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Montoya of the Year

Those who have followed the post-Talladega Nights stream of Formula One refugees fleeing to NASCAR will be happy to learn that former F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has been awarded Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup. The announcement of Montoya's citation comes right after the series' season closer at Homestead, where Jimmie Johnson took the title after a hot season-long showdown with teammate and title rival Jeff Gordon. Montoya becomes the fourth Rookie of the Year for Texaco/Havoline Racing, who, in their 21 years in NASCAR have also ... Read more →

SPOILER ALERT: NASCAR Nextel Cup wraps up at Homestead

Team-mates and title rivals Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson at Homestead We'll freely admit that we don't give NASCAR much coverage here at Autoblog. It's the most popular form of motorsport in ...

Update: Villeneuve's NASCAR deal

We just can't seem to get enough of Jacques Villeneuve's impending switch to NASCAR. Maybe it's the converging of the two worlds of motorsports, the tragic failure of a one-time king, his heroic ...

Not coming for you, Ricky Bobby: NASCAR sans Villeneuve in 07

The latest reports in the saga of Jacques Villeneuve's impending switch to stock cars say it won't be happening just yet. As we reported earlier, the former world champion was talking with Roush ...

Villeneuve headed for the Busch leagues

Rumors and speculation have been circulating (partially self-fueled) of Jacques Villeneuve moving to NASCAR since the former world champion lost his race seat with BMW-Sauber that put the final nail ...

Rand McNally launches nav service for mobile phones 3 years ago on Autoblog

Rand McNally & Company, North America's biggest commercial map company, is rolling out a turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation service for GPS-enabled mobile phones. Curiously named MONA (for MObile NAvigator), the service costs $9.99 a month. Mated to a computer-based online application, MONA ...

[Not TiVoSafe] Motorsports Highlights: April 22-23 3 years ago on Autoblog

Quite a weekend! Ferrari returns, a new Nextel Cup points leader, a wild sports car race, a ton of motorcycle road racing, and some fence-climbing in Japan. Formula 1: At the front of the field, the San Marino Grand Prix was a mirror-image of last year's race, this time with Michael Schumacher ...








Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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