sorenson
17. Kasey Kahne
18. Jeremy Clements
19. Timmy Hill
20. Tayler Malsam
21. Casey Roderick
22. Johanna Long
23. Kyle Fowler
24. Travis Pastrana
25. Joey Gase
26. Ricky Stenhouse  Jr.
27. Erik Darnell
28. Cole Whitt
29. Joe Nemechek
30. TJ Bell
31. Brian Scott
32. Jeff Green
33. Jason Bowles
34. Josh Richards
35. Danny Efland
36. Angela Cope
37. Morgan Sheperd
38. Mike Harmon
39. Robert Richardson, Jr.
40. Chase Miller
41.  Josh Wise
42. Scott Speed
43. Kevin Lepage

Joey Logano Captures Pole for History 300

Posted: May 26, 2012 by NASCARKrissy in NASCAR
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Joey Logano poses after qualifying for the pole position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2012. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Wearing the coolest fire suit of the weekend, in preparation for the release of Hitman 3, Joey Logano captured his third Coors Light Pole of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. With a speed of 179.063mph, Logano won his 19th pole of his NNS career.

Earlier in the qualifying session, Travis Pastrana spun and was unable to complete a lap. He admitted to ESPN reporters after the spin that he “just ran out of talent.” Also getting involved in a spin during qualifying for Joey Coulter. As Coulter was coming off turn three and four, he spun his car and got grass and other debris onto the front stretch.

The History 300 from Charlotte Motor Speedway starts at 2:30pm EST on ABC.

Starting Lineup:

1. Joey Logano
2. Austin Dillion
3. Danica Patrick
4. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
5. Sam Hornish, Jr.
6. Elliott Sadler
7. Kevin Harvick
8. James Buescher
9. Brian Scott
10. Brian Keselowski
11. Cole Whitt
12. Kyle Busch (MY RACE PICK)
13. Denny Hamlin
14. Kasey Kahne
15. Jason Bowles
16. Justin Allgaier
17. Josh Richards
18. Jeff Green (SUBBING AGAIN for ERIC McCLURE)
19. Mike Wallace
20. Mike Bliss
21. Joey Coulter
22. Michael Annett
23. Reed Sorenson
24. Timmy Hill
25. Jeremy Clements
26. Johanna Long
27. Josh Wise
28. Tayler Malasham
29. Joe Nemechek
30. Scott Speed
31. Kyle Fowler
32. Danny Efland
33. Kevin LePage
34. Casey Roderick
35. Angela Cope
36. Joey Gase
37. Erik Darnell
38. Chase Miller
39. TJ Bell
40. Mike Harmon
41. Robert Richardson  Jr.
42. Travis Pastrana
43. Morgan Shepherd

2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductees: Who are They?

Posted: May 25, 2012 by NASCARKrissy in NASCAR
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Leonard Wood (L) part of the 2013 class of inductees in the NASCAR Hall of Fame hugs his brother and Hall of Famer Glen Wood (R) pose after Voting Day at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 23, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Just two days ago, NASCAR announced the fourth class of inducttes into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each year five members of the NASCAR community are invited to join. This year, as a NASCAR fan, I am confused as to why one of the inductees was invited in so early. I’ll let you take a guess as to which inductee has me so confused. The 2013 Hall of Fame class will be inducted on February 8, 2013.

Cotton Owens - Everett “Cotton” Owens won nine races as driver in NASCAR’s top series, however; it is his career as an owner that NASCAR fans will remember him as. Owens hired Hall of Fame members Junior Johnson and David Pearson as drivers in the early 1960s and has 38 victories under his belt as an owner.

Leonard Wood - Wood will join his brother Glen, who was inducted in 2012. He and his brother revolutionized the modern pit stop. Woods has won five Daytona 500s as an owner and 96 races and 117 poles as a crew chief.

Buck Baker – Elzie Wylie “Buck” Baker was the first driver to win back to back championships in 1956 and 1957. He had 46 career victories.

Herb Thomas -  Thomas was one of the original superstars of NASCAR. He was the first driver to win two NASCAR premier series championships (1951 and 1953). As one of the pioneers of the sport, he deserves to be in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Rusty Wallace - 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup champ, Rusty Wallace, will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame after only being on the ballot one time. He has 55 career wins. He also influenced NASCAR to mandate roof flags. After his retirement from NASCAR in 2005, he took became announcer for ESPN as well as a team owner.

As I write this, I can’t help but cringe a little bit. The fans, who also had a vote in the decision, placed Benny Parsons, Fireball Roberts, and Wendell Scott ahead of Rusty Wallace on the ballot. These gentlemen are way more deserving of the honor before a driver who just finished his career. It’s definitely too soon for Wallace to be on the ballot. Let’s just hope some of the pioneers of a sport we all know and love get inducted before any other drivers.

What do you think NASCAR fans, should Rusty Wallace be inducted before some true pioneers of NASCAR?

Today is the Anniversary of John Starks’ “The Dunk”: May 25th, 1993

Posted: May 25, 2012 by baggydizzle in NBA
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Today is the 19th anniversary of “The Dunk” and it was the greatest moment of my life as a Knicks fan. I still remember it like it was yesterday.   I was only a child of two immigrant parents that knew nothing about this game, where behemoths fought over an orange ball and attempted to put it into a metal hoop. Their ignorance didn’t stop me from loving the sport and from cherishing the moment. I still have the poster….somewhere. Not exactly sure where it is just like I don’t know where the Knicks’ gumption was during the Miami Heat series two weeks ago.

The hesitation that Starks used to freeze BJ Armstrong and then the quick step to the right in order drive baseline that caused BJ to lose his socks and eat his shoe was just awesome. I thought he was going to stop short for a short jumper because of his diminutive stature and the fact that Horace Grant was creeping with one eye on him from the other side of the paint. But there was an opening…..and he kept going. And when he leaped into the air Read the rest of this entry »

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