About Jonathan Lintner		Email

Jonathan Lintner is a journalism student at Western Kentucky University. Sports are his passion, ranging from college football, to college basketball, baseball and auto racing.

When he isn't writing or editing at SpeedwayMedia.com, Jonathan is busy as an editing intern at BleacherReport.com and works for Western's College Heights Herald.

Jonathan has been published on FoxSports.com and CBSSportsline.com. He will be attending NASCAR races at the Nashville Superspeedway, Kentucky Motor Speedway, O'Reilly Raceway Park and Indianapolis Motor Speedway this summer as an accredited member of the media.

This fall, Jonathan will cover the Hilltopper football team's first official season in the Sun Belt Conference at the Herald after working on the track and field beat last spring.

Jonathan hopes to join a professional publication down the road and make a career out of covering auto racing.

Nationwide Series' new car will race in July 2010 at Daytona

NASCAR announced its intentions to incorporate a new Nationwide Series car into four points-paying events Friday beginning with the series' second visit to the Daytona International Speedway on July 2.

Story | 10/9/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner

Points leader or not, Jimmie Johnson remains the measuring stick

Mark Martin may hold the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points lead, but as was evident from Friday's press conferences at the Auto Club Speedway, the rest of the field is using Jimmie Johnson as a Chase barometer.

Story | 10/10/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner

Carl Edwards is California Dreamin' about changes to new car platform

Amidst a poor economy, the money isn't there to fix what's wrong with the Car of Tomorrow, but for the most part, Cup drivers know there's a problem.

Story | 10/9/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner

NASCAR, Talladega enhance catch fence for October Chase race

Talladega Superspeedway president Rick Humphrey said Tuesday that based on the recommendations of an engineering firm, track officials decided to raise the height the frontstretch catch fence from 14 feet to 22 feet.

Story | 10/6/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner

Dale Earnhardt Jr. can make a crew chief look spectacularly good, too

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s last three wins have been strategy-induced, and had he driven to Victory Lane Sunday, that trend would have continued. The result? Another crew chief with a win to his name.

Story | 8/16/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner

Sunny Monday at Watkins Glen led to dreary day for Hendrick Motorsports

It was a poor day all around for the four main Hendrick Motorsports cars at Watkins Glen, but that's just a small chink in the armor of another fantastic season.

Story | 8/10/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner

RAB Racing bringing Boris Said back for Nationwide Series race at Montreal

Boris Said will again be behind the wheel of the No. 09 Zaxby's Fusion when the Nationwide Series visits the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the NAPA Auto Parts 200 on Aug. 30.

Story | 8/10/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner

Robby Gordon doesn't expect penalties from Saturday's incident with Joey Logano

In a statement filed by Robby Gordon early Sunday, Gordon said he won't be penalized for his on-track incident with Joey Logano during Saturday's Nationwide Series Zippo 200 at The Glen.

Story | 8/9/2009 | by Jonathan Lintner