With 25 plus years in the sport, it isn’t often Michael Waltrip experiences something new in NASCAR. But next week in Daytona the two-time Daytona 500 champion enters his first Camping World Truck Series race on the 2.5-mile Florida highbanks. Vision Aviation Racing (VAR) announced today that WaltripContinue Reading
No long shots, no dark horses. All limbs remained unoccupied. The NASCAR media corps played it safe in the annual NASCARMedia.com preseason poll, picking five-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson to win his sixth title – and come one short of Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt forContinue Reading
Phoenix International Raceway Bryan R. Sperber today announced Bennett Lane Winery has joined the PIR family of corporate partners with an agreement that includes naming rights to the NASCAR facility’s popular, all-inclusive trackside club. The “Turn 4 Wine Trackside Club” – named after Bennett Lane’s Turn 4 Cabernet Sauvignon –Continue Reading
Here’s looking at you, Michigan International Speedway. Michigan International Speedway, a 1,400-acre historic NASCAR racetrack in Southeastern Michigan’s Lenawee and Jackson Counties, will host its second annual Great Lakes Wine Fest on Saturday, May 21. This event will feature the tastes and toasts of Michigan wineries, Michigan breweries and MichiganContinue Reading
Michigan International Speedway officials are proud of its commitment to communicate with its guests and partners. The MIS team also likes doing cool stuff with technology. So pair the two together and race fans get the Michigan International Speedway mobile website and mobile fan club, both launched Monday. Race fansContinue Reading
Hollywood actress Amber Heard will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 33rd annual Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night, Feb. 12 – the star-studded non-points NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event that kicks off the stock car portion of Speedweeks 2011 at Daytona International Speedway. Heard will give the starting commandContinue Reading
Guests of Bristol Motor Speedway have even more options when making their plans to attend the Food City 500 weekend, March 18-20, courtesy of Race Lodging, LLC, the official lodging provider of BMS. Managers at properties in Greeneville and Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C., worked with Race Lodging toContinue Reading
Country music singer/songwriter Laura Bell Bundy will perform at the 33rd annual Budweiser Shootout on Saturday, Feb. 12 at Daytona International Speedway. Bundy will perform a pre- and post-race concert in addition to the National Anthem for the non-points star-studded NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event. Bundy will perform three songsContinue Reading
MacDonald Motorsports has hired Donnie Neuenberger to drive the No. 81 Eagle Convenience Stores Dodge Challenger in ten races for the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Season. The first race for Donnie and the No. 81 team will be February 19th at Daytona in the DRIVE4COPD 300. Donnie is slated toContinue Reading
Tickets for the 2011 SHOWTIME Southern 500 are already a hot commodity and they have become even more desirable with the announcement that 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductees and South Carolina natives, Bud Moore and David Pearson, will be featured on the commemorative ticket. Legendary car owner Bud MooreContinue Reading