UPCOMING RACE SCHEDULE:
IZOD IndyCar Series:
Sunday, Mar. 14, Sao Paulo Indy 300, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11am (IMS)
NEXT WEEK:
Camping World Truck Series:
Saturday, Mar. 20, Scotts Turf Builder 300, from Bristol, 1:30pm (PRN)
Sprint Cup Series:
Sunday, Mar. 21, Food City 500, from Bristol, 12 noon (PRN)
Post race show follows immediately after the race.
RACING NEWS PROGRAMS ON 1290 WHKY-AM
Monday: Fast Talk, 7-8pm
Tuesday: NASCAR Live, 7-8pm
Wednesday: The Pit Reporters, 7-8pm
Monday-Friday: NASCAR Today, 6:50pm
Monday-Friday: Garage Pass, 8:50pm
NASCAR News
► NASCAR has placed Roush Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards on probation for the next three Sprint Cup Series events in the wake of Sunday’s on-track altercation with Brad Keselowski that sent the Penske Racing driver spinning onto the roof of his Number-12 Dodge and eventually getting airborne before stopping right-side up - with no injuries to Keselowski. Edwards, who was parked immediately after the wreck, all but admitted it was payback for an incident between the two earlier in the race. Keselowski was running in sixth place just two laps from the finish when he was tagged by Edwards - who had returned to the track after losing more than a hundred laps in the garage while repairs were made to his Number-99 Ford. The period of probation for Edwards will include races at Bristol, Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway. (John Singler,
MRN Radio)
► Two crew members have been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy: Matthew Huffstetler of Daisy Ramirez Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series and William Keith from Front Row Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series. Keith is a former brother-in-law of Jeremy Mayfield, who remains the only driver to be placed under indefinite suspension since NASCAR beefed up monitoring and enforcement of its substance abuse policy prior to the start of the 2009 season. NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston says he does not expect Keith’s suspension to have an impact in the ongoing legal battles between Mayfield and NASCAR. (John Singler,
MRN Radio)
DRIVER SPOTLIGHT
► KURT BUSCH is the driver of the Number-2 Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. His crew chief at Penske Racing is Steve Addington.
► Busch (Las Vegas, Nevada) is coming off his twenty-first career victory Sunday in the Kobalt Tools 500 and his second straight win in Atlanta Motor Speedway’s early-season race. The last driver to accomplish that feat was Carl Yarborough … who won three in a row from 1967 through 1969.
► The 2004 Cup Series champion is currently tenth in the Sprint Cup Series standings - 142 points behind leader Kevin Harvick but just fifty-six back of fifth-place Clint Bowyer.
► Busch’s eight-point margin over Jimmie Johnson in the 2004 championship race is the closest finish in Cup Series history.
► Busch (31) is in the eleventh year of his Cup Series career, the first six spent with Roush Fenway Racing.
► He made the three hundredth start of his career in April 2009 at Phoenix International Raceway and marked the occasion with a third-place finish.
► Busch resides in Mooresville, North Carolina. His hobbies include skiing, hunting and four-wheeling. (John Singler,
MRN Radio)
TRACK FACT
► The Number-56 Michael Waltrip Racing crew won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500. It helped Martin Truex Junior spend the least amount of total time on pit road en route to a twenty-seventh-place finish. (John Singler,
MRN Radio)
NASCAR BIRTHDAYS
Drivers Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, Wisconsin) and Mike Wallace (St. Louis, Missouri) are celebrating birthdays today. Kenseth is turning 38 while Wallace is now 51. (John Singler,
MRN Radio)
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE
March 10th, 1994: Shawna Robinson became the first female to win a pole position for a major NASCAR touring race, starting Number-1 in the Busch Series race (now the Nationwide Series) two days later at Atlanta Motor Speedway. However, engine failure on Lap Sixty-three of the 195-lap event forced Robinson out of competition. She finished thirty-sixth in the race, which was won by Harry Gant. (John Singler,
MRN Radio)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
1290 WHKY 2010 broadcast schedule: (schedule subject to change without notice)
Sun 3/21, Bristol, Food City 500
Sun 3/28, Martinsville, Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500
Sat 4/10, Phoenix, Subway Fresh Fit 500
Sun 4/18, Texas, Samsung 500
Sun 4/25, Talladega, Aaron’s 499
Sat 5/1, Richmond, Crown Royal 400
Sat 5/8, Darlington, Southern 500
Sun 5/16, Dover, Autism Speaks 400
Sat 5/22, Charlotte, NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race
Sun 5/30, Charlotte, Coca-Cola 600
Sun 6/6, Pocono, Pocono 500
Sun 6/13, Michigan, Lifelock 400
Sun 6/20, Infineon, Toyota/Save Mart 350
Sun 6/27, New Hampshire, Lenox 301
Sat 7/3, Daytona, Coke Zero 400
Sat 7/10, Chicago, Lifelock.com 400
Sun 7/25, Indianapolis, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
Sun 8/1, Pocono, Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
Sun 8/8, Watkins Glen, Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dip at the Glen
Sun 8/15, Michigan, Carfax 500
Sat 8/21, Bristol, Irwin Tools 500
Sun 9/5, Atlanta, Labor Day 500
Sun 9/11, Richmond, Chevy Rock and Roll 400
Sun 9/19, Loudon, Sylvania 300
Sun 9/26, Dover, AAA 400
Sun 10/3, Kansas, Price Chopper 400
Sun 10/10, California, Pepsi 500
Sat 10/16, Charlotte, Bank of America 500
Sun 10/24, Martinsville, Martinsville 500
Sun 10/31, Talladega, Amp Energy 500
Sun 11/7, Texas, Lone Star 500
Sun 11/14, Phoenix, Checker Auto Parts 500
Sun 11/21, Miami, Ford 400
NASCAR Nationwide Series
1290 WHKY 2010 broadcast schedule: (schedule subject to change without notice)
Sat 3/20, Bristol, Scotts 300
Sat 4/3, Nashville, TBD
Fri 4/9, Phoenix, Bashas Supermarkets 200
Sat 4/17, Texas, O’Reilly 300
Sat 4/24, Talladega, Aaron’s 312
Fri 4/30, Richmond, Lipton Tea 250
Fri 5/7, Darlington, Diamond Hill Plywood 200
Sat 5/15, Dover, Heluva Good! 200
Sat 5/29, Charlotte, Carquest 300
Sat 6/5, Nashville, Federated Auto Parts 300
Sat 6/12, Kentucky, Meijer 300
Sat 6/19, Milwaukee, Northern Tool.com 250
Sat 6/26, New Hampshire, Camping World 200
Fri 7/2, Daytona, Subway Jalepeno 250
Fri 7/9, Chicago, Dollar General 300
Sat 7/17, Gateway, Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250
Sat 7/24, Indy Race Park, Kroger 200
Sat 7/31, Iowa, U.S. Cellular 250
Sat 8/7, Watkins Glen, Zippo 200
Sat 8/14, Michigan, Carfax 250
Fri 8/20, Bristol, Food City 250
Sun 8/29, Montreal, NAPA Auto Parts 200
Sat 9/4, Atlanta, Nicorette 300
Sat 9/25, Dover, Dover 200
Sat 10/2, Kansas, Kansas Lottery 300
Sat 10/9, California, Copart 300
Sat 10/23, Gateway, TBD
Sat 11/6, Texas, O’Reilly Challenge 300
Sat 11/13, Phoenix, Hefty Odor Block 200
Sat 11/20, Miami, Ford 300
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
1290 WHKY 2010 broadcast schedule: (schedule subject to change without notice)
Sat 3/27, Martinsville, Kroger 250
Fri 4/2, Nashville, TBD
Sun 5/2, Kansas, O’Reilly Auto Parts 250
Fri 5/14, Dover, AAA Insurance 200
Fri 5/21, Charlotte, NC Education Lottery 200
Fri 6/4, Texas, Winstar World Casino 400k
Sat 6/12, Michigan, Michigan 200
Fri 6/18, Milwaukee, TBD
Sun 7/11, Iowa, Lucas Oil 200
Fri 7/16, Gateway, Copart 200
Fri 7/23, Indy Race Park, AAA Insurance 200
Sat 7/31, Pocono, TBD
Sat 8/7, Nashville, Toyota Tundra 200
Wed 8/18, Bristol, O’Reilly 200
Sat 9/18, Loudon, Heluva Good! 200
Sat 9/25, Las Vegas, Las Vegas 350
Sat 10/23, Martinsville, Kroger 200
Sat 10/30, Talladega, Mountain Dew 250
Indy Car Series
1290 WHKY 2010 broadcast schedule: (schedule subject to change without notice)
Sun 3/14, Brazil, 12 noon
Sun 4/11, Birmingham, 3pm
Sat 5/1, Kansas, 1:30pm
Sun 5/30, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, 12 noon
Sat 6/5, Texas, 8pm
Sun 7/4, Watkins Glen, 3:30pm
Sun 7/18, Toronto, 12:30pm
Sun 7/25, Edmonton, 5pm
Sun 8/22, Infineon, 5pm
Sat 8/28, Chicago, 7pm
Sat 9/4, Kentucky, 8pm
Sat 9/18, Japan, 10pm
Sat 10/2, Miami, 6pm
