(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a new, thrilling format for the May 21 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, the biggest all-star event in all of sports, that will see the brightest stars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series dueling for 113 laps to decide the winner of a $1 […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Kansas One Of Three Sprint Cup Tracks Where Kyle Busch Has Never Won
May 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Winning seems almost routine for Kyle Busch. Only 31 years old, the No. 18 Toyota driver boasts 36 career victories and has taken the checkered flag at all but three of the 23 active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tracks – Kansas, Charlotte and Pocono. Busch has […]
NASCAR Announces 2017 National Series Schedules
May 5, 2016 by 3 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR announced on Thursday the 2017 schedules for its three national series – the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Typically reserved for much later in the year, NASCAR credited the early schedule release to unprecedented stakeholder collaboration, specifically the […]
Ten Races Into Sprint Cup Season, New Rules, Close Racing Have Drivers Excited
May 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service Who knew at the time that Denny Hamlin’s razor-thin margin of victory in the Daytona 500 would be emblematic of the 2016 season? With a bold move off Turn 4, Hamlin got to the finish line roughly six inches ahead of Martin Truex Jr. The official […]
NASCAR Talladega Notebook: Rough Day For Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Carl Edwards Streak Ends
May 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Long before Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway ended with Brad Keselowski in Victory Lane, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was ready to go home. Earnhardt started the race from the third position, but by Lap 9, the No. 88 Chevrolet had fallen back into […]
Brad Keselowski Scores Victory In Wreck-Marred Sprint Cup Event At Talladega
May 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Taking control in the final three laps of Sunday’s wreck-filled GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Brad Keselowski claimed his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at the 2.66-mile race track and solidified his spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Choosing […]
Elliott Sadler Ends Drought With Wild XFINITY Series Win At Talladega; Ryan Preece 15th
April 30, 2016 by 1 Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – On his 41st birthday, Elliott Sadler got an unexpected present. When Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race ended under caution in overtime with the front-runners just short of the finish line, Sadler had the lead, after Joey Logano’s last-ditch attempt to […]
NASCAR Talladega Notebook: Ty Dillon’s Stint in Stewart-Haas Ride Has Long Term Implications
April 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Tony Stewart’s doctors would prefer he races as little as possible in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (on FOX at 1 p.m. ET), where the prospect of being swept up in a major multi-car accident is omnipresent. That’s why Ty Dillon is […]
Chase Elliott Edges Austin Dillon For Sprint Cup Talladega Pole
April 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Numerologists doubtless will have a field day with the front row for Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (on FOX at 1 p.m. ET). Touring the 2.66-mile race track in 49.704 seconds (192.661 mph) during Saturday’s time trials, Chase Elliott put the No. […]
NASCAR Talladega Notebook: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Talks About The One That Got Away
April 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Drivers have short memories when it comes to races won and lost, but last year’s Talladega Chase race is one that stick’s in Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s mind—and in his craw. Needing a win to advance to the Round of 8 in the Chase […]
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