Nascar

• The 2012 Subway Fresh Fit 500 will be raced at the Phoenix International Raceway on March 4, 2012. This race will be a very exciting race, as many drivers will be eager to win the second race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
(YAHOO!)
• Reporting from Avondale, Ariz. — Kurt Busch wont repair his bruised reputation in a single race, but the former NASCAR champion hopes to at least make progress Sunday.
(Los Angeles Times)
• This is A.J. Allmendingers big chance -- and he knows it. Allmendinger was owner Roger Penskes surprise choice -- hes never won a NASCAR Sprint Cup race -- to replace Kurt Busch in the No.
(AZCentral.com)
• Oh, that age-defying Mark Martin. Even at age 53, Old Man River remains a top-notch wheelman.
(AZCentral.com)
• Roger Penske has run a NASCAR operation off and on since 1972, and continuously since 1991. In that time his drivers have piloted cars from AMC, Mercury, Pontiac, Chevrolet, Ford and, for the last nine years, Dodge.
(Autoblog)
• Reporting from Avondale, Ariz. — Elliott Sadler ended a long victory drought in NASCAR stock-car racing by winning the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.
(Los Angeles Times)
• NASCAR fans in Fontana can save on tickets to the upcoming Auto Club 400 on March 25 with the Walmart Family Track Pack. The $99 package gives families four race tickets, four hot dogs, four sodas and one program - a total savings of more than $100.
(FOXSports.com)
• Jimmie Johnson finds himself in the last place youd expect to see a five-time champion: Last place. Knaus also was fined $100,000 and car owner Jeff Gordon was docked 25 owner points after Johnsons No.
(USA Today)
• Call him a daredevil who dances around the edges of the NASCAR rulebook like a Mariano Rivera cutter paints the corners of the plate. Call him a throwback to the old days when if you aint cheatin, you aint competin was the phrase to live by.
(Union-News & Sunday Republican)