Here’s looking at you, Michigan International Speedway. Michigan International Speedway, a 1,400-acre historic NASCAR racetrack in Southeastern Michigan’s Lenawee and Jackson Counties, will host its second annual Great Lakes Wine Fest on Saturday, May 21. This event will feature the tastes and toasts of Michigan wineries, Michigan breweries and MichiganContinue Reading
Michigan International Speedway officials are proud of its commitment to communicate with its guests and partners. The MIS team also likes doing cool stuff with technology. So pair the two together and race fans get the Michigan International Speedway mobile website and mobile fan club, both launched Monday. Race fansContinue Reading
Hollywood actress Amber Heard will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 33rd annual Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night, Feb. 12 – the star-studded non-points NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event that kicks off the stock car portion of Speedweeks 2011 at Daytona International Speedway. Heard will give the starting commandContinue Reading
Guests of Bristol Motor Speedway have even more options when making their plans to attend the Food City 500 weekend, March 18-20, courtesy of Race Lodging, LLC, the official lodging provider of BMS. Managers at properties in Greeneville and Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C., worked with Race Lodging toContinue Reading
Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber today announced details related to the NASCAR facility’s first major track paving project since 1990. Construction will begin in March with the removal of the facility’s current racing surface and the subsequent installation of a new surface to go with a series ofContinue Reading
Further enhancing its highly successful Fan Texting Service, which allows fans to communicate with track officials on various issues, Daytona International Speedway will launch a new option that allows fans to sign up for and receive event updates directly to their Sprint® smart phones or other similarly capable device. TheContinue Reading
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski made a trip back to his home state of Michigan on Tuesday in support of Michigan International Speedway and the beginning of the 2011 NASCAR race season. Keselowski paid a visit to Troppo Restaurant in Lansing, Mich. during MIS’ second Season Kick Off,Continue Reading
Where the NFL and the country’s largest football stadium failed 400 disappointed football fans, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Stratosphere Hotel, Casino and Tower have come through. The speedway and the country’s tallest hotel-tower have partnered to offer tickets to the March 4-6 NASCAR Weekend in Las Vegas toContinue Reading
Fans will have amazing sound to go with the always amazing racing when they return to Martinsville Speedway for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 on April 3. A new, state-of-the-art sound system will be in place by the April event, giving fans unparalleled audio during the weekend. “Our new soundContinue Reading
Bloomberg Businessweek has named Michigan International Speedway chief Roger Curtis an “Innovator” for his efforts to bring research and development testing to the Brooklyn, Mich., racetrack. Curtis says his position in auto innovation is an unlikely one. For most of his 18 years in motorsports administration, he focused on marketing,Continue Reading