By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 04/01/2012

The hot and windy conditions at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway helped Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang hold onto the No. 1 qualifying position, his second of 2012, at the 13th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals. Hight will start...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/29/2012

A lot has changed during Jeff Gordon's 20 seasons of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing, the least of which is Martinsville Speedway.  The seven-time track winner posted only one top-10 finish in his first four outings at the 0.526-mile Virginia track,...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/29/2012

When Robert Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang defeated Johnny Gray in the finals of the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals he won his second consecutive race of the season and a 55” flat screen TV for Johnny Stanley of Orlando, Florida compliments...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/25/2012

With the Auto Club 400 only already upon us, preparing for this once a year NASCAR style extravaganza  in Fontana, California, has been in the planning stages since Kevin Harvick crossed the finish in last year’s upset over hometown favorite...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/23/2012

This past Wednesday, Toyota NASCAR driver Kyle Busch visited Williams Elementary School to speak about NASCAR, his racing career and Toyota Racing’s Sponsafier program, as well as participate in a question and answer session with students, as part...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/23/2012

El piloto de Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Juan Pablo Montoya agradece la cobertura de ESPN Deportes La Revista (la versión en español de ESPN the Magazine) de este mes. Esta es la segunda vez que el corredor internacional...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/21/2012

When Carl Edwards tied in points (losing the tiebreaker) for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship he and the No. 99 team were reminded how important every point is throughout the season.  When Edwards’ Cheez-It Ford was severely damaged...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/19/2012

The 2010 NASCAR Nationwide champion, and Sprint cup driving star Brad Keselowski will be making his annual stop at SpeedZone’s Speedfest in the City Of Industry on Friday March 23rd from 6-9pm. Keselowski who drives the Penske Racing #2 Miller ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/17/2012

Get your tickets to the Auto Club 400 race weekend March 23-25 at Auto Club Speedway and then get ready to get your autograph on.   Throughout the weekend, Autograph Alley, located in the infield at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Garage, is the place to ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/17/2012

Latin band, La Santa Cecilia will perform on the DiscoverIE FanZone Entertainment Stage prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 race on Sunday, March 25 from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. La Santa Cecilia exemplifies the modern-day creative...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/16/2012

JoJo, the youngest artist to ever reach #1 at the Top 40 Radio Format and the youngest solo artist to have a #1 song on Billboard Charts (both at age 13), will perform the National Anthem prior to the start of the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/16/2012

This weekend Roush Fenway Racing rolls into “Thunder Valley” for what looks to be a wild weekend at the world’s most frenzied half-mile track.  Perhaps the most intense track on the circuit, some have gone as far as to describe...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/15/2012

Robert Hight won for the second time in 2012 defeating Johnny Gray in the final round of the 43rd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals presented by napafilters.com. For Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team is was their second consecutive final...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/08/2012

Perhaps no track on the NASCAR circuit exhibits Roush Fenway’s ’25 Winning Years’ dominance better than Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where RFR has won exactly half of the 14 Sprint Cup races at the 1.5-mile track. From the moment Roush...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/07/2012

As the NHRA starts its season on the East Coast at the 43rd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team want to keep their momentum rolling. Hight sits in second place in the Full Throttle Funny Car point ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 03/03/2012

Jack Roush launched his newly formed NASCAR operation on Feb. 14, 1988 and on the day Roush and driver Mark Martin finished their inaugural run in a back-up car in 41st position, young crew chief Jimmy Fennig led NASCAR Hall-of-Famer Bobby Allison to...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/21/2012

With the recent news that racing for the 2012 season at Irwindale Speedway has been cancelled, it’s time to put all the rumors to rest about what many felt would be the future of the track. As the drivers, fans, and media waited for official word...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/20/2012

Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang raced into the record books extending a number of personal best streaks today winning the 28th annual Arizona NHRA Nationals in a great all John Force Racing final round against teammate Mike Neff. In the final...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/19/2012

Competing with a backup car not even built for a superspeedway, Jack Roush and his newly formed Roush Racing team covered only 19 laps before overheating and finishing 41st in its debut Daytona 500 on Feb. 14, 1988. Humble beginnings for a team that ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/18/2012

Competing with a backup car not even built for a superspeedway, Jack Roush and his newly formed Roush Racing team covered only 19 laps before overheating and finishing 41st in its debut Daytona 500 on Feb. 14, 1988. Humble beginnings for a team that ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/18/2012

In the desert outside of Phoenix John Force Racing continued to turn up the heat on the rest of the Funny Car field. In each session today of the Arizona NHRA Nationals, a JFR Ford Mustang picked up at least one qualifying bonus point and at the end ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/17/2012

Richard Childress Racing and K&N Engineering, Inc., the inventor and leading innovator of reusable cotton gauze filter technology for automotive applications, have reached agreement on a multi-year partnership for ECR Engines' NASCAR program. The...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/15/2012

Coming off one of the strongest outings in the organization’s ‘25 Winning Years,’ Roush Fenway Racing will look to build on the performance that saw the team place five different drivers in victory lane in 2012, while collecting 17 ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/14/2012

John Force bounced back from a dismal end to the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle season with his sixth win at the O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals today. It was the 134th win of the 15-time champion’s career and also the four round wins today give the...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/12/2012

When you think about motorsports, usually the first thing that comes to mind is the danger that lurks when automobiles are taken beyond what they were originally built for. The thrill of victory, along with the agony of defeat is usually only a few seconds...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/12/2012

Robert Hight went from zero to hero in eight hour at the 52nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals. Going into the third qualifying session Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang Funny Car were on the outside of the field but after a 4.06...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/11/2012

Heading into the weekend at the 52nd annual O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals John Force Racing is half in and half out but totally focused. Led by John Force and Courtney Force in the provisional No. 6 and No. 8 positions respectively, John Force ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/10/2012

The 2012 NHRA season got off to a “Force-ful” start as Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future rookie of the year candidate, Courtney Force made her official pro debut at the 52nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals....
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/09/2012

As soon as the 2011 Full Throttle Drag Racing season came to a close Robert Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang team raced to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to get a jump start on 2012. They took the lessons learned in Vegas into the shop for...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/08/2012

The NASCAR media named Matt Kenseth’s 2003 NASCAR Cup Championship as the top moment in Roush Fenway’s “25 Winning Years.” The 2003 Championship won the vote, much in the same fashion as Kenseth meticulously dominated the 2003...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/02/2012

John Medlen, who won an NHRA Funny Car championship as crew chief to Tony Pedregon, helped design and develop the BOSS 500 Ford nitro motor and served as the “safety conscience” for drag racing after the tragic death of his son, Eric, confirmed...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 02/02/2012

Through an ownership group of area racers and businessmen, led by James Vernon, the long-awaited Kern County Raceway Park is finally set to open as soon as late 2012, it was announced today.  The crown jewel of KCRP is a half-mile paved oval with...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/29/2012

Coming off one of the strongest seasons in its quarter-decade history, Roush Fenway Racing will commemorate 2012 by celebrating its 25th Anniversary of racing at NASCAR’s highest levels. Roush Fenway kicked off its “25 Winning Years”...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/29/2012

Veteran NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan will compete in four races on the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, driving Richard Childress Racing's No. 33 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Impala in addition to his previously announced 18-race ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/27/2012

NHRA introduced two of the most intriguingrookie drivers in the history of the sport to the national motorsports media today during a press conference conducted as part of the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway. The legendary...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/25/2012

In a nod to its commitment to the sport, American Ethanol today announced at the NASCAR Preview fan event in Charlotte, N.C., that it will continue relationships with Richard Childress Racing and RAB Racing for the 2012 season. Austin Dillon, 2011 NASCAR...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/22/2012

  Robert Hight ended the two day PRO Winter Warm-Up with a thundering, 4.034 seconds at 316.67 mph run, which was the quickest and fastest Funny Car run of testing. Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang were also the quickest Funny Car in the first...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/21/2012

The 2nd annual PRO Winter Warm-Ups got off to a hot start for Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team. The 2009 NHRA Funny Car champion recorded two of the quickest runs of the evening sessions including a blazing run, 4.056 seconds, to close...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/21/2012

The 2nd annual PRO Winter Warm-Ups got off to a hot start for Robert Hight and the Auto Club Ford Mustang team. The 2009 NHRA Funny Car champion recorded two of the quickest runs of the evening sessions including a blazing run, 4.056 seconds, to close...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/20/2012

John Force Racing began its 2012 campaign for an unprecedented 18th NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car championship today at Palm Beach International Raceway. All four JFR Ford MustangFunny Cars made passes and at the end of the day all four showed signs of...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/19/2012

Sergio Pena will be behind the wheel  of the # 1 Toyota Camry for Hattori Racing Enterprises for the 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Pena, an 18-year old Winchester, VA native will enter his 3rd season on the K&N Pro Series East in 2012,...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 01/06/2012

he University of Northwestern Ohio will be a major associate sponsor partner of Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado in Ty Dillon's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rookie season in 2012. The University of Northwestern Ohio's (UNOH) ...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/23/2011

Reigning NASCAR and three-time Cup Series champion Tony Stewart is the overwhelming winner of this year's Driver of the Year Award. He also won the DOTY Award in 2005, the year he won the second of his three Cup titles. Driving for his own Stewart-Haas...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/17/2011

Greg Zipadelli, winner of two championships and 34 victories as a crew chief in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been named competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR). He will work with Vice President of Competition Matt Borland and oversee the...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/15/2011

Roush Fenway Racing and Kellogg Company have announced the multi-year extension of their NASCAR partnership.  Kellogg will serve as a primary sponsor of the No. 99 Ford for four Sprint Cup races in 2012, teaming its famed Kellogg’s Frosted...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/13/2011

Veteran NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan will compete in 10 races on the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule, driving Richard Childress Racing's No. 33 Chevrolet Impala, and in eight races on the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule, driving...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/12/2011

Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon has been elected to the 2011 All-America Team by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association, following a vote by the national motorsports professionals belonging to the organization. The AARWBA...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/10/2011

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, a leading packaged foods company, and Richard Childress Racing have reached a partnership agreement for sponsorship of two of RCR's teams for 2012. Pinnacle's Armour® brand will be the primary sponsor for three NASCAR Nationwide...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/08/2011

Every year since 1998, ESPN The Magazine has recognized an elite group of emerging athletes to watch in the year ahead -- athletes they call NEXT. They are competitors not only on the cusp of stardom, but on the verge of transcending their sports. NEXT...
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By SalSigalaJr @ 3 Wide and 1 To Go 12/07/2011

Every year since 1998, ESPN The Magazine has recognized an elite group of emerging athletes to watch in the year ahead -- athletes they call NEXT. They are competitors not only on the cusp of stardom, but on the verge of transcending their sports. NEXT...
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