Major sponsorship deals indicate NASCAR economy is turning

Friday,February 3rd, 2012

At last, there's a large patch of blue to break up the doom and gloom that has clouded the NASCAR economy for the past three seasons. To major corporations, there is still a strong perceived value in association with NASCAR teams and with the sport itself, but the focus of those commitments has changed, along with the numbers of dollars sponsors are willing to allocate to motorsports marketing.

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Kevin Harvick Inducted Into Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame

Friday,February 3rd, 2012

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Kevin Harvick returned Wednesday to where his racing career began -- his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. -- to be inducted into the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame. A sold-out gathering greeted their hometown hero, who went from racing go-karts around the Bakersfield area as a 5-year-old to winning the Daytona 500 in 2007.

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Mother of NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth passes

Thursday,February 2nd, 2012

Nicola Sue Kenseth, the mother of 2003 NASCAR Sprint Matt Kenseth passed away Tuesday morning in Wisconsin. ‘Nicki’ as she was known to family and friends, succumbed after a long battle with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Mrs. Kenseth was 63. The news was announced vie Twitter Tuesday: We are sad to announce that Matt & Kelley's mother, Nicki Kenseth, has passed away after a lengthy illness.

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David Ragan learned lessons during offseason job search

Thursday,February 2nd, 2012

Forget talent. Forget performance. Forget that you won a race last year in NASCAR's foremost series. That wasn't what mattered to many of the car owners who talked to David Ragan during his frustrating offseason search for a new job. Here's Ragan's wry assessment of the first few questions in a typical Sprint Cup job interview: " 'How much money do you have? Do you have a sponsor? How much money you got in your back pocket?'

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Fire causes evacuations at Joe Gibbs Racing

Wednesday,February 1st, 2012

Fire officials confirmed late Tuesday that a minor fire broke out in a building belonging to NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing. Officials from the Huntersville police department said a machine caught fire inside the machine shop located in the JGR complex in Huntersville North Carolina. Witnesses reported seeing smoke from nearby Interstate-77. The fire however was confined to a small area of the shop.

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Rocky Mountain High for Regan

Wednesday,February 1st, 2012

Regan Smith's stunning breakthrough in winning the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway was one of the brightest moments of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series last season. But one of his more dramatic moves took place far west of sandy South Carolina. Smith wanted to be closer to his Furniture Row Racing team.

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