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Auto Racing News Provided by The Tennessee Truck Driving School

01/27/2012 - 12:08am
Smith, Furniture Row Racing looking to build on successful 2011
In 2011, Regan Smith was one of five first time winners during the Sprint Cup season.
01/26/2012 - 11:58pm
Penske Racing, Miller extend NASCAR partnership
Brad Keselowski currently drives the No. 2 Miller Dodge in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series.
01/26/2012 - 1:30am
Hendrick: 'If we don't get championship it's our fault'
The car owner says 2012 is a 'no excuse' year.
01/25/2012 - 1:32am
Bayne ready for Daytona, Kenya
Next month, the Knoxville racer will try to become just the fourth driver to ever win the Daytona 500 in consecutive years.
01/24/2012 - 1:57am
With new crew chief in place, Stewart eyes another successful season
Tony Stewart captured his third Sprint Cup championship last November.
01/16/2012 - 4:52pm
Ragan to drive No. 34 car for Front Row Motorsports
Ragan joins Front Row after his ride with Roush-Fenway Racing was eliminated.
01/13/2012 - 10:41am
Coach Dooley hires Bama's Sal Sunseri as defensive coordinator
Sunseri replaces Justin Wilcox who resigned to take similar job at Washington.
01/05/2012 - 11:23pm
Bayne will be back with the Wood Brothers for 2012
Trevor Bayne will be back with Wood Brothers for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. He will once again be driving the No. 21 car.
01/03/2012 - 9:21pm
Lady Vols rout Lady Mocs, 90-47
Ariel Massengale scored a season-high 19 points as #6 Tennessee cruised past Chattanooga Tuesday night.
12/21/2011 - 10:31pm
Penske hires Allmendinger to drive #22 car
Last year, the 30-year-old Allmendinger had 10 top-10 finishes and was 15th in points driving Richard Petty's No. 43 car.
12/16/2011 - 11:01pm
Stewart hires Zipadelli as competition director
Greg Zipadelli is reuniting with Tony Stewart as competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing
12/07/2011 - 4:48pm
Morristown native out as Denny Hamlin's crew chief
Crew chief Mike Ford told The Associated Press the team informed him Tuesday he won't be back with Hamlin next season.
12/05/2011 - 2:16pm
Penske Racing splits with Kurt Busch
Although Busch won 10 races since joining the organization in 2006, his meltdowns on his team radio were notorious and two crew chiefs have left the team in the last three years.
11/28/2011 - 4:41pm
Tony Stewart hires new crew chief Steve Addington
Addington left Kurt Busch's team last week.
11/22/2011 - 4:04pm
Steve Addington quits as Kurt Busch's crew chief
Kurt Busch will have a new crew chief.
11/20/2011 - 8:30pm
Tony Stewart wins Sprint Cup championship
Stewart and Carl Edwards actually finished tied in the final standings, but Stewart won on the tie-breaker. He had five wins this season compared to Edwards' one.
11/19/2011 - 6:16pm
Edwards wins pole at Miami, Stewart to start 15th
Carl Edwards leads Tony Stewart by three points heading into the final race of the year.
11/13/2011 - 9:00pm
Kahne beats Edwards and Stewart to win at Phoenix
Carl Edwards will take a three-point lead over Tony Stewart into next weekend's season finale at Homestead.
11/06/2011 - 8:15pm
Stewart wins at Texas, only 3 points from Edwards
Stewart raced to his second straight victory, and fourth in the eight Chase races.
11/05/2011 - 2:38pm
Bayne captures first Nationwide Series win in Texas
Bayne won the Daytona 500 this year but had never won in his previous 76 Nationwide starts in the series where he is a regular for Roush Fenway Racing.
10/30/2011 - 6:28pm
Stewart wins at Martinsville; closes in on Edwards
The victory was the third for Stewart in the first seven races of the 10-race playoffs.
10/23/2011 - 5:09pm
Bowyer beats Burton at Talladega to give RCR 100th victory
Trevor Bayne finished 15th.
10/22/2011 - 5:30pm
Martin races to Talladega pole, Bayne fourth
Jimmie Johnson was second fastest, so for the third time this season Hendrick cars will start from the front row.
10/15/2011 - 11:10pm
Kenseth grabs win at Charlotte to move up in Chase
Kenseth passed Kyle Busch with 25 laps to go then held Busch off on a restart to win his first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
10/13/2011 - 9:53pm
Smoke to start up front Saturday night at Charlotte
Tony Stewart gets first pole of the season while Trevor Bayne qualifies 10th Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway