The NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series is back this week at Martinsville, marking the first of two visits to the Paperclip in 2019. 39 trucks are currently entered, so seven will return home after qualifying, barring any entry list changes. The newly founded Hill Motorsports will field founder Timmy Hill in the No. 56, a …
Tony Stewart, Neil Bonnett and Marvin Panch were among six new nominees to the NASCAR Hall of Fame ballot, and five of the 20 listed will be enshrined at a ceremony in early 2020. Announced on Wednesday (March 13), the six nominees will join the fifteen held over from last year, with former Richard Childress …
Social poker company, Global Poker, will be a new primary sponsor for Kurt Busch in 2019, gracing the hood for Chip Ganassi Racing’s No. 1 car. The announcement was made during a press conference prior to the Monster Energy Cup Series’ first practice on Friday, March 8 at ISM Raceway. Online poker site Global Poker …
Sunday’s (March 3) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway put the new 2019 package on full display, leading to a variety of opinions plastering social media. The package includes tapered spacers to reduce engine horsepower at tracks one and a half miles and larger, as well as a taller spoiler to increase downforce, along with …
2016 USAC National Midget Series champion and former part-time NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series driver Tanner Thorson was injured early Monday morning (March 4) in a highway accident on State Route 99 near Modesto, Calif. According to NBC Sports, the California Highway Patrol released a report that stated Thorson was transported to Memorial Medical Hospital …
DGR-Crosley will have Ryan Reed on board its No. 17 truck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series in March, the team announced in a press release Wednesday, Jan. 20. Reed, who lost his ride after Roush Fenway shuttered its Xfinity program at the end of 2018, has two Xfinity …
David Starr will return to Jimmy Means Racing for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. He’ll pilot the orange No. 52 Whataburger Chevrolet Camaro for the second straight year with additional sponsors to be announced. Starr announced the news on his Facebook page. Starr, who has four NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series wins and three …
AM Racing has announced its return to NASCAR competition, fielding 22-year-old Austin Wayne Self in its 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series campaign. The team’s 2019 debut will come in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. AM allied itself with Niece Motorsports in 2018, a move that saw Self move to Niece for the …
Josh Williams will pilot DGM Racing’s No. 36 Chevrolet Camaro for the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule, Speedsport reports. This will be Williams’ fourth consecutive season in the Xfinity Series and first as a full-time competitor, having made 30 starts across NASCAR’s lower two series over the last several years. 20 of those came last …
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