With Ned Jarrett, fans get two NASCAR legends for the price of one. There’s “Gentleman” Ned Jarrett, two-time NASCAR premier series champion. Then there’s Ned Jarrett, landmark NASCAR television analyst. Jarrett’s two-fold talents spanned historic and modern eras – from his first championship in 1961 through a broadcast career ofContinue Reading
Bobby Labonte’s best NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Race finish is second-place, which has occurred twice (1997 and 1998) on home turf at the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway quad-oval. Unlike years past, Labonte is not guaranteed a starting position in the All-Star Race and will be fighting for one ofContinue Reading
When the NASCAR® Hall of Fame inducts its 2011 class on Monday, the shrine to the sport’s biggest legends will include five drivers who also won fans’ hearts. 2011 inductees David Pearson and Bobby Allison, and 2010 inductees Richard Petty, Junior Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, are all past winners ofContinue Reading
In past Sprint All-Star races, Regan Smith was a forlorn television viewer, watching his fellow competitors compete in NASCAR’s prestigious event. But this year’s all-star classic, slated for Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, will be different for the Furniture Row Racing driver. As a result of winning the MayContinue Reading
For their outstanding efforts on pit road during the first quarter of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota over-the-wall team for Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing has earned first-quarter honors in the 2011 Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew Award competition. The MechanixContinue Reading
FAS Lane Racing announced today that Boris Said will drive the Red Rocks #32 Ford in this weekend’s Sprint All-Star race. Said is an accomplished road racer with several starts on the ovals. It will be Said’s first appearance in the Sprint All-Star event. Red Rocks is a guest experienceContinue Reading
The ultimate NASCAR party won’t stop when the checkered flag flies on May 21 as Charlotte Motor Speedway will treat fans to a post-race concert on the frontstretch grass following the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. Country music star Julie Roberts will perform a 30-minute concert for fans where she willContinue Reading
All Chase for NASCAR Sprint Cup Races to Feature Second Half Split-Screen Breaks ESPN’s telecasts of the final 10 races of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season will have a new look with the introduction of “NASCAR NonStop,” a commercial format designed to bring more racing action to viewersContinue Reading
Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star race will finish with a 10-lap sprint to the checkered flag, but the green flag for the event waves two days earlier at the pit crew competition according to Jeff Gordon. Gordon, whose wins occurred in 1995, 1997 and 2001, is tied with Dale Earnhardt forContinue Reading