Motor Sports

Toyota….Fontana….

THANKS TO SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: February 22, 2007   Dale Jarrett may have been the lone bright spot in a debut Daytona 500 performance Toyota would probably rather forget. AP       Whenever you’re the new kid in town, the last thing you want to do is ruffle any feathers your first day of school. […]

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ADDING FUEL TO THE WALTRIP TOYOTA FIRE: SOME of the good ol’ boys in the NASCAR paddock are having a pretty good laugh to themselves right about now

This whole thing is starting to smell really bad, no pun intended. Were NASCAR inspectors looking especially close to the new Toyotas? Again, why would MICHAEL WALTRIP  RACING pull this at the start of the first season? It’s been LOTS of publicity for the sport in general during an already (ESPN) packed week that had […]

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Bobby Hamilton, longtime NASCAR driver, dead at 49

ESPN.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. Bobby Hamilton, the longtime NASCAR driver who won the 2001 Talladega 500 and was the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series champion, died Sunday of cancer, said Liz Allison, a family friend who co-hosted a radio show with Hamilton. He was 49. Hamilton was at home with his family when he died, said Allison, […]

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