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As teams make final preparations to start the 2013 race season, NASCAR announced today the lineup of 2013 Contingency Program sponsors for all three national series. Not since 2006, when Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup regulars Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. battled for the Sunoco RookieContinue Reading
Danica Patrick isn’t the only female athlete ready to make a splash in Sunday’s 55th running of the Daytona 500. Michael Waltrip Racing announced today it has hired professional CrossFit competitor Christmas Abbott as a full-time pit crewmember for its NASCAR Sprint Cup operation. Abbott, 31, will be a “weekendContinue Reading
Len and Eddie Wood will never forget the moment they saw the 1963 Ford Galaxie with No. 21 on the side in their rearview mirrors, exactly where they never thought it would be. As it rolled by, they could see it was obviously a replica, with chrome wheels andContinue Reading
NASCAR and FDP Friction Science, a leading manufacturer and supplier of brake pads, announced today a new agreement that designates the Duralast brand as the ‘Official Brakes of NASCAR.’ With more than 50 years of brake technology and friction development experience, FDP manufactures Duralast Brakes which are sold exclusively atContinue Reading
Arko Customhas signed on as associate sponsor for Tommy Baldwin Racing’s NASCAR Sprint Cup No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet, driven by JJ Yeley during Daytona 500 Speedweeks. Arko Custom, a large format digital print and media provider based in Atlanta, GA, will begin its co-sponsorship during Thursday’s Budweiser Duel, theContinue Reading
Danica Patrick, Go Daddy’s long-time spokeswoman, made history this week as the first woman to take a NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position for the Daytona 500. Leaders at Go Daddy, the Web’s top platform for small businesses, knew the Daytona 500 was going to be big, but with DanicaContinue Reading
Cameron Hayley came from behind during a green-white-checkered finish to win the inaugural UNOH Battle At The Beach NASCAR K&N Pro Series race Tuesday night at Daytona International Speedway. It was only fitting that the third and final race of the two-day event concluded with cars trading paint, given thatContinue Reading
As the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season-opener from Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway draws near, T3R2 and Stuart, Florida native Bryan Silas welcome World of Beer (WofB) on-board as an associate sponsor on their No. 99 Ford F-Series for Friday night’s NextEra Energy Resources 250. World of BeerContinue Reading
Iowa Speedway’s ‘7thAnnual Daytona 500 Party’ will be on tap this Sunday, February 24, in the track’s upscale Newton Club. Tickets are available in advance or at the door for $10 per person, with doors opening at 11 am on raceday. The Fox television broadcast of ‘The Great American Race’Continue Reading
Hitting The High Banks…The 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season opens at Daytona International Speedway this Saturday, February 23. Danica Patrick, who embarks on her first full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season this year, will be behind the wheel of the No. 34 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Camaro for Turner ScottContinue Reading