After a solid 2010 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season, Jack Roush Jr., and Billy Johnson are back in action with sights set on the 2011 championship, but this time they will be piloting a brand new No. 61 Ford BOSS 302R Mustang. The ROUSH Performance team will againContinue Reading
The 26th annual Aflac Motorsports Journalism Awards of Excellence ceremony was held today, honoring five individuals with the coveted accolades in motorsports media. This year’s recipients were Nate Ryan (USA Today), Lauren Stowell (ESPN), Kris Johnson (NASCAR Illustrated), Mark Rebilas (US Presswire) and Brian Tetzler (KWGN/KDVR) for exceptional motorsportsContinue Reading
Max Angelelli and Jordan Taylor paced Chevrolet’s qualifying efforts Thursday in the manufacturer’s first event as an official promotional partner of GRAND-AM Road Racing. Angelelli, driving the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Chevrolet Dallara, qualified outside front row in Daytona Prototype (DP), and Taylor, in the No. 88 Autohaus Camaro GT.R,Continue Reading
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) today announced two key additions to the Integrated Marketing Communications team. Kristi King, who has 17 years of public relations and marketing experience in NASCAR racing, has been named director of communications, competition and joins the sanctioning body’s Integrated Marketing CommunicationsContinue Reading
Roush Fenway Racing has announced a multi-year organization-wide partnership with Navistar. The agreement will see all Roush Fenway haulers transported to all tests and races behind Navistar’s International LoneStar Series Diesel Trucks. “We are very pleased to welcome Navistar to Roush Fenway,” said Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark. “Performance andContinue Reading
Travis Kvapil Driver, No. 34 Long John Silver’s Ford Front Row Motorsports “I don’t think it will make a difference how we race, as far as passing cars or going for a win. It’s still going to be the same, in that the higher you finish, the more points youContinue Reading
NASCAR and Revolution Racing announced the 2011 driver lineup – the eighth season for the Drive for Diversity (D4D) program – tonight during NASCAR’s annual Charlotte Media Tour at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. This year, the D4D initiative looks to build upon its success in 2010.Continue Reading
Champion NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace, ESPN’s lead studio analyst for auto racing, has reached a new contract extension to remain with ESPN through the 2014 season, it was announced by Norby Williamson, ESPN executive vice president, production. “Rusty Wallace is a NASCAR legend,” Williamson said. “We’re very happy thatContinue Reading
Bud Moore had just completed a highly successful three-year run with driver Bobby Allison behind the wheel of his No. 15 Ford, and he was in need of a new driver. “Bobby Allison drove for me in ‘78, ‘79 and ‘80 and we needed somebody to come along in 1981Continue Reading
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced today that it has reached an exclusive agreement with K&N Filters for the company’s air and oil filters to be designated the “No. 1 Filter in NASCAR®.” This multi-year agreement provides K&N with a marketing platform to enhance andContinue Reading