This Season’s ‘Race To The Chase’ Especially Wild
Over the next 10 races – aptly coined the Race to the Chase – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are scheduled to run 2,603 laps totaling over 3,706 miles in the hopes of becoming part of one much smaller number: 12. Though this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint CupContinue Reading
Around The Block, Stewart and Vickers State Their Case
America is hooked on courtroom drama, but things sometimes seem to drag on forever; we’re seeing that right now in a couple of high profile, televised trials. It took Tony Stewart and Brian Vickers to give us a definitive example of how quickly the wheels of justice can turn whenContinue Reading
“The Road to Richmond” Starts Now!
“’The Road to Richmond’ starts here,” announced Richmond International Raceway president Doug Fritz in a press conference at Daytona International Speedway today. “Everything that happens in the next 10 weeks culminates in the ‘One Last Race to Make The Chase’ NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond on Saturday, SeptemberContinue Reading
Roush Fenway to Host Boston Fan Appreciation Day July 14
Roush Fenway Racing will host its second annual Fan Appreciation Day in Boston on Thursday, July 14 at City Hall Plaza. The Roush Fenway drivers, show cars and team transporters will highlight the activities planned that afternoon. The event will kick off with a transporter parade at 1pm which willContinue Reading
NFL Star Chad Ochocinco Takes a Ride with NASCAR Driver Jeff Burton at Atlanta
After trying his hand at professional soccer and riding a bull, Cincinnati Bengals Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco came to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Thursday to get a taste of NASCAR racing. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Veteran Jeff Burton and crew were on hand to provide Ochocinco with a high speedContinue Reading
Daytona To Recognize Space Shuttle Program During The Coke Zero 400
In honor of the final flight of the Space Shuttle program – STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis scheduled for July 8 – Daytona International Speedway will pay tribute to NASA’s Space Shuttle program during the 53rd annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, JulyContinue Reading
Bass Pro Shops® Salutes NRA for Conservation Leadership by Partnering with Stewart-Haas Racing at Daytona
Bass Pro Shops, a leading supplier of outdoor gear and equipment, has partnered with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to sponsor the No. 39 Chevrolet Impala driven by Ryan Newman in the July 2 Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Newman proved strongContinue Reading
Florida State Seminoles Head Football Coach Jimbo Fisher Named Grand Marshal For The Coke Zero 400
Jimbo Fisher, head football coach for the Florida State Seminoles, will serve as Grand Marshal for the 53rd annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday night, July 2. Fisher will give the starting command, “Gentlemen start your engines,” in Saturday’s 160-lap, 400-mile race.Continue Reading
Bayne, Woods Return to the Scene of Their Greatest Triumph
For Eddie Wood and the rest of the Wood Brothers team, this week’s trip through the old Turn Four tunnel at Daytona International Speedway will be more special than usual. As he drives down into the tunnel and then launches up into the track’s infield, Wood will see the speedwayContinue Reading