On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, the NASCAR Hall of Fame in uptown Charlotte, N.C., will celebrate its first birthday. A year ago, the venue captured national attention during its grand opening. This year’s celebration will focus on the local and regional community. Highlights include a visit from Metro School students,Continue Reading
Everything about the NASCAR community seems larger than life. The racing venues scattered across the nation can accommodate tens of thousands – and in some places even hundreds of thousands – of enthusiastic spectators. Not content with simply pitting two teams against one another, a NASCAR event fields 43. OnContinue Reading
Headline Kids, a division of Headline Books, has released Funny Dan the Race Car Man by award-winning writer Tim Packman this week. The book is part of the NASCAR Library Collection and is illustrated by talented artist Brendan Sellaro, a student at West Virginia University. Funny Dan is a NASCARContinue Reading
NASCAR announced today the 2011 Fueling Dreams Tour, a creative and multifaceted program whose aim is to identify talented drivers and provide them with the tools and opportunities to fulfill their dreams of becoming race car drivers Additionally, Fueling Dreams introduces a cross-section of young fans to NASCAR through resources,Continue Reading
The U.S. Army announced today a partnership with Revolution Racing and NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity (D4D) program for the 2011 season. During the upcoming racing campaign, the Army will serve as one of the primary sponsors for Revolution Racing in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series races and as an associate sponsorContinue Reading
Denny Hamlin opted to start in the back but that didn’t prevent him from winding up in Victory Lane at the end of the night. Hamlin passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch on the final lap to claim the win in the fourth annual Denny Hamlin Short Track ShowdownContinue Reading
This year’s crop of rookie drivers leading the standings for Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in all three national series are wearing the yellow stripe proudly and gaining respect and the attention of fans and competitors alike. Since 1954, NASCAR has awarded top performing first-year drivers the distinction ofContinue Reading
Iowa Speedway is pleased to announce Sukup Manufacturing Co., as the official sponsor of the Sukup 100 Firestone Indy Lights race on Saturday, June 25. The Sukup 100 Firestone Indy Lights race will be held prior to the Iowa Corn Indy 250 IZOD IndyCar race, as part of an action-packedContinue Reading
Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that D&H Marketing, a regional food broker specializing in retail food marketing and perishable sales within the retail and deli meats industry, will be the primary sponsor of Kyle Busch’s No. 51 Toyota Camry for the fourth annual Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown at RichmondContinue Reading
Lane Construction, of Chesire, Conn., might be considered your average construction company to an outsider. But they are far from ‘average,’ as the organization’s specialty is paving race tracks, especially big ones like Daytona International Speedway, one of the most talked about large-scale motorsports re-paving projects in recent memory. ButContinue Reading