CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Danica Patrick has been fined $20,000 by NASCAR for walking near the race track after a crash. Kyle Busch has been fined $10,000 for failing to meet media obligations at California. Patrick was also placed on probation for four races. Contact with Kasey Kahne in Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway caused her to wreck, and…
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) – A swarm of bees has taken over the flag stand at Fontana, forcing NASCAR to improvise before the start of qualifying. The starter is using a temporary platform on the fan side of the fence to start the Sprint Cup Series qualifying laps Friday, track officials say. Track officials dispensed with most of the bees with…
By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards twice bumped on the final lap before Harvick inched over the finish line first in an overtime finish Sunday for his record eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick had the lead on the late restartbefore the charging Edwards made it a side-by-side…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Doctors are pleased at the pace Tony Stewart’s broken back is healing and have given the three-time NASCAR champion a rehabilitation program aimed to get him back in a race car. Stewart was injured Jan. 31 in an all-terrain vehicle accident. He suffered a burst fracture of the L1 vertebra and has missed the start of…
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Joe Gibbs wanted another ring and Denny Hamlin got it for him in the closest Daytona 500 finish in history. Hamlin raced to his first Daytona 500 victory Sunday, the first for Toyota, and the first in 23 years for Joe Gibbs Racing. The three-time Super Bowl winning…
