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May 13
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Newman Knocked Off Balance at Darlington

2012 NSCS 39 car - WIX Filters - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR Late Incident Drops WIX Filters Driver to 23rd-Place Finish Date: May 12, 2012 Event: Southern 500 (Round 11 of 36) Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (1.366-mile oval) Start/Finish: 4th/23rd (Running, 367 of 368 laps completed) Point Standing: 14th (307 points, 104 points out of first) Winner: Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) in a green-white-checkered finish Driving the No. 39 WIX Filters Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), Ryan Newman finished 23rd the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 on Saturday night at Darlington (S.C) Raceway. Newman fought an ill-handling racecar for much of the evening but was still in pursuit of a top-15 result with five laps to go. However, an incident involving Newman, Kurt Busch and Aric Almirola pushed Newman back to 23rd ... FULL STORY »

Jimmie Johnson Earns His First Victory of 2012, Captures 200th Owner Win for Rick Hendrick

(R-L) Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane with team owner Rick Hendrick and NASCAR President Mike Helton after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. - Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR DARLINGTON, S.C. (May 12, 2012) – Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion Jimmie Johnson scored his first win of the 2012 season at Darlington Raceway, his 56th career victory. Johnson’s win marks the 200th trip to victory lane ... FULL STORY »

Team Chevy. 2012 NSCS Bojangles’ Southern 500 Post-Race Recaps

Team Chevy Logo RICK HENDRICK, TEAM OWNER, HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS ON 200TH WIN FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS: "My first thought...I just left the wedding of my best friend, Steve Limentani, my doctor. Congratulations to him. I want to thank all of the drivers, all of the ... FULL STORY »

Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Bojangles’ Southern 500 Post-Qualifying Recaps

Team Chevy Logo JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 2ND TELL US ABOUT THAT FIRST LAP THAT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE: “It was just a great lap. We have been working hard on the car all day. It had a lot of comfort ... FULL STORY »

2012 NSCS Bojangles’ Southern 500 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Danica Patrick

2012 Danica Patrick - Photo Credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images DANICA PATRICK., NO. 10 GODADDY.COM CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Darlington Raceway and discussed her first laps at Darlington and other topics. HOW DID PRACTICE GO?  “It’s been a busy day so far running the Nationwide car and the Cup car.  I ... FULL STORY »

Go Daddy’s Danica Patrick Revved-Up for Darlington

Danica Patrick - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland / Getty Images for NASCAR GoDaddy.com - Broadcast Sponsor of Darlington Sprint Cup Race SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (May 10, 2012) -- After an eventful weekend at Talladega in the Nationwide Series, Go Daddy's Danica Patrick is ready to take on a new challenge at Darlington Raceway. Go ... FULL STORY »

Danica Patrick – ‘The Lady in Green’ Meets ‘The Lady in Black’

Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, walks through the garage area - Photo Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (May 9, 2012) – It’s been called the toughest of all tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. So much so that Darlington (S.C.) Raceway years ago was nicknamed “The Track Too Tough To Tame.” Darlington is an ... FULL STORY »



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Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Bojangles’ Southern 500 Pre-Race Notes & Quotes
Posted 05.08.12
TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE BOJANGLES’ SOUTHERN 500 DARLINGTON RACEWAY DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA MAY 12, 2012  DID YOU KNOW? The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is officially in the “11-second” club, as engineers recently turned an 11.93-second/116-mph quarter-mile elapsed time run in a showroom-stock Camaro ZL1 automatic. A Camaro ZL1 manual ran an 11.96-second ET at 117 mph. Only ...FULL STORY »
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Ryan Newman – It’s Not Just the Fishing that Makes Darlington a Favorite
Posted 05.08.12
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (May 8, 2012) –It seems appropriate that Ryan Newman calls Darlington (S.C.) Raceway his favorite stop on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit. As the story goes, the 1.366-mile oval is uniquely configured thanks to a pond that the owner refused to relocate when constructing the racetrack in the late ...FULL STORY »
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Tony Stewart – A Tradition Like No Other
Posted 05.08.12
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (May 8, 2012) – It was a month ago when golf made its annual pilgrimage to Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club for the Masters. The tradition-laden course crafted by golfing legend Bobby Jones in 1932 that began hosting the Masters in 1934 is an iconic venue – in ...FULL STORY »
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Danica Patrick Locked Into Field for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bonjangles Southern 500
Posted 05.07.12
Patrick will be third woman to start a NASCAR Cup race at Darlington Raceway  DARLINGTON, S.C. (May 7, 2012) – With David Reutimann’s 22nd-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway, Danica Patrick and the No. 10 car have officially made the field for Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington ...FULL STORY »
2012 NSCS 14 car - Office Depot (Tony Stewart) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR
Tony Stewart – ‘Dega Derailment
Posted 05.06.12
Stewart Leads 16 Laps, but Late-Race Crash Leaves Office Depot/Mobil 1 Driver 24th Date: May 6, 2012 Event: Aaron’s 499 (Round 10 of 36) Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2.66-mile oval) Start/Finish: 8th/24th (Running, completed 190 of 194 laps in a green-white-checkered finish) Point Standing: 7th (328 points, 50 out of first) Winner: ...FULL STORY »
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Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Aaron’s 499 Post-Race Recaps
Posted 05.06.12
It was a wild Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, which extended six laps beyond it’s scheduled 188, and featured five cautions. In the final quarter, three of those cautions came within 17 laps of the checkered flag, and each involved multiple cars. The attrition rate was ...FULL STORY »
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Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Aaron’s 499 Post-Qualifying Recaps
Posted 05.05.12
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET – POLE WINNER THIS IS YOUR 71ST CAREER POLE AND YOUR 20TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF WINNING A POLE POSITION, WHICH TIES YOU WITH DAVID PEARSON FOR THE LONGEST STREAK ALL-TIME “Thank you. That’s quite an accomplishment. I’m just so proud of this DuPont Chevrolet team. We needed something ...FULL STORY »
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2012 NSCS Aaron’s 499 Pre-Race Q&A with Team Chevy Driver, Tony Stewart
Posted 05.04.12
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed the first practice, car temperatures and handling and other topics.   HOW WAS THE CAR ON THE TRACK TODAY? “It seems fine. It is so hard to tell. Practice really is hard to ...FULL STORY »
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Team Chevy, 2012 NSCS Aaron’s 499 Pre-Race Notes & Quotes
Posted 05.01.12
TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE AARON’S 499 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY TALLADEGA, ALABAMA MAY 6, 2012  DID YOU KNOW? The planned U.S. introduction of a 2.0L clean turbo diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze next year is expected to benefit from growing interest in diesel cars, sales of which could double by mid-decade, according to market research firm Baum and Associates. CHEVY RACING ...FULL STORY »


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