On Monday afternoon, NASCAR shook up the leadership of its tertiary National touring series. 55-year old Elton Sawyer, most recently of Action Express Racing in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, has been named the new Managing Director of the Camping World Truck Series. He will replace Chad Little, who has moved to the newly …
On Friday, IMSA announced that Wayne Taylor Racing has been dropped from third-place in the Prototype class and overall all the way back to 16th in class as a result of a drive time violation committed by the team in the closing moments of last weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. In endurance races, IMSA maintains …
On Thursday, Jimmie Johnson announced that his charitable organization, the Jimmie Johnson Foundation (JJF), has joined forces with The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company in order to serve as a co-sponsor of the Jimmie Johnson Foundation’s annual Wellness Challenge. Under the partnership, the event will be known as the 2015 Jimmie Johnson Foundation Wellness Challenge …
On Monday morning, FOX Sports officially announced their list of on-air personalities for its 2015 NASCAR on FOX properties. While there many of them are in familiar positions, the addition of three former Cup Series champions should spice things up. First, let’s go with what stays the same; the broadcast booth for FOX and FOX Sports 1’s coverage …
Last weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona was billed as another battle for supremacy in the Prototype class between the Daytona Prototypes and the P2’s. Despite Michael Shank Racing dominating the time sheets, the P2’s did not factor much into the outcome. From the drop of the green flag, the Ford EcoBoost V6-powered Riley DPG3’s from …
Here is the update as of 7:10 a.m. on Sunday morning. The Daytona Prototypes look very likely to win the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the 12th straight year. The highest running P2 prototype is the pole-winning No. 60 from Michael Shank Racing. John Pew nosed into the tires during the night and currently runs …
Here are your standings in all four classes at the one-quarter mark of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Prototype: 1. No. 01- Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Ford EcoBoost Riley DPG3, Scott Pruett/Joey Hand/Charlie Kimball/Sage Karam 2. No. 02- Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Ford EcoBoost Riley DPG3, Tony Kanaan/Scott Dixon/Jamie McMurray/Kyle Larson …
Finally, the cursed offseason is coming to a close. Despite the onslaught of big announcements recently in NASCAR’s sphere of influence (Jeff Gordon announcing the end of his full-time tenure in Sprint Cup at the end of the season, Brian Vickers announcing his return at Las Vegas, Rico Abreu moving to K&N Pro Series East, …
On Wednesday, Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) announced that Brian Vickers has officially been cleared to return to the driver’s seat starting at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March. He will miss the first two races of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season while he continues to recover from a surgical procedure on his heart back in December. …
Quick on the heels of his victory in the A-Main of Saturday night’s Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals in Tulsa, Tuesday morning brought the very beginning of a new chapter in Rico Abreu‘s racing career. HScott Motorsports with Justin Marks announced that the 22-year old sprint car ace will drive one of the team’s five full-time …
On Monday, Sprint Cup driver Kurt Busch was back in Dover, Delaware to attend the third day of hearings at Kent County Family Court in regards to the no-contact protective order that ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll is currently seeking against Busch. Busch took the stand in order to once again give his side of the story. …
Last weekend, the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held their annual Roar Before the 24, a three-day test session for teams in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge ahead of the season openers for both series. The status quo appears to have been upheld in TUSC, but just barely. Overall, …
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