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Bubba Wallace Water Throwing Incident

In one of the least classy moves in NASCAR history. This happened this weekend in Charlotte was Bubba Wallace throwing water on Alex Bowman while he was down on the ground getting medical help. There is nothing awesome about this. I guess Bubba is just fed up from wrecking and not finishing well this year.

What are your thoughts? After I saw Michael Waltrip defend Bubba I was sick to my stomach. There is no excuse that could make me ok with this. The lack of class is the issue. If this was the other way around Bubba would not be happy about it.

To drive for one of the classiest guys on the planet in Richard Petty and do this also shows he has no respect for Petty Motorsports. I wonder what the King has to say about his driver.

News and Notes From Texas Motor Speedway

jeff Gordon at texas 2004
Jeff Gordon (#24 DuPont Chevrolet) drives during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Samsung Radio Shack 500 on April 2, 2004 at Texas Motor Speedway. Pic courtesy of NASCARMEDIA

Texas Motor Speedway is utilizing “Throwback Thursday” to showcase the career of retiring NASCAR icon Jeff Gordon at the venerable motorsports venue with the release of a photo gallery in anticipation of his final TMS start coming in next Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race.

Texas Motor Speedway is featuring 24 photos – in honor of his number – of his career at Texas Motor Speedway that stretches back to the first race at the facility in 1997 and beyond. Every race year from 1997 to 2015 is represented among the two dozen images that range from Gordon taking part in the speedway ground-breaking ceremony in 1995 to his lone TMS victory in 2009. Here is a small sample.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Garage Cam

NASCAR catches up with Michael Annett and discusses the details of the fire in his hauler during transporting this weekends race cars to Texas.

Get Up Close With Jeff Gordon in Victory Lane

Yesterdays win was probably one of the most exciting wins in Jeff Gordon’s career. His emotions really showed on tv but thanks to NASCAR we can see a behind the scenes look into the minutes after Jeff pulled into victory lane at Martinsville. What TV didn’t show though was Jeff going into the stands and meeting the die-hard fans that stayed after the lights went out.

Yesterday was a very good day for Jeff and a good day for NASCAR.

Danica Patrick’s New Sponsor Natures Bakery

Nature’s Bakery Begins NASCAR Journey with Danica Patrick

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Aug. 18, 2015) – Nature’s Bakery, a rapidly-growing snacks and food brand headquartered in Reno, Nevada, has joined Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) to become the primary sponsor of driver Danica Patrick and the No. 10 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series beginning with the 2016 season.


The multiyear sponsorship agreement will see Nature’s Bakery and its signature tagline, “Energy for Life’s Great Journeys”, adorn Patrick’s No. 10 Chevrolet SS for 28 races a year.

Nature’s Bakery was founded in 2010 by the father-and-son duo of Dave and Sam Marson with a mission of making delicious, convenient, on-the-go snacks that complement health-conscious living and active, everyday lifestyles. Their lineage in the food industry can be traced back to the 1960s when Dave’s father, Richard Marson, opened a family bakery. Growing up in the bakery, Dave passed his passion and skills along to his son, Sam, whereupon the two combined their knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit to form Nature’s Bakery.

“Danica Patrick is one of the most fit and health-conscious drivers in all of racing and she embodies the Nature’s Bakery customer,” said Dave Marson, founder of Nature’s Bakery. “We make great products that complement Danica’s lifestyle and the always on-the-go environment in which she competes. Nature’s Bakery provides ‘Energy for Life’s Great Journeys’ and we’re very proud to embark upon this NASCAR journey with Danica and Stewart-Haas Racing.”

“It’s an honor to represent Nature’s Bakery and also a great deal of responsibility,” Patrick said. “They have ambitious goals and they’re going to rely on me and everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing to deliver. I have ambitious goals too. It’s why I came to NASCAR and, specifically, to Stewart-Haas Racing. There’s still a lot I want to achieve in this sport and I’m looking to continue my professional journey with a brand as determined as I am.”

Patrick is motorsports’ most recognizable athlete and the most marketable personality in NASCAR according to Repucom’s 2015 Davie Brown Index. Her success on the racetrack, which includes an IndyCar Series victory and a Daytona 500 pole, transcends her into the mainstream, proven by a 2014 Harris Poll which named Patrick the second-most recognized female athlete in the United States, behind only tennis star Serena Williams.

“All you need to say is ‘Danica’ and people know exactly who you’re talking about,” Dave Marson added. “She has immersed herself and succeeded in a very intense sport and been recognized for her efforts. By offering convenient, easy-to-find and affordable products that people can feel better about eating, we’ve carved a niche for Nature’s Bakery in the fast-growing, packaged snack-food industry. With our partnership with Danica and Stewart-Haas Racing, we’re able to take that niche mainstream.”

“Danica has proven she belongs in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and we’re very happy to have her a part of our team for years to come,” said Tony Stewart, co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing with Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in North America. “Nature’s Bakery is a natural fit with Danica. She has played an important role in the growth of all the businesses associated with her and our growth as a race team. Our partnership with Nature’s Bakery is all about growing their business. In Danica, we have the best possible person to help Nature’s Bakery achieve its goals.”

About Nature’s Bakery:
Nature’s Bakery, headquartered in Reno, Nevada, is an on-the-go snacks and food brand that was founded in 2010 by father and son, Dave and Sam Marson. Believing in quality and the use of thoughtful ingredients, the two set out on one simple mission – to create delicious, convenient snack and food products people can enjoy in their everyday lives. Adding to their popular line of stone-ground, whole-wheat fig bars, Nature’s Bakery now offers gluten-free fig bars. For more information, please visit us on the Web at www.NaturesBakery.com, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/NaturesBakery, on Twitter @NaturesBakery, on Instagram @NaturesBakery and on Pinterest @NaturesBakery.

About Stewart-Haas Racing:

Stewart-Haas Racing is the title-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team co-owned by three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation – the largest CNC machine tool builder in North America. The team fields four entries in the elite Sprint Cup Series – the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet for Stewart, the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet for Danica Patrick, the No. 4 Budweiser/Jimmy John’s Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick and the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet for Kurt Busch. Based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, Stewart-Haas Racing operates out of a 200,000-square-foot facility with approximately 280 employees. For more information, please visit us on the Web at www.StewartHaasRacing.com, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/StewartHaasRacing, on Twitter @StewartHaasRcng and on Instagram @StewartHaasRacing.