Welcome back to Couch Potato Tuesday (also known as Talking NASCAR TV). I’m back for my ninth year of TV commentary, suggestions, complaints and more. It should be a fairly interesting year, although there will be several changes in the personalities that you’ll see. This week already showed off plenty of them. First off, reporter and NASCAR …
On Friday at Daytona International Speedway, ARCA announced a new three-year TV deal that will see all of the races for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards televised for the first time in years. To supplement the existing deal with FOX Sports, the remaining 10 races not covered on FOX Sports 1 or 2 …
Justin Marks has had an up-and-down career in motorsports. In NASCAR, Marks has two career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts, 30 in the XFINITY Series and 37 in the Camping World Truck Series. Success has been fleeting. He has two poles and four top-10 finishes in the trucks. In the XFINITY Series, Marks has …
On Monday, Cadillac Racing announced their 2017 Pirelli World Challenge driver lineup. Their full-time drivers will be unchanged. Four-time GT class champion Johnny O’Connell will return to the No. 3 Cadillac ATS-VR for his seventh year with the team. Meanwhile, Michael Cooper will return for his second year in the No. 8. Cooper’s No. 8 will carry …
On Thursday morning, Wayne Taylor Racing announced that Alex Lynn will join the team as the third driver for the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup races at Sebring and Road Atlanta. Lynn will replace Max Angelelli, who retired from driving after winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January. Regular drivers Jordan and Ricky …
In recent years, 24 hour endurance races have turned into sprint races. Much of the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona was not a sprint, but a test of endurance and traction. Over half of the race was run in the rain. However, once the track finally dried out, the action came to …
On Saturday, the rains arrived at Daytona International Speedway during the sixth hour of the race. It has not stopped raining ever since. At first, it was a light rain that gave teams the choice as to what to do. Then, the precipitation kicked it up a notch. During the overnight hours, the rain came …
Through one-quarter of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, it has been all Cadillac, all the time. The three Cadillac DPi-V.R.’s have been fast all weekend, but they appear to have kicked it up a notch for the race. All three of the Cadillacs have turned laps faster than Joao Barbosa‘s overall pole-winning time from Thursday …
Friday afternoon saw the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge begin their season with the first of two four-hour races on the schedule. Dean Martin was the surprise pole sitter for KohR Motorsports, but it was one of the strongest teams from 2016 that took home the spoils. Despite qualifying 15th in class and dropping to …
Coming into the Rolex 24 weekend, all eyes were on the new Ford Mustang GT4, unveiled late last year and making its race debut. In the hands of Multimatic Motorsports’ Jade Buford and Scott Maxwell, the combination was likely to dominate in qualifying. However, a second horse in the battle appeared just a week before load …
After qualifying on Thursday in Daytona, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams took to the 3.56-mile road course for 90 minutes of practice in the dark. It is the only time that drivers get on the course in the dark prior to the race. Wayne Taylor Racing ended up with an up-and-down session. Max Angelelli, …
On Thursday afternoon, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship held qualifying for this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. With teams not necessarily showing their full hand during the Roar Before the 24, it was unclear what everyone truly had. However, when it was time for brass tacks, Action Express Racing came to play. Joao Barbosa won …
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