NBC steps up, lands NASCAR Property finds comfort level in return to net By John Ourand & Tripp Mickle During the week of July 7, NASCAR officials started to realize that the sport’s long-standing, multi-decade relationships with ESPN and Turner were coming to an end. Soon after the July 4 holiday, Turner’s David Levy called […]
Ford Scaling Back NHRA Involvement SONOMA, Calif. — Ford Motor Co. plans to scale back its involvement in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series beginning in 2015. After rumors circulated that the company was withdrawing from professional drag racing, Ford Racing issued a statement in an effort to help head off the distribution of […]
Newman ‘Brings it Home’ for First Career Brickyard 400 Win There’s no place like home, and Indiana native Ryan Newman celebrated that well-regarded sentiment by winning the 20th annual Brickyard 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, his first at the historic 2.5-mile oval. Newman, driving the # 39 Quicken Loans/Smurfs […]
Davis Snares Summer Slam Honors Again at CSP! Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (July 27, 2013) – Charles Davis, Jr., picked off Summer Slam laurels for the second time in as many tries by winning Saturday night’s Second Annual Summer Slam feature event for the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay […]
NASCAR says trucks likely will return to Eldora in 2014 INDIANAPOLIS — NASCAR still is evaluating its first dirt race in more than 40 years, but senior vice president Steve O’Donnell strongly indicated Thursday the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway will return. “We felt it overdelivered on everything,” O’Donnell said of Wednesday night’s Camping World […]
NBC regains spot in NASCAR plan with 10-year deal By Jim Utter — jutter@charlotteobserver.com Everything old is new again when it comes to NASCAR’s national TV deal that will go into effect for the 2015 season.On Tuesday, NASCAR and NBC announced a 10-year deal in which NBC and NBC Sports Network would combine to broadcast […]
NASCAR driver Josh Wise turned tri-athlete. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — From the NASCAR track to the road and the pool. Driver Josh Wise is not only training for triathlons but the greatest level of those, the Ironman.”The excitement I get from it is a lot like racing a car,” says NASCAR Cup driver Josh Wise. “Where mentally […]
JOHNSON, MASSEY, C. PEDREGON AND GANN EARN VICTORIES AT THE MOPAR MILE-HIGH MORRISON, Colo. – Defending NHRA Pro Stock world champion Allen Johnson continued his incredible run at Bandimere Speedway and raced to his fourth win of the 2013 season Sunday at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals. Spencer Massey (Top Fuel), Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car) […]
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