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Tuesday’s rain-delayed coverage of the Nextel Cup race at Michigan on ESPN2 received a 1.7 national rating, according Nielsen Media Research.
Tony Stewart finished 10th and it was like he wasn’t on the track at Michigan. How soon we forget.
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- No fingers to point, no conspiracies to dream up. Any Dale Earnhardt Inc. fan who might think anything fishy is going on as Martin Truex Jr. tries to stay in and Dale Earnhardt Jr. attempts to claw his way back into the Chase for the Nextel Cup is off base. Just ask Earnhardt Jr.
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Kurt Busch, looking to sew up a spot in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, scored his second dominating victory in three races Tuesday by winning the rain-plagued 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Slideshow | Sunday at MichiganBROOKLYN, Mich. -- There was a window. Sadly, it turned out to be a hole into which a lot of jet fuel was poured trying to dry Michigan International Speedway and get in the 3M Performance 400 on Monday.
Race Updates | Michigan 400 Radar: Detroit (region includes Brooklyn) Slideshow | Sunday at MichiganBROOKLYN, Mich. – Ricky Rudd is almost 51 and the grueling Nextel Cup schedule has finally taken its toll on the one-time NASCAR ironman.
3:45 pm BROOKLYN, Mich. -- The 3M Peformance 400 at Michigan International Speedway is sailing -- almost literally -- into uncharted NASCAR waters.
Race Updates | Michigan 400 Slideshow | Sunday at MichiganBROOKLYN, Mich. – The 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway was rained out Sunday. That's about the only simple thing that can be said about the impact weather could have on NASCAR's top series.
Race Updates | Michigan 400 Slideshow | Sunday at Michigan Radar: Detroit (region includes Brooklyn)BROOKLYN, Mich. -- It surprised no one Saturday when Chevrolet announced it will continue its relationship with Richard Childress Racing for 2008 and beyond, re-signing the three-car team as one of its “key partners.”
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Chevrolet has only one of the past 17 races at Michigan, but it has won 17 of the 22 races held this year and has nine of the 12 drivers currently in position to make this year’s Chase.
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Jeff Gordon is the most recent Chevrolet driver to win at Nextel Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. That was 12 races ago at this 2-mile track, in June 2001.
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Denny Hamlin had victory so firmly in hand in the closing moments of Saturday’s Carfax 250 race in the NASCAR Busch Series that he had time to plot a practical joke.
Slideshow | Saturday at Michigan Race Results | Michigan 250BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Saturday he figured all along that his stepmother, Teresa Earnhardt, wouldn’t let him have the No. 8 when he goes to Hendrick Motorsports.
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Chad Knaus, back with the No. 48 team this weekend after serving a six-week suspension for unapproved body modifications on the car submitted for inspections at Infineon Raceway in June, says he still doesn’t feel like what he did was wrong.
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 1968 First NWCS Race: Motor State 500, June 5, 1969 Qualifying Record: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 191.149 mph (37.667 sec.), 8/18/00 Race Record: Dale Jarrett, 173.997 mph, 6/13/99 Owner: ISC President: Brett Shelton Phone: (517) 592-6666 Tickets: (800) 354-1010 Shipping Address: 12626 US Hwy 12 Brooklyn, MI 49230 Mailing Address: 12626 US Hwy 12 Brooklyn, MI 49230 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 2 Mile Oval Banking in Turns 1-4: 18° Banking on Frontstretch: 12° Banking on Backstretch: 5° Length of Frontstretch: 3,600 ft. Length of Backstretch: 2,242 ft. Grandstand Seating: 136,384 Miles/Laps: 400 mi. = 200 laps |
