As NASCAR enters the 2019 season, the business of the sport is looking to bounce back. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)GETTY If you think about it, some of the most compelling stories in business center on bouncing back from adversity. Steve Jobs turning Apple back around. Lee Iacocca reviving Chrysler. You get the idea. While…
The win breaks 47-race drought and comes after the death of Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs BY: REID SPENCER Five weeks after the death of Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs, the driver he discovered won the Daytona 500 for the second time. In a two-lap dash in overtime Sunday at Daytona International Speedway, Denny Hamlin held off teammate…
Where to find racing action, on TV and online BY: MIKE PRYSON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 NASCAR Xfinity practice, Daytona Beach; noon and 2 p.m., FS1 (L) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup practice, Daytona Beach; 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., FS1 (L) NASCAR Race Hub Weekend, 4 p.m., FS1 (L) NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck qualifying, Daytona Beach; 4:30…
Field now set for Sunday’s Great American Race BY: REID SPENCER Straight-line speed in qualifying is one thing. Speed and drivability in the draft is something quite different, as the Ford camp proved decisively in Thursday night’s Gander RV Duel at Daytona 150-mile qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway. Kevin Harvick led the last 44 laps on…
First career Cup pole for Byron as Hendrick locks up first 4 spots BY: REID SPENCER Paired for the first time with crew chief Chad Knaus, sophomore driver William Byron put his No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on the pole for the Feb. 17 Daytona 500 on Sunday (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), leading…
Johnson’s third career win in the non-points Clash BY: REID SPENCER Jimmie Johnson, who had crashed in the past six running of the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway, found a way to win the 2019 version of the season-opening exhibition race—by helping to trigger a wreck that eliminated nearly everyone else. Moments before a…
The 20-car race is the annual pre-season exhibition event Opening Day at Daytona International Speedway ended with a positional draw for the Advanced Auto Parts Clash. For the annual pre-season exhibition race, the crew chiefs for all 20 entrants drew the starting positions for their drivers. Paul Menard and Kyle Busch will lead the field…
NASCAR will implement disqualifications for illegal cars in post-race inspection this season.PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES FOR NASCAR Illegal race cars will now finish at the bottom of the scoring pylon BY: MATT WEAVER NASCAR revealed on Monday a major policy shift in the form of immediate post-race technical teardowns and disqualifications for teams that fail them. In…
Where to find racing action, on TV and online BY: MIKE PRYSON Racing on TV listings: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 NASCAR Race Hub, 6 p.m., FS1 (L) Kicker Arenacross No. 2, Loveland, Colo.; 9 p.m., FS2 (T) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 NHRA Friday Nitro Live, Pomona, Calif.; 6 p.m., FS1 (L) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup…
Two separate packages for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts offer fun and educational experiences PHOENIX – ISM Raceway announced two exciting and unique packages for local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series TicketGuardian 500 weekend, March 8, 9 and 10. The two separate packages offer members and their parents…
Ty Gibbs, Todd Gilliland and Chad Walters suspended; Team has appealed the penalty; Statements issued by all parties DGR Crosley Racing: “We strongly believe that we did not violate any rules and will therefore appeal the penalty immediately.” DGR Crosley Racing are the defending champions of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series east division. They took the…
NASCAR will ban drivers and crew members from placing bets on all events under the sanctioning body’s banner in 2019.PHOTO BY SHUTTERSTOCK This is a byproduct of SCOTUS permitting states to allow gambling in May BY: MATT WEAVER NASCAR has officially entered the sports betting landscape for the 2019 season and beyond as it revealed on…
Connor Okrzesik’s victory in Speedfest was the first of his Super Late Model career BY: MATT WEAVER Connor Okrzesik could not have scripted a better scenario for his breakthrough Super Late Model victory in CRA Speedfest at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia on Saturday night. The 17-year-old from Mobile, Alabama was six laps away from…
[Article By Joe Marusak of the Charlotte Observer] SUNDAY MONEY, the 100-foot Hatteras yacht that NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. had custom-built but never got to enjoy, can be yours for $4.2 million. That’s what Earnhardt’s dream boat lists for on national yacht broker sites. Earnhardt selected the layout, interior and other features for the yacht, which took more…
RR-AZ asks “when can NASCAR, INDYCAR, NHRA treat their race fans the same way?” Sebastian Vettel ahead of Kimi Raikkonen at Yas Marina Circuit last year.Photo: Clive Mason (Getty Images) When ESPN said it would show the rest of the 2018 Formula One season without commercials after its catastrophe of an opening broadcast in the U.S. last year, it seemed…