Toyota exec shouldn’t start war with Cat in the Hat
You think it was OK for Toyota to call Jack Roush a cheater? Then Lee Spencer says you obviously don’t know Jack.
Sore Gordon earns Cup pole at Atlanta
Jeff Gordon, bouncing back from a hard crash in Las Vegas, felt a whole lot better Friday night after winning the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
On Sunday, Gordon walked away without injury after bouncing off the car driven by Matt Kenseth and slamming into the wall in a hit that tore apart the front of his car, leaving his radiator sitting steaming on the track.
Roush strongly denies Toyota’s accusation
Car owner Jack Roush strongly denied any intentional wrongdoing Friday in the wake of NASCAR penalties that knocked driver Carl Edwards out of first place in the Sprint Cup points and put crew chief Bob Osborne on a six-week suspension.
“Jack is mad,” a visibly upset Roush declared as he strode to a podium Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway to respond to Toyota official Lee White’s claim in a published report that Edwards’ No.
Virtual Pit Reporter: Atlanta team updates
Jeff Burton has been good at Atlanta, but will he win this week? Get updates on his team and others from the Virtual Pit Reporter.
Burton says safety changes needed after Gordon’s crash
Despite all the safety improvements in recent years, stock car racing remains a very dangerous sport.
That was never more evident than last Sunday when four-time champion Jeff Gordon had a brutal crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, hitting the unprotected inside wall on the backstretch right at an opening designed to allow safety vehicles to enter the track.
How I would handle rule infractions
If DW ran NASCAR, he wouldn’t let an obsession with minor rules violations keep teams from improving the race car.
Edwards showing his cool in tense race situations
Carl Edwards will face many tough situations, but if he handles them calmly, a title could be in his future, Jeff Owens says.
Earnhardt, other drivers weigh in on Roush Fenway’s denial (USA Today)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is convinced he got beat Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by a team that intentionally broke the rules for a performance advantage. NASCAR’s most popular driver is fine with that so much so that he doesn’t want to be declared the winner of the UAW-Dodge 400 even though he finished second to Carl Edwards, who has stripped of 100 points for having an unsecured oil tank lid …