Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Charlotte, NC, United States (AHN Sports) – The writers, readers and voters have spoken as NASCAR announced the 2012 class of inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Among the five-person class to be inducted the weekend of Jan. 20, 2012 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Darlington, SC, United States (AHN Sports) – Regan Smith came out of nowhere on a final green-white-checkered finish and edged Carl Edwards to win Saturday night in the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. It was Smith’s inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win in his 105th start — even [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Richmond, VA, United States (AHN Sports) – Kyle Busch led 236 of 400 laps and was clearly the man to beat in winning Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Busch kept home-state boys and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, who won Friday night, [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Talladega, AL, United States (AHN Sports) – Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson got a push from teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win Sunday’s Aarons 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Johnson tied a NASCAR record by edging Clint Bowyer by a .002-thousands of a second. It was the [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – NASCAR penalized crew chief Peter Rondeau and Jeffrey Earnhardt returned to Rick Ware Racing as the two mended their fences. Rondeau, the crew chief for the No. 78 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was fined $25,000 for violating sections 12-1 [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Bristol, TN, United States (AHN Sports) – The week was quite tragic off the track in NASCAR this week. Daytona 500 Cinderella story Brian Keselowski had to have emergency gall bladder surgery, Richard Childress Racing’s Mike Dillon was diagnosed with a blood clot and Rick Ware Racing lost one [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Las Vegas, NV, United States (AHN Sports) – NASCAR placed Sprint Cup Series owner and driver Robby Gordon on indefinite probation following an alleged altercation in Las Vegas. A business arrangement between Gordon and defending Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year Kevin Conway allegedly turned physical in an [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Avondale, AZ, United States (AHN Sports) – Jeff Gordon snapped a long winless skid when he skirted pass Kyle Busch in the closing laps to win Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. In winning the Subway Fresh Fit 500, Gordon snapped a 66-race winless streak [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Las Vegas, NV, United States (AHN Sports) – In an effort to spice things up in its season finale IndyCar is offering $5 million to any outsider who can come in and win the season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The $5 million would be open to any [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Before Sunday’s Daytona 500, NASCAR’s Steve O’Donnell and Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood announced that the 2012 Daytona 500 will be moved ahead a week to Feb. 26. The move was made to shorten the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series [...]