By Kurt Busch Dodge NASCAR Driver HELLO RLD READERS AND DODGE RACE FANS: Before I touch on the race for the chase, I want to give you an update on my charity, The Kurt Busch Foundation. Earlier in the summer, I announced a new fundraiser – – we are raffling off a fully-loaded 2009 Dodge [...]
Archives for August 2009
Kurt Busch: Win This Challenger and My Thoughts Heading Into the Chase
Posted on: August 27, 2009 - 4:24 pm
Top Safety Picks: 2010 Dodge Avenger, 2010 Chrysler Sebring
Posted on: August 25, 2009 - 11:38 am
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that the 2010 Chrysler Sebring and 2010 Dodge Avenger have earned the 2009 Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). “We are proud to receive the highest possible ratings from IIHS for the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger,” said Scott Kunselman, Senior Vice President – [...]
Get Your Chance to Ask a Dodge Ram Engineer
Posted on: August 18, 2009 - 8:54 am
The all-new 2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty pickups are coming this fall but you have a chance to get some of the details now. Have a question about the new crew cab? Want to know if it’ll tow your horse trailer? Ask away. Submit your questions and vote on your favorites at www.askramengineers.com. Ram engineers [...]
Relive the 2009 Dream Cruise
Posted on: August 17, 2009 - 1:29 pm
We survived another year at the Dream Cruise without even getting sunburn, how about you? Friday evening found us at the Dodge display as the setup was nearing completion so we could snap some photos and beat the crowd. No photo can truly do the Dream Cruise justice, and we’re no photographers, but here are [...]
Kurt Busch Takes a Hit, Finishes 36th
Posted on: August 17, 2009 - 8:30 am
Kurt Busch found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time in Sunday’s CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway. After running in the top 10 through the first 120 laps of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, Busch lined up ninth for the double-file restart on lap 121. As the field exited Turn 2, [...]
Dodge Announces 2010 High Impact Colors
Posted on: August 14, 2009 - 5:57 pm
For the 2010 model year, Dodge will offer Challenger in up to four unique “High Impact” colors. B5 Blue will be extended beyond the 2009 model year and will be offered into the fall of this year on 2010 models. Following B5 Blue, Detonator Yellow will be offered on both R/T Classic and SRT8®. If [...]
Share Your 2009 Dream Cruise Photos
Posted on: August 14, 2009 - 1:40 pm
The 2009 Woodward Dream Cruise is “officially” tomorrow but if you live in metro-Detroit, you know it’s been going on all week. Those of you who are in town have probably seen plenty of hot classics by now (1970 Dodge Charger Daytona anyone?) and we hope you got some photos. If not, well, what are [...]
Fuel Mileage is Key for Busch at Michigan
Posted on: August 14, 2009 - 8:29 am
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to Michigan International Speedway for this weekend’s CARFAX 400, the 23rd of 36 point races on the 2009 Sprint Cup Series schedule. With only four races remaining in the “Race to The Chase”, the focus is intensifying in and around 12th-place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, otherwise known [...]
Kurt Busch Drives Career-Best at Watkins Glen
Posted on: August 11, 2009 - 10:02 am
Kurt Busch drove the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger to a seventh-place finish Monday in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen, a career best on the 2.45-mile, 11-turn road course. His previous best at The Glen was 10th. Mother Nature disrupted the racing schedule for the second consecutive weekend. Drivers were [...]
Sam Hornish Jr. Scores Career-Best NASCAR Sprint Cup Finish
Posted on: August 4, 2009 - 8:55 am
Sam Hornish Jr. posted a career-best NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finish of fourth in Monday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. The event was postponed one day due to rain. Kasey Kahne and Kurt Busch raced in the top 10 throughout the 200-lap event with both leading the race during the afternoon. Kahne [...]
