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Dodge to bring Challenger to Nationwide Series

Posted Monday, Nov 2, 2009, 11:20 am in Motorsports Tagged: Dashboard | Comments Off

On Oct. 30, Dodge Motorsports revealed the Dodge Challenger as the “New Car” for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and announced an expansion of its partnership with Penske Racing beginning in 2010.
Dodge will provide support for Penske Racing’s two-car operation in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, in addition to Penske’s three teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
“As [...]

Kahne avoids mishaps, finishes 2nd at Talladega

Posted Monday, Nov 2, 2009, 10:48 am in Motorsports Tagged: Dashboard | Comments Off

Kasey Kahne had to start at the rear of the 43-car field in the No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger after an engine change on Friday, but selected the right drafting partners and managed to evade two late-race mishaps to finish second in Sunday’s AMP Energy 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. It was his best finish [...]

High speeds, drama await Dodge Boys at Talladega

Posted Thursday, Oct 29, 2009, 4:15 pm in Motorsports Comments Off

The Dodge Boys return to Talladega Superspeedway for the Amp Energy 500 where the ghosts and goblins of the anticipated “big one” creates a nightmare for those trying to conquer the super fast 2.66-mile tri-oval this Halloween weekend.
The seventh race of the 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will truly be the wild card [...]

Dodge Boys find tough going at Martinsville

Posted Monday, Oct 26, 2009, 9:30 am in Motorsports Tagged: Dashboard | Comments Off

Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is the smallest track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit, a .526-mile, paper clip-shaped oval, but considered one of the toughest on the schedule.
It proved to be tough for the Dodge Boys Sunday afternoon in the Tums Fast Relief 500. It was typical short-track beating and banging for 500 laps. When [...]

Kahne, Busch face tough test at Martinsville

Posted Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, 2:54 pm in Motorsports Comments Off

The ‘paper clip-shaped’ Martinsville, Va., Speedway hosts this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, the Tums Fast Relief 500—it’s the sixth of 10 races in the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup.
One of the country’s oldest racing facilities, the .526-mile track hosted events during NASCAR’s debut season of 1949 and still poses problems for today’s [...]

Kahne finishes third, moves up standings

Posted Monday, Oct 19, 2009, 11:26 am in Motorsports Tagged: Dashboard | Comments Off

Kasey Kahne used a third-place finish in Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway to move up two spots to ninth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

The temperatures fell into the mid-40s before the 334-lap race ended just before midnight, but Kahne had the No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger putting plenty [...]

Kahne seeks to rekindle Lowe’s success

Posted Thursday, Oct 15, 2009, 5:26 pm in Motorsports Tagged: Dashboard | Comments Off

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500, the fifth of 10 races that will decide this season’s series champion.
Saturday night’s event will mark the halfway point of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup.
With its close proximity to many of the team’s [...]

Busch finishes 8th at Fontana, Hornish 12th

Posted Monday, Oct 12, 2009, 10:05 am in Motorsports Tagged: Dashboard | Comments Off

Kurt Busch continues to rack up top-10 finishes in the Chase for the Championship. He finished eighth Sunday in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, his third top-10 in the four Chase events.
Busch started a disappointing 25th, but it became evident early in the race the No. 2 Dodge was much better than the [...]

Busch looks to gain ground in Chase

Posted Friday, Oct 9, 2009, 12:47 pm in Motorsports Comments Off

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship heads to Auto Club Speedway in suburban Los Angeles (Fontana) for this weekend’s Pepsi 500, the fourth of 10 races that will decide this season’s series champion.
Auto Club Speedway, a two-mile oval that is almost identical to Michigan International Speedway, will serve plenty of challenges for drivers [...]

Kahne sixth, Busch 11th at Kansas

Posted Monday, Oct 5, 2009, 10:12 am in Motorsports Comments Off

Kasey Kahne posted his career-best finish at Kansas Speedway Sunday with a sixth-place effort in the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. It was Kahne’s second consecutive top-10 finish and moved the driver of the No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger up to 11th in the Chase for the Championship standings.
Kahne started sixth, raced in the [...]

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