SEBRING, Fla., March 20 — With four solid practice sessions under their belts, Fifty Plus Racing’s four drivers are ready for the start of the 63rd annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida Saturday at 10:40 a.m. In addition to being a jewel of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship, the […]
Martin Truex Jr. poses next to his Auto-Owners Insurance sponsored Toyota. [Russ Lake Photo] Fortune 500 company will have primary sponsorship on the No. 78 Toyota Camry at three Sprint Cup races DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 17, 2016) – Furniture Row Racing announced today at Daytona International Speedway that it has formed a partnership with […]
97-year old Vicki Wood leads the nostalgia parade along the old beach course in Daytona Beach. [Joe Jennings Photo] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It has been nearly six decades since there has been racing on Daytona’s famed beach, but to keep the memories alive, old-time drivers and car owners flock to Daytona Beach to take […]
Jody Stroud, 2015 Toefco Powershield Coatings Pro Open Outlaw World Champion. [Photo: Gary Rowe / RaceWorks.com / PDRA660.com] PITTSBORO, N.C. (January 11, 2016): “Artie with Powershield Coatings pulled it out of his own pocket to give us a place to race. None of us would ever be able to thank him enough. He had kind […]
Charlotte, NC – It?s hard to imagine Jimmie Johnson as a ?throwback? to the old days of… HAMMOND, IN: Back in the day when “the drivers were fat, and the tires were skinny”…before lap-tops… If everyone must wait his turn in life and love, then what put six foot, 190 pound… Most people are aware […]
PITTSBORO, N.C. (December 24, 2015): In late 2014 Kevin Fiscus accepted an invitation to partner with Jim Bell for a multi-series 2015 race season with the expectations of running both Bell cars in a two car race team. However, Bell’s Mustang was not completed in time to compete in the season so the sole focus […]
Donny Schatz is all smiles after collecting his first win in 2016. [Joe Jennings Photo] Barberville, Fla. – Donny Schatz was peerless in the 30-lap feature in the Arctic Cat All-Star Circuit of Champions race at the Volusia Speedway Park on a cool Thursday evening. The racing action is part of the multi-day DIRTcar Nationals […]
[Credit: Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images] New Collaborative Business Model for Owners and Tracks Now in Place for 2016 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 9, 2016) – During a historic event held today in Charlotte, N.C., NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France joined with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owners to announce a landmark long-term agreement […]
Johnny Sauter celebrates in victory lane at the Daytona International Speedway. [Russ Lake Photo] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Driving for a new team, GMS Racing, Johnny Sauter survived the intensely competitive and wreck-strewn NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener at the Daytona International Speedway on Friday evening. The 100-lap race was known as the […]
Denny Hamlin celebrates his third Sprint Unlimited victory at Daytona. [Russ Lake Photo] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 2016 edition Speedweeks at Daytona got off to an action-packed start with the running of the 75-lap Sprint Unlimited, a non-points exhibition race for 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars. Multi-car crashes and spins spiced the action […]
Daytona 500 front row: Matt Kenseth (2nd) and Chase Elliott (1st). [Russ Lake Photo] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Rookie Chase Elliott and veteran driver Matt Kenseth came home the big winners in front-row qualifying for next Sunday’s Daytona 500. Driving the NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, Elliott cruised around the 2.5-mile banked Daytona International Speedway oval […]
Rico Abreu prepares for Thursday’s practice session. [Joe Jennings Photo] DAYTONA BRACH, Fla. – Rico Abreu is packaged small but his accomplishments are enormous in size. Winning two consecutive Chili Bowl races recently against the nation’s finest drivers propelled him to the front page of motorsports news, particularly after doing donuts to celebrate the win. […]
Rolex 24 winners wave their flags while being bathed in confetti. [Joe Jennings Photo] Daytona Beach, Fla. – With the race on the line, virtual unknown Pipo Derani picked up the pace and motored to victory in the 54th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, winning the grueling race by 26 seconds. The young […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates in victory lane at Daytona after winning the opening Can-Am Duel. [Russ Lake Photo] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch bagged victories in a pair of 150-mile Can-Am Duel events on Thursday night at the Daytona International Speedway. The first Duel was a tame one but the […]
