(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Junior Nation, you have a new standard bearer. Alex Bowman, the successor to Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, couldn’t have had a more auspicious start to the next phase of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series […]
Move Over, Dale Jr. — Alex Bowman Puts No. 88 Chevy On Pole For Daytona 500
February 11, 2018 by 2 Comments
New Daytona Package Could Make Cars Tougher To Drive — And That’s A Good Thing
February 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When is “worse” actually “better?” When a driver talks about the way his race car handles. “Worse” in racer parlance means tougher to drive, and to the elite drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, that’s a good thing. The stars of […]
Danica Patrick Is All Systems Go (Daddy) For The Great American Race
February 10, 2018 by 5 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Holly Cain ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dressed simply in blue jeans and a black polo shirt with a GoDaddy-green sponsor patch, Danica Patrick addressed the assembled NASCAR media Friday morning – one of the last times she will do so as a professional race car driver. The last time […]
Danica Patrick Announces Full Plan For Final NASCAR Start
January 22, 2018 by 16 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Holly Cain ~ NASCAR Wire Service Only four days after confirming that her longtime sponsor GoDaddy would sponsor her final Daytona 500 attempt next month, Danica Patrick announced Monday she will make that last NASCAR start driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro with Premium Motorsports. The team will be led by […]
NASCAR Hall of Fame Welcomes Five Exceptional Talents In 2018 Class
January 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The distinguished NASCAR Hall of Fame class of 2018 includes a formidable array of eclectic talent: NASCAR’s first champion, arguably the sport’s most innovative crew chief, racing’s most recognizable voice, the Camping World Truck Series’ all-time leading winner and a revered engine-builder-turned […]
Danica Patrick And GoDaddy NASCAR Reunion A Perfect Sendoff In Monster Energy Cup Series
January 18, 2018 by 20 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Holly Cain ~ NASCAR Wire Service Regarding it as “the ultimate fit,” Danica Patrick announced Thursday that GoDaddy would be sponsoring her cars in the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 this year – the “Danica Double” sendoff to her historic career competing in big time auto racing. Fittingly, Patrick will […]
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Hits The Track For Goodyear Tire Test
January 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Holly Cain ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams will officially bring in the sport’s New Year during a two-day Goodyear tire test at Texas Motor Speedway this week. Newly-crowned Monster Energy Series champion Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota) joins new Team Penske driver […]
Actor, Beloved Indianapolis 500 Icon Jim Nabors Passes Away
November 30, 2017 by 5 Comments
(Press Release from Indianapolis Motor Speedway) Actor-entertainer Jim Nabors, one of the most beloved figures in Indianapolis 500 history for his stirring pre-race rendition of “Back Home Again in Indiana,” passed away Thursday, Nov. 30 at his home in Hawaii. He was 87. Nabors sang the iconic tune 36 times between 1972 and 2014 during […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Final Sendoff Has A Noble Purpose
November 29, 2017 by 2 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Tony Stewart had some sage advice for Dale Earnhardt Jr., as NASCAR’s most popular driver faced his first season of retirement from full-time driving in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. “Stewart told me that first year’s a weird one,” Earnhardt said on […]
Hospital Visit Hits Home For Martin Truex Jr.
November 28, 2017 by 22 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Matthew, a sixth grader, took a long look at the hero card. Then he glanced up at Martin Truex Jr.’s face and made the connection. “Wow!” exclaimed Matthew, a pediatric patient at Sunrise Children’s Hospital, as he recognized the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR […]
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