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World Racing Group and Knoxville Raceway announced Friday that the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will sanction the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Aug. 10-13, 2011, at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
In addition, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is expanding its early summer weekend at Knoxville to add a complete show on [...]

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With a strong lineup that features former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions, last year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field, a host of former outstanding rookies, along with a collection of previous winners at the sport’s most storied race track, NASCAR announced Friday the list of eligible competitors for the 2011 Budweiser Shootout at [...]

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Scott Pruett ran the fastest laps Friday at Daytona International Speedway to lead the opening day of the “Roar Before the Rolex 24″ in the Chip Ganassi Racing car that dominated last year’s Daytona Prototype championship.
The three-day session is giving competitors in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 [...]

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Brian Husen has been named the crew chief of Del Worsham’s Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel dragster, it was announced Thursday.  Rod Centorbi will remain the assistant crew chief on Worsham’s team which is in the process of switching from Funny Car to Top Fuel.
Husen’s promotion to crew chief on Worsham’s team [...]

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Fort Worth, Texas – Race Week tailgaiting will take on a distinctive look this season at Texas Motor Speedway with the addition of Pit Stop Park to the track’s array of fan amenities.
Pit Stop Park will encompass a tract of parking area larger than an NFL football field – 146 yards in length by 53 [...]

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Sparta, Ky. –  Individual tickets for Kentucky Speedway’s inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 400-mile event and five additional 2011 races will go on sale Wednesday, Jan. 12.
The Saturday night Sprint Cup race featuring five-time champion Jimmie Johnson and all of NASCAR’s top-tier competitors highlights a two-weekend season featuring the most NASCAR and IZOD IndyCar Series [...]

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The lineup of drivers which the Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates organization will put on the track for this month’s Rolex 24 Grand-Am race at Daytona International Speedway is as diverse as it is talented.
The driver lineup includes Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jamie McMurray.
The drivers will be [...]

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The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón announced a multi-year broadcast and digital agreement with ESPN that ALMS President/CEO Scott Atherton is calling “a game changer.”
The deal involves televising the world’s premier sports car series over several ESPN programming and media platforms, including ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com. Intersport, an award-winning media and marketing [...]

Kevin Harvick Inc. announced Monday that former Formula One driver Nelson Piquet Jr. has been added to the organization’s 2011 line-up.
The 25-year-old native of Brazil will compete full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and for the series’ Rookie of the Year honors next season. Further details regarding the program will be released at [...]

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Joe Gibbs Racing announced that its newest entry into the Nationwide Series which will be driven by Brian Scott, will carry the familiar number 11 and have Kevin Kidd as its crew chief.
In addition, Adam Stevens, who had previously served as the engineer for JGR’s Sprint Cup Series No. 20 Home Depot Toyota, will assume [...]