Article Archive
January 9, 2009
It's been a long, fun ride with the Pettys
No matter what they call this new NASCAR Sprint Cup team, the union of Petty Holdings and Gillett Evernham Motorsports announced... Continue
January 8, 2009
Former owner McClure takes plea on tax charges
Larry McClure, whose Virginia-based team won the Daytona 500 three times, will plead guilty to tax charges, according to a plea...... Continue
January 6, 2009
What would you have in a NASCAR Fan Bill of Rights?
NASCAR reporter Dustin Long is looking at doing a future story about fans, and he's thinking about creating a NASCAR Fan Bill of... Continue
December 31, 2008
Report: Petty Enterprise merger with Gillett Evernham finalized
Petty Enterprises has finalized a deal to merge with Gillett Evernham Motorsports in a deal that is set to be formally announced... Continue
December 23, 2008
Davis sells NASCAR team, High Point-based company
CHARLOTTE -- Just a month removed from his first NASCAR championship but hampered by the current economic crisis, owner Bill Dav... Continue
December 22, 2008
High Point NASCAR team sold
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Just a month removed from his first NASCAR championship, but hampered by the current economic crisis, owner B... Continue
December 19, 2008
Former official pleased with NASCAR settlement
CHARLOTTE (AP) - The former official who filed a $225 million racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against NASCAR... Continue
December 18, 2008
NASCAR settles $225 million suit with ex-official
CHARLOTTE (AP) - NASCAR has settled a $225 million lawsuit filed by a former official who said she was subjected to racial discr... Continue
NASCAR testing drivers for doping next month
CHARLOTTE (AP) - NASCAR will test drivers for performance-enhancing drugs next month under a tougher policy that also bans using... Continue
December 17, 2008
Section of I-85 named for NASCAR team owner
WELCOME (MCT) — One of NASCAR's most famous team owners now has a section of Interstate 85 in Davidson County named in his hon... Continue
Gillett Evernham to lay off about 65
STATESVILLE (AP) - Gillett Evernham Motorsports will lay off about 65 employees in several departments as part of scaling back i... Continue
December 12, 2008
Labonte splits with Petty
CHARLOTTE -- Bobby Labonte has been released from his contract with Petty Enterprises to drive the No. 43 Dodges, making him a f... Continue
December 11, 2008
Labonte leaves cash-strapped Petty Enterprises
CHARLOTTE (AP) - Former NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte was released from his contract with Petty Enterprises, which was trying to... Continue
December 8, 2008
Petty Enterprises releases at least 35 employees
CHARLOTTE (AP) - Petty Enterprises released at least three dozen employees Monday as the team continues to search for either a m... Continue
December 6, 2008
Pettys’ ride may be over if merger takes place
Petty Enterprises, the company that sprang from the red soil and backroads of Randolph County to dominate stock-car racing, is c... Continue
December 5, 2008
Petty enters merger talks with GEM
NEW YORK -- Petty Enterprises is in discussions to merge its storied franchise with Gillett Evernham Motorsports, The Associated... Continue
December 4, 2008
Report: Petty Enterprise in merger talks
NEW YORK (AP) - Petty Enterprises is in discussions to merge its storied franchise with Gillett Evernham Motorsports, The Associ... Continue
December 2, 2008
NASCAR's Ray Evernham buys small dirt track
MOORESVILLE (AP) - NASCAR team owner Ray Evernham has bought a small North Carolina dirt track to preserve what he said is a dis... Continue
November 20, 2008
Change is coming for NASCAR
NASCAR Chairman Brian France vowed before this season to "minimize change" in the sport. Don't expect him to make such a pledge...... Continue
November 18, 2008
What's next? NASCAR should reach out to fans
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - There's a championship to ponder, a banquet to plan and some holiday shopping ahead, but atop NASCAR's to-do l... Continue
November 17, 2008
Johnson ties Yarborough's record of 3 straight titles
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The journey began nine months ago near Daytona's beaches, wound across the country and ended Sunday night abo... Continue
November 16, 2008
Hardin: NASCAR has season of change, turmoil
Another season will come full circle again today on a perfectly shaped racing oval in Florida some 259 miles, as the vulture fli... Continue
Era comes to end for Stewart today
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Today's NASCAR Sprint Cup season finale marks the end of an era for Tony Stewart, who will leave the only tea... Continue
Racing turns into class war
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Once a sport of the common man, NASCAR has become an elitist society where the gulf between upper and middle...... Continue
November 15, 2008
NASCAR ditches testing at tracks
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- NASCAR's testing ban for next year is not about survival. It's too late for some teams. The new rule also isn... Continue
