Josef Newgarden, who drove the No. 11 Copart/Score Big/Robo-Pong Dallara for Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) to this year’s Firestone Indy Lights championship, is the recipient of the 2011 “Securing Tomorrow” Award for being the series’ winningest driver in 2011. The resident of Hendersonville, Tenn., who turns 21 on Thursday, scoredContinue Reading
Infineon Raceway, best known for its annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, and CrowdOptic, a maker of crowd-driven mobile solutions, today announced a partnership to deploy CrowdOptic mobile technology at the Sonoma Valley venue for the 2012 motor-racing season. Under the partnership, Infineon Raceway will initially use CrowdOptic technology toContinue Reading
Milka Duno and her Sheltra Motorsports team left a solid impression after three days of ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards testing at Daytona International Speedway over the weekend. Setting fast time in two separate sessions, Duno and her Sheltra Motorsports team often found themselves atop the speed charts atContinue Reading
Floridian and rising racecar driver Ross Chastain concluded three days of testing at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway this past weekend in the No. 08 Randy Hill Racing Ford Fusion in preparation for his proposed ARCA debut in two months in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, the 2012 season openerContinue Reading
A week after announcing that Team BCR Racing and driver Buster Graham would compete in a minimum of 10 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards in 2012 at the championship awards banquet press conference in Covington, Kentucky – the team made a bold statement to be idolized as a pre-raceContinue Reading
RACE 101’s next ‘Premier Driver’ will be announced during the annual RACE 101 graduation ceremony in Feburary. The ceremony will fill the spot left vacant since RACE 101 released current Premier Driver Trevor Edwards today. “Choosing the right Premier Driver is a challenging task,” said RACE 101 founder and instructor,Continue Reading
Two-time Daytona 500 winning crew chief Larry McReynolds, who serves as an analyst on the NASCAR broadcast team for FOX Sports, watched over his son Brandon as the annual three-day ARCA Racing Series test session kicked off on Friday at Daytona International Speedway. Approximately 60 drivers are participating in theContinue Reading
Roush Yates has once again cemented a reputation for producing the fastest engines on the planet regardless of the application, wtih 160 victories this year alone. When first opening its performance products store in 2009, Roush Yates created an extension of its championship-winning engine technology to include everything from engineContinue Reading
AMY KONRATH: I’d like to introduce our speakers Randy Bernard, chief executive officer of INDYCAR, and Brian Barnhart, president of operations, INDYCAR. Randy, I’ll turn things over to you to begin. RANDY BERNARD: Thank you. Good morning. This morning we released the results of the Las Vegas investigation. It’s onlyContinue Reading
A comprehensive review of the racing accident that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon is complete, INDYCAR announced Dec. 15. Wheldon, the 2005 IZOD IndyCar Series champion and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, suffered a non-survivable head injury Oct. 16 in a 15-car crash in Turn 2 of Las Vegas MotorContinue Reading