By David Newton Reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski says the parts that NASCAR confiscated from his car and Penske Racing teammate Joey Logano‘s last week at Texas Motor Speedway were approved.
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NASCAR hammers Keselowski, Logano teams
By Associated Press NASCAR suspended seven members of defending champion Penske Racing on Wednesday for bringing unapproved parts to Texas Motor Speedway on the cars of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano last weekend.
Keselowski won't be fined for Texas outburst
By David Newton Reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski will not be fined for his profanity-laced tirade directed at NASCAR following Saturday night’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.
From: http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/9174688/brad-keselowski-fined-texas-tirade
Motorsports: Man commits suicide at NASCAR's NRA 500 race in TX
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A suicide during this weekend’s NRA 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway will likely only add to the controversy behind the National Rifle Association‘s title sponsorship of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Kirk Franklin, 42, of Saginaw, TX, shot and killed himself in the infield of the track during late stages of the race Saturday night following an argument with other race fans.
According to a report from The Huffington Post, Franklin shot himself at 10:30 PM, and his body was found in the back seat of a pickup truck. Texas law prohibits guns at the racetrack, so it isn’t clear how or why Franklin smuggled the gun in to the track in the first place.
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Keselowski lashes out at NASCAR after race
By Terry Blount Brad Keselowski lashed out at NASCAR officials after Saturday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway because of NASCAR inspectors forcing his team to change the rear-end housing in the No. 2 Ford before the race.
Logano fails inspection, barely makes race start
By Terry Blount Joey Logano barely made it to the track Saturday night for the start of the Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway after his car failed a pre-race inspection and had more problems on a second inspection moments before the race began.
NRA flap has NASCAR scrutinizing sponsors
By Terry Blount NASCAR plans to become more involved in race sponsorship decisions by speedways in light of the continuing controversy surrounding the National Rifle Association sponsorship of the Sprint Cup race Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.
From: http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/9163799/nra-flap-nascar-scrutinizing-sponsors
NRA Sponsors Its First NASCAR Sprint Cup Race, The NRA 500, At Texas Motor Speedway
By The Huffington Post News Editors
As the gun debate rages in the wake of the Newtown shootings, the National Rifle Association has revved up its relationship with NASCAR.
The NRA will title-sponsor its first NASCAR Sprint Cup race on April 13 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, USA Today reports. The former Texas 500 will now become the NRA 500. The race will air live on Fox.
Individual tracks can negotiate their own sponsorship deals, but NASCAR gets final approval, the racing body explained in a statement to The Huffington Post.
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Report: NRA to sponsor Texas Sprint Cup race
By David Newton The National Rifle Association is expected to announce on Monday that it has reached a deal to sponsor the April 13 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway, according to a report in the Sports Business Journal. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at ESPN Headlines
NRA to sponsor Texas Sprint Cup race in April
By David Newton The National Rifle Association announced on Monday that it has reached a deal to sponsor the April 13 Sprint Cup race, known as the NRA 500, at Texas Motor Speedway. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at ESPN Headlines
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Ford Unveils Global Rallycross–Spec Fiesta ST Racer [2013 Chicago Auto Show]
By John Lamm
Ford Racing and OlsbergsMSE will build Ford Fiesta ST race cars to compete in the 2013 Global Rallycross Championship driven by two-time GRC champion Tanner Foust and 2012 runner-up Brian Deegan. The Fiesta ST race car will debut at the 2013 Chicago auto show. In addition, Ken Block and his Hoonigan Racing Division also will compete with a Fiesta ST in GRC rounds plus the four X Games events that include Rallycross—the well-known games in Los Angeles and events in Brazil, Spain, and Germany.
How quick is the OlsbergsMSE Fiesta ST GRC? How about a 0-to-60-mph time of 2.0 seconds. And how does it do that? OlsbergsMSE starts with a 2.0-liter Ford twin-cam Duratech four, caps it with its own cylinder head, and adds a Magnaflow exhaust and a big Garrett turbo. Remember, this is just a 2.o-liter turbo four, but it produces 550-plus horsepower (most likely closer to 600) and more than 590 lb-ft of torque. OlsbergsMSE builds the transmission and all-wheel-drive system including the gearshift and—important in these cars—the hydraulic handbrake. The shocks are from Öhlins, springs from Eibach, brakes via Alcon and the 17-inch wheels are Motegis. OlsbergsMSE does the exterior body panels in Kevlar, and the rear spoiler in carbon fiber. Inside is an AIM digital dash.
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Ford is coming off a successful 2013 GRC season with one-two finishes at Charlotte, Las Vegas Motor Speedways, and at SEMA, plus a podium sweep at Texas Motor Speedway. It also scored silver and bronze medals in last summer’s X Games. Ford has been the GRC manufacturers champion for the past two years, but the strongest competition comes from crosstown rivals in the form of Travis Pastrana, the 17-time X Games gold medalist who will be competing in a 600-hp Dodge Dart racer.
