Autoweek Racing Weekend Wrap-up for July 15, 2012 — SPOILER ALERT

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Sunday, July 15, 2012                  Kasey Kahne's win in New Hampshire virtually locks him into the Sprint Cup Series Chase for the Championship... Kahne takes huge step toward Chase with win at New Hampshire Kasey Kahne is smart enough to realize he may have just stolen one Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. On a day when Denny Hamlin seemed in a class by himself and was virtually unchallenged almost from the start, Kahne still managed to beat him in the...   Penske says Allmendinger will be back if second test is clean Roger Penske said on Sunday morning that A.J. Allmendinger “absolutely” will return to his team's No. 22 Dodge for the upcoming Brickyard 400 if he...   Short-Track Roundup: Victory lane interview with big winner Swindell from Eldora Sammy Swindell continued his stellar World of Outlaws sprint car racing season by winning the 29th annual Kings Royal at Ohio's Eldora Speedway Saturday night. Swindell won the race for the third time in his career and earned $50,000-- the second-largest winner's purse in sprint car racing--...   Hamlin had fastest car, finished second at New Hampshire Experience has taught Denny Hamlin the best way to handle adversity. The 32-year-old NASCAR Sprint Cup star lost a race on Sunday he almost certainly should have won. A mix-up over how many tires to change late in the ...   Peters uses late restart as springboard to Truck Series win Pole-winner Timothy Peters expanded his point lead by winning Saturday night's 200-lap, 175-mile   Travis Pastrana captures Global Rallycross win at Loudon Travis Pastrana powered his Red Bull Rallycross Dodge Dart to an impressive win in Saturday's Sylvania SilverStar zXe Global Rallycross Championship event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Pastrana won his heat handily and started third in the 10-car final before making his...   Truck Series drivers hope for expanded schedule in 2013 A drive for 25. At least that is what some NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers would relish. With the 2013 NCWTS season schedule expected to...   Newman sad to see Army leaving NASCAR In a contract year, with Stewart-Haas Racing trying to find sponsorship for his No. 39 Chevrolet, Ryan Newman got some bad news earlier this week when the U.S. Army...   Jeff Gordon heading to Rwanda to open cancer center Jeff Gordon has a long trip planned for Monday, the day after he hopes to be the fastest driver at the Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He's heading to Rwanda for the ribbon-cutting of a cancer center, part of his...   Brad Keselowski wins Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire from the pole Pole-winner and race-long dominant driver Brad Keselowski passed Kevin Harvick in late-race heavy traffic en route to winning Saturday afternoon's   Keselowski: No matter what, positive drug test a death sentence Brad Keselowski may be the only stock-car racer who can bring up Jeff Foxworthy, airplane crashes, the Flintstones and drug testing during the same 20-minute...   Keselowski takes Nationwide pole at New Hampshire Dodge driver Brad Keselowski will start from the pole in Saturday afternoon’s 200-lap NASCAR Nationwide ...   Earnhardt Jr. upbeat about retaining National Guard sponsorship Dale Earnhardt Jr. is optimistic about his sponsorship relationship with the National Guard despite the U.S. Army's decision to end its association with another team, Stewart-Haas Racing, next season. Earnhardt, in second place in NASCAR's Sprint Cup standings, said Friday he was...   Pirelli World Challenge, SCCA to partner at National Championship Runoffs The Sports Car Club of America and Pirelli World Challenge announced on Friday that the “B-Spec Shootout presented by Pirelli World Challenge” at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs as part of the subclass of the Showroom Stock C race. Top finishers in the race can win cash and...   Manager says Allmendinger has no plans to bring attorney to 'B' sample test Tara Ragan, business manager for suspended Sprint Cup Series driver A.J. Allmendinger, debunked published reports that Walldinger Racing plans to bring an attorney to the testing of Allmendinger's "B" sample, the next step in the procedure under NASCAR's substance abuse program. As set forth ...   Drivers react to Allmendinger suspension, NASCAR drug testing policy Even though A.J. Allmendinger is sitting out this week's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Loudon, New Hampshire, he's still the talk of the garages and a main topic of discussion at driver press conferences. Here's some of what's been said...   Grosjean hit with five-place grid penalty for German Grand Prix Formula One driver Romain Grosjean will have a five-place grid penalty at the German Grand Prix after the Lotus team committed to changing his gearbox for a new unit. The Frenchman picked up a problem at the end of last weekend's British Grand Prix,... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Weekend Racing E-mails or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add Autoweek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. You will not receive a reply if you use this e-mail address. Crain Communications, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207.