NASCAR veteran Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota, will be in Atlanta on August 16 to promote the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. While at the speedway, Busch, who won his 100th NASCAR race last weekend, will be giving ride-alongs toContinue Reading
Ryan Newman prides himself on being a racing historian. Over the years, the Purdue University engineering graduate has meticulously studied the history of motorsports. He has learned name after name of numerous drivers in a variety of series and has put to memory stories of racetracks, racecars and the bestContinue Reading
Anyone who has watched the racing career of Kyle Busch knows he’s found a knack for putting his name in the record books. Over the course of his relatively short NASCAR career, the driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), who heads to historic IndianapolisContinue Reading
The year was 2000 and it was a memorable one for Bobby Labonte at Joe Gibbs Racing. Four wins paved the way for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. During his journey of becoming a champion, he won the prestigious Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway holding off RustyContinue Reading
For their outstanding efforts on pit road during the second quarter of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet over-the-wall team for Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress Racing has earned second-quarter honors in the 2011 Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew Award competition. The team hadContinue Reading
Jeff Gordon grew up in the shadows — and in awe — of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Four Brickyard 400 victories, 17 races and 440 laps led later, the historic speedway still gives him a “whoa” moment during each visit to the 2.5-mile track. As a teenager, the 84-time NASCAR SprintContinue Reading
Team officials from ThorSport Racing announced Monday veteran crew chief Dan Stillman will join the No. 98 entry for Dakoda Armstrong, effective immediately. Stillman most recently served as crew chief for the No. 5 Randy Moss Motorsports entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series before the team merged withContinue Reading
Talladega Superspeedway officials announced today that Polk’s has been named the pole award sponsor for the upcoming Coca-Cola 250 Powered By fred’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. The multi-year agreement will include sponsorship of the pole award for both NASCAR races during the spring Aaron’s Dream Weekend as well.Continue Reading
This new “old” joke just in from the NASCAR humor files: How old is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway? So old that the first vehicles to ever race at the track were balloons. It’s true. According to the speedway’s website, IMS hosted a balloon race in June of 1909. In aContinue Reading
As the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports team enters the second half of the season, David Gilliland is looking forward to rewriting his own history at one of racing’s most historic tracks. He has just three starts at the Indianapolis (Ind.) Motor Speedway and two top-20 finishes, but as theContinue Reading