Retired Gordon may keep on truckin’
Considers driving at Martinsville — if Waltrip does too
analyst Larry McReynolds said. “This showed us where they are on speed, and he mentioned it in his postrace interview — they still are lacking. They still need more. Well, next week, we go to a short track (Martinsville) that’s another one of his best tracks and see if they can continue to improve.”
On the flip side, Johnson took another competitive jolt with the announcement that longtime spon- Auto Club Speedway (Calif.) Sunday, 3:30 p.m. TV: Chs. 45, 5 sor Lowe’s is leaving after the season. So ends a prosperous 18-year run for both parties.
It’s a tough landscape out there. Target, Home Depot, Sprint, UPS, Subway, Great Clips and Dollar General are among the companies to have dropped out of the racingsponsorship business.
“I really don’t view it as a statement of our sport,” Johnson said at Fontana. “I see our sport growing. I see many new sponsors coming into Hendrick Motorsports. I see a returning sponsor coming to NASCAR. I’ve seen full grandstands.
“It’s been an exciting start to the season. I really don’t feel it has a reflection on the sport. It’s a business decision that Lowe’s needed to make, and that stuff happens.”
Kyle “Rowdy” Busch does not suffer in silence when the trolls come knocking on his door in cyberspace.
He took to Twitter on Sunday night when he was criticized for apparently blowing off the Fox Sports crew after finishing third. In fact, Busch said the Fox team missed its window of opportunity, and it isn’t incumbent on him to stick around and wait.
It turned into a heavy sparring session on Twitter — check out @KyleBusch should anyone want to take a peek.
“Enjoy @KyleBusch engaging the haters along with his fans on Twitter. Regardless of your opinion on him, he is great for @NASCAR,” Earnhardt tweeted. “Never boring.”
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