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Editors Notes
Well son has come and gotten his car, wife and dogs and heading back to California. Way to short a time.
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Danica Patrick and GoDaddy reunion a perfect sendoff
http://www.catchfence.com/267800/danica-patrick-godaddy-reunion-perfect-sendoff
NASCAR updates national series Sunoco Rookie of the Year points system
http://www.catchfence.com/267813/nascar-updates-national-series-sunoco-rookie-year-points-system
Ford’s young guns prepare to take on Daytona International Speedway road course
NASCAR Hall of Fame welcomes five exceptional talents in 2018 inductee class
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Kyle Larson races way through offseason to ready for NASCAR
Washington Post
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR's offseason is short, and Kyle Larson made sure to take advantage of every day of his break. He focused on racing. There's been almost no break at all for Larson. He spent so much time racing away from home this winter that when his family returned to North Carolina ...
Truex named NMPA Driver of the Year
Motorsport.com, Edition: Global
Truex's day started with Fan Appreciation Day at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, where the night before he introduced the video for NASCAR's first champion Red Byron as the 1949 champ was inducted into the Hall. Truex then turned the stage over to the Hall's executive director Winston Kelly. It was an
https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/truex-named-nmpa-driver-of-the-year-997956/
NASCAR: Team Penske 2018 outlook
Beyond the Flag
With 2017 closing and a new season with a new face beginning, Team Penske look to be a dark horse favorite for the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series championship. Team Penske are coming off a bit of an odd NASCAR Cup Series season in 2017. Both Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano were able to win a
https://beyondtheflag.com/2018/01/21/nascar-team-penske-2018-outlook/
Shannon Spake doesn't think Jimmie Johnson will make the Championship 4 in 2018
FOXSports.com
Shannon Spake tells Daryl Motte why she doesn't think Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team will be a part of the Championship 4 in 2018. Monster. More NASCAR Videos. Eli Tomac claims the first-ever 450 Triple Crown | 2018 MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS. 3 hours ago · Savatgy & McElrath ...
29 days and counting to the start of the Daytona 500
Blasting News
NASCAR's biggest names and most popular teams will line up to run "The Great American #race". For teams, and race fans alike, there is no race like Daytona. The Super Bowl of motorsport, the Daytona 500 is not only the biggest and most famous race on the NASCAR calendar, it is also the race that ...
Adam Alexander: Aric Almirola will make the playoffs in his first year with Stewart-Haas Racing
FOXSports.com
Adam Alexander tells Daryl Motte why he thinks Aric Almirola is going to make the playoffs in 2018, his first year in the No. 10 car with Stewart-Haas Racing. Daytona 500 · Monster · Monster · Stewart-Haas Racing. More NASCAR Videos. Shannon Spake: Christopher Bell will be the 2018 Xfinity Series ...
Bubba Wallace shows off classic No. 43 STP look for 2018
Nascar
There are many perks to racing for “The King,” but at the top of the list is driving the iconic No. 43 that Richard Petty drove to a record seven championships. Darrell Wallace Jr., who is set to compete in his first full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season with Richard Petty Motorsports, showed ...
The moral choice that Kyle Larson made in the closing laps at Miami
Yahoo Sports
CHARLOTTE – Every NASCAR driver has a code of ethics, and the closing laps of last season's finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway presented a quandary for Kyle Larson. If you can't pass two title contenders with a championship on the line, does discretion become the better part of valor in choosing ...
https://sports.yahoo.com/moral-choice-kyle-larson-made-180010329.html
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Talks ongoing between Monster, NASCAR
· Union Bank & Trust, which filed a lawsuit in North Carolina court in November claiming ownership of two NASCAR charters originally controlled by BK Racing (with one now controlled by Front Row Motorsports), has asked a federal court in Virginia for injunctive relief and to immediately appoint a receiver take over all the team's assets and property. The bank alleges BK Racing owes it more than $7 million in unpaid loans and fees, and already has had $210K worth of assets seized by the N.C. Department of Revenue for unpaid taxes. Classic Auctions, a North Carolina auction house, is advertising that it will auction off three BK Racing haulers and a passenger car. BK Racing also owes more than $1.59M to its engine supplier and more than $667K in federal tax liens, according to N.C. court records.
2018 NASCARHall of Fame Induction
Robert Yates posthumously inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame
Yates joined Ray Evernham, Red Byron, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Ken Squier.
http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2018/story/_/id/22156397/robert-yates-posthumously-inducted-nascar-hall-fame
2018 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors five NASCAR legends
Byron, Evernham, Hornaday, Squier, Yates officially enshrined.
http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2018/story/_/id/22159039/2018-nascar-hall-fame-induction-ceremony-honors-five-nascar-legends
Yates' induction caps memorable night at Hall
http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/22156368/ray-evernham-robert-yates-ron-hornaday-jr-ken-squire-red-byron-inducted-nascar-hall-fame
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1000Bulbs.com sponsoring Ragan for four races
Seth Barbour has been named crew chief for Ragan this season.
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Ticket Guardian sponsoring ISM Raceway spring race
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NASCAR Hall Of Fame Inducts Class Of ’18
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TXK Today
Well, Dollar Shave Club picked 500 small business logos from around the country to display on Matt Tifft's #2 NASCAR this season. Bower's business, WHISK, is a family catering business that has been in official operation for about one year. Bowers is so happy to have her family pitch in to help her ...
http://txktoday.com/news/wish-whisk-comes-true/
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Precision Performance Motorsports shuts down XFINITY team
After three years of existence and 18 races later, Richard Gdovic, owner of Precision Performance Motorsports has decided to close the doors on an XFINITY Series entry. Heading into the 2017 season, Gdovic had set out to run the entire 33-race schedule, kicking it off with a 22nd-place finish at Daytona with Anthony Kumpen. Quin Houff recorded a pair of top-15 finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway (15th) and Iowa Speedway (12th) before Parker Kligerman picked up the organization's lone top-10 finish in its existence at Road America in August.[More](1-20-2018)
Kaulig Racing announces Bar Harbor and Sea Watch International as new partners for 2018
Kaulig Racing is pleased to announce the addition of outside primary sponsorship for the 2018 NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) season. Bar Harbor Foods and Sea Watch International will serve as primary sponsors on the No. 11 that will be driven by Ryan Truex. Starting with the season opener on February 17th, and for the next nine NXS races of the season, Bar Harbor Foods and Sea Watch International will adorn the blue, green and black Chevy Camaro.[More](1-19-2018)
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2018 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Honors Five NASCAR Legends
Byron, Evernham, Hornaday, Squier, Yates Officially Enshrined
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 19, 2018) – Five NASCAR icons – two drivers, a crew chief/owner, an engine builder/owner and a broadcaster – were enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, tonight during the Induction Ceremony held in the Crown Ball Room at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Red Byron, Ray Evernham, Ron Hornaday Jr., Ken Squier and Robert Yates make up the ninth class of The NASCAR Hall of Fame, which now holds 45 inductees.
A pioneer of the sport, Red Byron won the first NASCAR race at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1948. That year, he went on to win NASCAR’s first season championship in the NASCAR Modified division. The next season, Byron won NASCAR’s first Strictly Stock title – the precursor to today’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Byron achieved these feats despite having to drive with a special brace for his left leg, which he injured serving in the Air Force during World War II.
In the 1990s, Ray Evernham paired with Jeff Gordon to rewrite the NASCAR record books. Evernham guided Gordon to three championships in four seasons (1995, ’97, ’98). The pair collected a series-high 47 wins in the 1990s, taking the checkered flag in two Daytona 500s (1997, ’99). A skilled innovator, Evernham’s ‘Rainbow Warriors’ pit crew revolutionized the modern pit stop. He won 13 times as an owner and led the return of Dodge back to NASCAR in the 2000s.
“I stand here tonight before you very humble, very thankful, and very grateful to be a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame,” Evernham said. “Martin Luther King said that if a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets as Michael Angelo painted or as Beethoven composed music. He should sweep the street so well that the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, there goes a great sweet sweeper. And I read that quote a long time ago, and I realized the best way I could pay back everyone who believed in me was to work hard and be a good street sweeper.”
Ron Hornaday is statistically the greatest driver in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history. The Californian boasts a record four Truck Series championships and won 51 races. He also tops the series annals with 158 top-five finishes. In 2009, Hornaday won five straight races, a feat matched by only two other drivers in NASCAR national series history.
“This is for every short track racer that ever had a dream, ever had a heart, ever believed in anything that you can believe in, this is it … the Hall of Fame,” Hornaday said.
Few broadcasters in any sport could weave words together like Ken Squier. He is best known for calling the 1979 Daytona 500 on CBS, providing the play-by-play for the first live flag-to-flag coverage of “The Great American Race” – a moniker he coined. Following that event, Squier called races on CBS and TBS until 1997 before shifting to the studio as a host for NASCAR broadcasts until 2000. He founded MRN Radio in 1970.
“In our sport, there are innovators, builders, advocates, challengers, heroes, and an announcer now and then, who all have a part to play,” Squier said. “This is always a thank you time speech, so many to deal with. Some of us are inconceivably lucky to call these folks friends. I think we all call them heroes. And I'm feeling like an odd duck in a flock of fancy geese, let me tell you.”
A dual-threat, Robert Yates’ excelled in engine building and team ownership. He provided the engines that powered Bobby Allison to his 1983 championship and Richard Petty to his 200th win. He launched his own team – Robert Yates Racing – in the 1980s. As an owner, he won three Daytona 500s, and the 1999 premier series championship with Dale Jarrett. Overall, his team claimed 57 victories.
Yates lost a tough fight to cancer last October, but wrote his acceptance speech before he passed. The highlight of the night was a video of Jarrett reading the words of his late team owner.
“I never prayed to win a race, I just prayed for the wisdom to help me make good decisions,” Yates wrote. “My creator didn’t always give me what I asked for, but he gave me more than I deserved.”
Each of the five inductees had an inductor who officially welcomed them into The Hall: Winston Kelley (Executive Director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame) for Red Byron; Ray J Evernham (son) and Jeff Gordon (former driver) for Ray Evernham; Wayne Auton (former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Managing Director) for Ron Hornaday Jr.; Phil Scott (Vermont Governor) for Ken Squier; and Edsel Ford (member of the board of directors for Ford Motor Company) for Robert Yates.
Active and former drivers introduced each inductee during tonight’s program: Martin Truex Jr. for Red Byron; Ben Kennedy for Ray Evernham; Kevin Harvick for Ron Hornaday Jr.; Dale Earnhardt Jr. for Ken Squier; and Brad Keselowski for Robert Yates.
In addition to the five inductees enshrined today, Jim France was honored as the fourth recipient of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.
France, the chairman of the board for International Speedway Corporation, began working in the NASCAR industry as a teenager in 1959, learning all aspects of the business from his father, NASCAR Founder Bill France, Sr. France founded the GRAND-AM Road Racing Series in 1999. In 2012, he led the merger of GRAND-AM and the American Le Mans Series, forming the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).
“No one deserves this award more than Jim France,” said France’s niece, ISC CEO Lesa France Kennedy. “He is the epitome of what the Landmark Award represents.”
Prior to tonight’s Induction Ceremony, trailblazing motorsports journalist Norma ‘Dusty’ Brandel was awarded the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence.
Brandel became the first woman to report from the NASCAR garage when she covered her first race at Ontario Motor Speedway in 1972. She reported on NASCAR for more than six decades for several papers, including: the Hollywood Citizen-News, San Fernando Sun and Valley View, and Glendale News-Press. She serves as president and executive director of the American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association
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Cole Anderson joins ATF & Gunslinger for the 2018 season
Speedway Digest (press release) (blog)
With the team doing everything from competing at the late model level to building and preparing NASCAR Camping World Truck Series trucks specialized for competition at motorsports festivals and recording speed records at race tracks across the country, the team is well versed in a variety of ...
For the greater good: Toyota accepts NASCAR Truck Series spec engine
Autoweek
A top Toyota Racing Development official said on Friday that the manufacturer has accepted the presence of a spec engine in the Camping World Truck Series because it is in the best interest of developing top NASCAR prospects. David Wilson, president of TRD, made the concession during an ...
Toyota executive calls Truck Series 'critical step' in developing drivers
Yahoo Sports
A Toyota Racing Development executive says that the manufacturer would accept a spec engine in the Camping World Truck Series, noting how valuable that series is for the development of drivers. David Wilson, president of TRD, made the comments Friday on “Tradin' Paint” on SiriusXM NASCAR
https://sports.yahoo.com/toyota-executive-calls-truck-series-210041423.html
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Despite spec engine, Toyota committed to Truck Series
A Toyota Racing Development executive says that the manufacturer would accept a spec engine in the Camping World Truck Series, noting how valuable that series is for the development of drivers.[More](1-20-2018)
Hornaday's years of Camping World Truck Series dominance delivers him to the pinnacle of NASCAR
The always colorful, ever humble four-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion was upbeat recalling important moments in his career and telling classic stories about those who helped him make the big time. And while the 59-year old Californian may not have ever predicted he would be a NASCAR Hall of Famer one day, he definitely knew the sport's truck series was destined for greatness. And both of their paths have led to similarly significant achievements.[More](1-19-2018)
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Formula 1
Michael Schumacher's legacy: F1 legend's nephew launches professional racing career as he ...
Michael Schumacher's legacy: F1 legend's nephew launches professional racing career as he looks to follow in uncle's footsteps .... Schumacher's legacy is being kept alive by his nephew after the teenager launched his professional racing career, professing his ambition to compete in Formula 1.
Bourdais hits back at Haas US driver claims
Eurosport.com
IndyCar racer and ex-grand prix driver Sebastien Bourdais has hit back at claims by Haas Formula 1 team boss Gunther Steiner that there are no American ... Bourdais acknowledged that the disappointing F1 careers of US-racing champions such as himself and Alex Zanardi didn't help the perception of ...
Williams expects 'many years' with Sirotkin
Eurosport.com
... new Formula 1 signing Sergey Sirotkin to be with the team for "many years ahead" following the multi-year deal that landed him a race seat for 2018. ... Speaking at a Williams-SMP Racing event in Moscow, key figures from the team and Sirotkin's Russian backers made clear a multi-year deal had ...
https://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/williams-expects-many-years-with-sirotkin_sto6489386/story.shtml
Lowe: Drivers didn't always exploit car in 2017
Racer
Speaking ahead of confirmation that Sergey Sirotkin would partner Stroll in 2018, Lowe admitted the time a rookie needs to settle into Formula 1 means certain opportunities were missed at the start of last year. "Some of [the missed results] is down to error here and there, operational issues, some of
https://www.racer.com/f1/item/146846-lowe-drivers-didn-t-always-exploit-car-in-2017
Teams need to change approach with Liberty - Horner
Racer
Red Bull's Christian Horner believes some Formula 1 teams have been dealing with owners Liberty Media in the same way they previously did with Bernie Ecclestone – an approach he says is the wrong one. The completion of Liberty's takeover of F1 in January last year led to Ecclestone being moved ...
http://www.racer.com/f1/item/146845-teams-need-to-change-approach-with-liberty-horner
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Indy Car
Catching Up With: 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series Champion Josef Newgarden
Automobile
Nashville, Tennessee, native Josef Newgarden, 27, won four races and finished nine times in the top three during the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season, his sixth year competing at the pinnacle of American open-wheel racing. Notably, it was the affable Newgarden's first year driving for the ...
Unser Jr. calls Harding role 'a dream come true'
Racer
Al Unser Jr. calls his new role as a driver coach and executive consultant at Harding Racing "a dream come true." ... Unser will have a promising talent to work with in Gabby Chaves, who impressed in Harding's part-time series debut in 2017 with a ninth-place finish at the Indy 500, fifth at Texas and a ...
Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. coming out of retirement to race Pikes Peak
Autoweek
The two time Indy 500 winner is listed among the entries for the 96th annual Pike Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado in June. Unser, 55, raced there in 1983 and won the event earning the name “King of the Mountain” after winning the Open Wheel crown in his Wells Coyote Chevy. His last race
IndyCar: Could Jack Hawksworth drive for Dale Coyne Racing in 2018?
Beyond the Flag
Jack Hawksworth, 26, made his IndyCar debut in the 2014 season, his rookie season, after finishing in 4th place in the Indy Lights championship standings with three victories in 12 races the year before. He drove full-time in IndyCar until the 2016 season. In the 2014 season, Hawksworth drove the #98 ...
Automobile
Verizon IndyCar Series officials have called the new race car design for their 2018 season “reverse engineering.” In other words, make it look good first and then dial in performance. The series is still in the days of early returns, with the car's running limited so far to off-season testing, but it appears
IndyCar manufacturers scale back engine development for 2018
Racer
The Verizon IndyCar Series, Chevy, and Honda are close to developing the next set of engine regulations, and with those rules in the works, both brands have ... of development that's going on to the engines right now because they are getting, I'll say, old," HPD race team leader Allen Miller told RACER.
What are Patrick's real options for Daytona and Indy?
Racer
Danica Patrick's most viable prospects for landing a ride for Daytona and Indy both appear to reside with small- to-medium-sized programs. GoDaddy announced on Thursday that it will rekindle its partnership with the 35-year-old for what has been coined the "Danica Double"; the two-race farewell tour
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Michelin Memories: 2015, Porsche's Overall Petit Le Mans Triumph
Sportscar365
And measures have since been put in place to help prevent it from happening again. IMSA adjusted the GTLM tire regulations in 2016 to prohibit the practice of “cutting” or deepening treads on wet tires, and eventually required teams to homologate slick tire constructions and compounds prior to the start ...
Audi rolls out three-class offering for Rolex 24 Daytona weekend
Sports Car Illustrated
Audi will have a three-class offering for the 2018 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opening races hosted at the Rolex 24 Daytona race weekend, January 26 - 28. With a line-up of seven RS 3 LMS, four R8 LMS GT4 and two R8 LMS GT3,
https://www.sportscarillustrated.com/news_18/a/news18a_0055_imsa_wt_rolex_audi.html
IMSA 101: Class breakdown for 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season
Autoweek
This is the flagship class, and the only one of the three that doesn't start out as a production car. There are two different Prototypes: those that adhere to the World Endurance Championship “LMP2” model, which stands for Le Mans Prototype 2, and the DPi, which stands for Daytona Prototype ...
Cadillac performance pegged back for Daytona 24 Hours
Motorsport.com, Edition: Global
The Cadillac DPi-V.R has been given smaller-diameter air-restrictors in the pre-event round of Balance of Performance changes ahead of the IMSA SportsCar Championship opener on January 27/28. The new 5.5-litre normally-aspirated engine in Cadillac's Daytona Prototype international contender
https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/cadillac-performance-pegged-for-daytona-24-hours-997297/
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NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Coby set to return to NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2018
MILFORD, Conn. (WWLP) – Doug Coby will be returning to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2018 driving for Mike Smeriglio and Mayhew Tools out of Turners Falls will return as the sponsor. Coby told 22News that he and the team are ready to go for the 2018. “We're excited to come back with ...
http://wwlp.com/2018/01/20/coby-set-to-return-to-nascar-whelen-modified-tour-in-2018/
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Fast Company NHRA Funny Car Ace Robert Hight to appear at the Show
Southernminn.com
Robert Hight, driver of the AAA Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car and reigning NHRA World Champion, will make a special appearance at the St. Louis Auto Show. Hight's appearance, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 27, at the AAA Missouri booth, has become an annual tradition for the two-time world ...
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NASCAR Hall of Fame inducts five legends into 2018 class
Autoweek
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 ...
Talks ongoing between Monster, NASCAR
ESPN
Monster Energy has had several high-level meetings with NASCAR execs in recent weeks regarding the future of its Cup series title sponsorship, according to sources, but no decision has been reached yet about the future beyond '18. Monster Chair & CEO Rodney Sacks discussed the topic Thursday ...
Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. makes Hall of Fame
KTAL
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Four-Time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. has been inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Hornaday's 51 victories are a Truck Series record, as well as his championships. He was introduced Friday night by Kevin Harvick, one of the many drivers who Hornaday ...
2019 Hall of Fame class could boast Jeff Gordon, Davey Allison
ESPN
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jeff Gordon helped with the induction Friday of good friend and crew chief Ray Evernham into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The four-time NASCAR Cup champion learned something about how he would want his induction to go. "I'm going to ask Dale Jarrett to read my speech if that ...
Mailbag: Should NASCAR use a choose cone for restarts?
Motorsport.com, Edition: Global
In the case of double-file restarts, the use of a choice cone would enable competitors to select a lane before the race returns to green. The practice has been used before in NASCAR's Whelen All-American Series. However, since the “chaos” usually occurs only at short tracks, it's unlikely we'll hear the ...
Legendary Broadcaster Ken Squier – The Storyteller In All Of Us
Tha Sports Junkies 101 (blog)
As a young boy of 15 from Waterbury, VT, Ken Squier told a story of how he started in race announcing. It was in a pasture in Morrisville, VT in the back of a logging truck. Squier stood tall with his sound guy as they called the races from the back of that truck, with speakers mounted on either side as their ...
Spanish driver Carlos Sainz wins second Dakar Rally title
ESPN
CORDOBA, Argentina -- Spanish driver Carlos Sainz has won his second Dakar Rally title, with the Peugeot driver climbing on top of his car at the end of the rally to celebrate Saturday. Sainz finished in 49 hours, 16 minutes, 18 seconds overall and was 43 minutes ahead of second-place Nasser
http://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/22160045/matthias-walkner-carlos-sainz-win-dakar-rally
Sainz clinches farewell Dakar victory for Peugeot
SBS
Winner of the toughest @dakar ever done in South America at 55 years of age (good number) and he did it in his own way," said the driver, who races with the number 55. Sainz finished ninth on the last stage, beating al-Attiyah by 43 minutes. The third place on the podium went to South African Giniel de ...
Dakar 2018: Brits Lyndon Poskitt and Max Hunt nail Dakar finish
Motorcycle News
For Poskitt it was a major achievement to have now started three Dakar's and finished three Dakar's improving on his result each year. Racing in the Malle Moto class he finished 28th on the final stage, which means he ended up 33rd overall in the standings and second Malle Moto finisher behind former ...
Russian Kamaz-Master's crew wins 2018 Dakar rally in trucks category
TASS
MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. The Russian Kamaz-Master's crew led by Eduard Nikolayev won the 2018 Dakar rally in the trucks category. The closing stage of the truck race was held on Saturday and ended in Cordoba, Argentina. This the third time for Nikolayev in the Dakar rally. The crew led by him ...
Look out Red Bull — Monster is flying
A lineup of new products and NASCAR, BMX, UFC and MMA sponsorships have contributed to Monster's boom. Monster has become the top energy drink maker in the United States, controlling 43% of the market, according to Morgan Stanley. Red Bull trails slightly. Rockstar is in third place. Energy is ...
Ms. Leslie Donegan Crowned Ms. Motorsports In Front of Large Crowd, Sunday Opens at 11 AM
Speedway Digest (press release) (blog)
Three-time NASCAR Monster Cup driving champion Tony Stewart, 20-time World Of Outlaws Sprint Car champion Steve Kinser and past NASCAR Crew Chief and current on-air personality Larry McReynolds were kept busy for hours signing autographs and posing for pictures with adoring fans.
Ray Evernham on NASCAR Hall of Fame induction: 'This is forever'
Yahoo Sports
That includes an amateur boxer, race car driver, 3-time NASCAR Cup championship crew chief, Cup team owner, TV and radio personality, racetrack owner, businessman and so much more. But nothing will ever personify and speak to Evernham's career success like Friday night's induction into the ...
Danica Patrick claims last year in NASCAR “felt like a grind”
Motorsport.com, Edition: Global
Speaking in a wide-ranging two-hour interview on this week's Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Patrick talked about a vast range of issues in her life – including how disillusioned she'd become in her fulltime NASCAR career. “I think everyone would expect with what I do, at the level I do it, that racing is ...
NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Childress addresses 'very intense' home break-in attempt
Charlotte Observer
Make no mistake: When three men with stolen military-style guns attempted to break into Richard Childress' Davidson County home in December, the NASCAR Hall of Famer and team owner was worried. But Childress, who spoke about the incident to Motorsport.com at Friday's NASCAR Hall of Fame
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/thatsracin/article195717024.html
Could NASCAR be in play for a new owner?
WBTV
Without question, NASCAR has seen better times, but could the combination of lower television ratings and fewer fans in the stands put the sport in play for a new business model? During his time inside the front office of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Humpy Wheeler was one of the driving forces that took
http://www.wbtv.com/story/37307861/could-nascar-be-in-play-for-a-new-owner
Dale Jr.: It'll be 'difficult' to watch Daytona 500 start
USA TODAY
For the first time since 2000, the Daytona 500 - the NASCAR Cup Series' iconic season-opener - will start without Dale Earnhardt Jr. The 15-time most popular driver retired from full-time racing in November at the 2017 season finale, marking the end of an era. Early in his retirement, Earnhardt already ...
FireKeepers Casino signs multi-year agreement to sponsor NASCAR races at MIS
MLive.com
BROOKLYN, MI - Michigan International Speedway has locked down a title sponsor for its June 10 NASCAR Cup Series race "for many years to come," according to a release from the track. Battle Creek's FireKeepers Casino and Hotel has signed a multi-year agreement with MIS to remain the June ...
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2018/01/firekeepers_casino_signs_multi.html
Blake Koch undeterred after losing Xfinity Series ride
http://jeffgluck.com/blake-koch-undeterred-after-losing-xfinity-series-ride/
ASHLEY ASKS…… Ty Dillon
http://www.popularspeed.com/ashley-asks-ty-dillon/
ASHLEY ASKS….. Jordan Fish
http://www.popularspeed.com/ashley-asks-jordan-fish/
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