International Speedway Corporation today approved funding to redevelop the frontstretch of Daytona International Speedway.
The multi-year project will break ground on July 5, 2013, and is targeted for completion in January 2016, in time for the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 58th Daytona 500.
“We are truly creating history with this unprecedented endeavor,” said ISC’s Chief [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Not many people along the Front Range of Colorado seemed to know what to expect when plans came together for a street-circuit event in Denver in the late 1980s. The big question – in the street and in the media – seemed to be, like, “So, 200 mph cars through [...]
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Joey Saldana recorded his second World of Outlaws victory of the season and first career at Paducah International Speedway Friday night in Kentucky.
“In qualifying we went out and were really good, and then in the heat race we changed everything and were really bad,” he said. “Then we went back to the way we were in [...]
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Rain washed away qualifying for the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach on Friday.
That left Dyson Racing’s Mazda-powered Lola coupe on pole position for Saturday’s second round of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón.
As a result of the weather, championship points set the grid for the Saturday’s two-hour race [...]
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Defending series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won Friday night’s O’Reilly 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
The victory was the second of the year for Stenhouse and his Roush Fenway Racing team as they also won at Las Vegas this season. It was the fourth victory of Stenhouse’s 79-race career.
It was also the fourth [...]
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Ron Capps overcame the disappointment of not qualifying for the last NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event in Las Vegas two weeks ago to race to the qualifying lead in the Funny Car category on the first day of qualifying for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway on Friday.
The other current No. 1 [...]
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart reluctantly donned his boxing-inspired red velvet “Smoke” robe one last time Thursday night at Texas Motor Speedway, where he was honored as the track’s Racer of the Year for 2011.
And on Friday afternoon, Stewart donned a dunce cap after scraping the wall during [...]
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Martin Truex Jr., driving a Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, won the pole Friday night for Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Truex had a fast lap at 190.369 mph at the 1.5-mile TMS quad-oval.
The pole was the first for Truex since last October when he was top qualifier at Dover. [...]
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – Following an eight year absence, NASCAR has officially returned to the track known as “the Rock.”
A total of 42 drivers in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series hope to be part of history Saturday afternoon when the 36-truck field for Sunday’s Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200 is set [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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FORT WORTH, Texas – In what might prove to be a landmark case study in sibling anger management, NASCAR’s Busch Brothers are collaborating as owner/driver for Friday night’s Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kurt Busch will make his series debut for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the No. 54 Monster [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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FORT WORTH, Texas – He won’t turn a lap in brother-in-law Don Istook’s white-hot Audi TT RS this weekend, but race day can’t come soon enough for Mark Hiett.
“He’s had his bag packed since last Saturday, and to be truthful, he’s about to drive me crazy,” Laurie Istook said of [...]
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