Perris Auto Speedway, Southern California’s Home to Major League Sprint Car Racing, has released its 2012 schedule. The campaign will begin on February 25th with the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, California Lightning Sprints Cars and the PASSCAR Senior Sprints in the Sokola Shootout. The same trio, along with the USACContinue Reading
Officials from Lakeville, Minnesota-based Win-Tron Racing announced today that 17-year old Mason Mingus has been tapped to drive the No. 32 Call 811 Before You Dig Toyota Camry in a minimum of seven short track contests in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards next season. Mingus, a native ofContinue Reading
NDYCAR announced today that the IZOD IndyCar Series will not race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012. The series was scheduled to close its 2012 season at the speedway on Oct. 14, but INDYCAR and speedway officials said considerable testing with the new car is needed prior to returningContinue Reading
Robby Gordon and the SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires team announce the addition of off-road legend, Johnny Campbell to the 2012 team. Johnny Campbell will serve as Gordon’s navigator during the 2012 edition of the infamous Dakar Rally. Campbell will be responsible for directing Gordon through the 6,000-mile pan-American journey that isContinue Reading
Two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip knows every inch of the 2.5-mile tri-oval of Daytona International Speedway. On Wednesday, Waltrip familiarized himself with the twist and turns of the 3.56-mile road course on the final day of a two-day December Rolex 24 At Daytona test. Waltrip, an owner and driverContinue Reading
Loyal fans of the King, Richard Petty, know his championship heritage isn’t limited to Chrysler products. Back in the ‘60s the King was racing and winning with Fords, and the NASCAR team he leads today races under the Blue Oval exclusively. So it’s only natural that Petty’s Garage has expandedContinue Reading
To the surprise of attendees at the sold-out NASCAR After The Lap on December 1 in Las Vegas, Nev., Ford, a sponsor of the third annual event, randomly selected a fan to win a new Ford F-150 XLT truck valued at $29,000. Summer Henry, from Seattle, Washington, was the luckyContinue Reading
Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE:TRK) will begin using Activator, a new cloud-based platform for managing ongoing relationships with marketing partners and their agencies. “We take a great deal of pride in having long-term relationships with great brands and we think Activator is a great opportunity to improve these relationships through betterContinue Reading
Michael Waltrip Racing owners Rob Kauffman and Michael Waltrip announced today that they will race in the 50th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona on Jan. 26-29. The AF Waltrip entry is a joint project of multiple sports car championship winning AF Corse and Michael Waltrip Racing. Joining the pair behind the wheelContinue Reading
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