In honor of the 50th anniversary of African-American racing pioneer Wendell Scott’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start, all NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup cars competing this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will display a commemorative decal bearing Scott’s image. Scott made his first start inContinue Reading
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced today that the annual Induction Ceremony for the NASCAR Hall of Fame will move to January. The prestigious annual ceremony, which features presentations about each inductee from prominent members of the NASCAR community, will move from May to January startingContinue Reading
Jeff Gordon, winner of the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500™ at Phoenix International Raceway on Feb. 27, helped get construction started for PIR’s upcoming track pavement project after celebrating his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win in 66 races. The attached photo of Gordon after making the first cuts into PhoenixContinue Reading
Jimmie Johnson, a four-time winner of the Kobalt Tools 400 event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and a five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, is favored to repeat the feat in Sunday’s main event. Although winless in the first two races of the 2011 campaign, Ed Salmons, Race and SportsContinue Reading
While fans at Phoenix International Raceway said goodbye to the track’s old racing surface and configuration, Jeff Gordon bid adieu to a winless streak of 66 races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Gordon pulled away from Kyle Busch during the closing laps for victory in the SUBWAY Fresh FitContinue Reading
Regan Smith’s strong performance of 2011 was continuing in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway. But on Lap 67 of 312, Smith’s No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet was in the wrong place at the wrong time as it suffered major damage after being involved in a 14-car wreck on theContinue Reading
Sixth place goes down in the record books as just that: sixth. It’s not a shiny number. It’s a solid number. And for a team that’s been blanked by a 1-mile slick and slippery race track for the past four years, sixth is quite an accomplishment. “To come out ofContinue Reading
Trevor Bayne’s been saying all along that there would be highs and lows in his first year driving the Wood Brothers No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion. But he wasn’t counting on them coming so close together. Just a week after his thrilling victory in the Daytona 500 and weeklongContinue Reading
After a disappointing finish in the season-opening Daytona 500, Jeff Gordon and the No. 24 team are already thinking about changes entering this weekends Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR). Gordon started second at Daytona but was collected in a lap-29 multi-car accident at the 2.5-mile track.Continue Reading
Coming off a successful Daytona 500, including a career-best finish, Regan Smith and the Furniture Row Racing team have quickly flip-fopped their focus. “After Daytona I found time to take a few deep breaths, and for a short period only, rehashed what could have been,” said Smith, who finished seventh inContinue Reading