Tom Carnegie, the voice of the famed 500-mile race and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway passed away Friday at the age of 91. Growing up in Pennsylvania and Indiana, veteran Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 driver John Andretti came to love that voice each May and again later in the summer when the NASCAR Sprint CupContinue 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
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) released today its telecast times for the 2011 season, primarily preserving the earlier and consistent start times established in 2010. Regular season points races in the Eastern and Central regions of the country will begin at 1 p.m. ET; West CoastContinue Reading
Les Richter, who served as a senior executive for NASCAR following his All-Pro NFL career, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, it was announced tonight. Richter, affectionately known as “Coach” throughout the motorsports industry, passed away last June at the age of 79. He came to NASCARContinue Reading
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