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Four races into its new “Boys, have at it” era, NASCAR officials have a dilemma on their hands.
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After two years as a studio analyst at ESPN, former Sprint Cup Series regular and Maine native Ricky Craven is readying to take the next step in his NASCAR broadcasting career.
Craven will leave the cozy confines of the studio behind on April 3 and make his first foray into race coverage when he joins the ESPN broadcast booth for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Nashville 300 from Nashville Superspeedway.
Craven, a Newburgh, Me. native former K&N Pro Series East champion, will join Dale Jarrett and Marty Reid in the booth for ESPN's Nationwide Series telecast from Nashville.
Its expected to be the first of a few appearances for Craven calling events this year for ESPN.
Craven, who retired from full-time racing in the Sprint Cup Series after the 2004 season, will be filling in for regular ESPN Nationwide Series analyst Andy Petree for the Nashville event.
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Team owner Jack Roush said Wednesday he's satisfied with the penalty NASCAR levied against driver Carl Edwards for his intentional accident with Brad Keselowski.
Four races into its new “Boys, have at it” era, NASCAR officials have a dilemma on their hands. Should they penalize Carl Edwards for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday or let him get away with one of the most blatant acts the sport has seen in some time?
Now that drivers have seen how NASCAR responded to the Carl Edwards-Brad Keselowski incident at Atlanta, they at least have an idea of what NASCAR officials meant when they said earlier this year that they were going to loosen the reins on drivers.
Robby Gordon Motorsports is one of three Sprint Cup teams currently guaranteed a starting spot each week based on 2009 owner points, but is in danger of losing that protection heading into next week’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Seven months of negotiations have put NASCAR and its top teams in position to create the first NASCAR Properties, a trust that will serve as a centralized licensing agency for the sport.