Sentences with phrase «nascar championship»

A factory hot - rod, the Grand National played off of Buick's recent Nascar championship and helped put Buick back in the minds of performance car enthusiasts, only to ultimately fall back into oblivion again.

This time it's Jimmie Johnson, driver of the # 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and winner of seven Nascar championships.

Not exact matches

By 2007, Jimmie Johnson had reached the top level of Nascar — including twice finishing second in the points championship — and yet, «I knew in the back of my mind I wasn't doing things right,» he says.

The partnership makes sense: Both Eneos and Larson are emerging brands in the U.S. and in Nascar: Eneos has enjoyed steady growth, and Kyle won his first Sprint Cup race earlier this year, and also qualified for Nascar's Chase (championship playoff).

There have been some odd rules in motorsport history - double points and team radio bans in F1, car swaps and fanboost in Formula E, pretty much everything about Nascar - but the BRDC British Formula 3 championship may have just taken the biscuit.

Despite eventually finishing seventh Blaney actually leads the championship after the first race of the season, because Nascar.