During the pre-race show for the 52nd running of the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 29, Charlotte Motor Speedway officials will salute the U.S. armed forces with a military demonstration, special awards, military band performances and a presentation with Medal of Honor recipients. The pre-race festivities will also include anContinue Reading
Roush Fenway Racing’s seven combined NASCAR wins in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series to start 2011 is the team’s best total since starting the season with 11 wins in 2005. Only twice in the team’s 24-year NASCAR history has Roush Fenway started the season with more wins before theContinue Reading
The Charlotte Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) announced today that 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Bobby Labonte will partner with Harris Teeter to host the 2011 Harris Teeter Celebrity Golf Classic on June 7 at TPC Piper Glen Golf Course at 11 a.m. eastern. For more thanContinue Reading
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., will fill in for Trevor Bayne in the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford in this Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race will mark the Sprint Cup debut for the 2010 Nationwide Series rookie of the year, who won his first Nationwide Series race lastContinue Reading
Some memories for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver are unforgettable, such as, their first career victory. For Bobby Labonte, his first trip to victory lane was during the Coca-Cola 600 on May 28, 1995 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He’s looking to return with his No. 47 Kingsford Charcoal ToyotaContinue Reading
Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway marks the one year anniversary when Pete Rondeau took over the crew chief role for driver Regan Smith and Furniture Row Racing. Without bias or argument, the Rondeau/Smith duo in one year, along with the entire Furniture Row team, have made a big leap in the NASCARContinue Reading
Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is not just another Sprint Cup race for U.S. Army driver Ryan Newman. The event is more than just being the longest of the season — 400 laps, 600 miles. It is the annual race, contested on a patriotic weekend when the nation remembers its fallen heroes. The traditional Memorial DayContinue Reading
Kevin Harvick probably won’t receive probation for his most recent stunt in Michigan on Tuesday. This time the driver of the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet served as a Budweiser bartender at Weber’s Inn in Ann Arbor, Mich., during a special “Happy Hour” in support of MIS’ June 19 Heluva Good!Continue Reading
The Bobby Labonte Foundation is taking steps to help the tornado victims of eastern North Carolina and Bobby Labonte will be on hand at specified dates and times to take donations. The Foundation will be at the Food Lion in Archdale, N.C., on Wednesday June 1 through Friday, June 3,Continue Reading
SPRINT CUP SERIES CREWMAN SUSPENDED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE Gary Frost, a crew member for the No. 31 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy. On May 23, Frost was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actionsContinue Reading