(Getty Images Photo) DAYTONA BEACH, FL – He’s still just “Margaret and Leroy’s little boy,” but Michael Waltrip is pushing 54 and Sunday he’ll be making his final start in the Daytona 500. “I just thought it was a cool place to run my last race,” Waltrip said during Wednesday’s annual media day at Daytona International Speedway. It will be […]
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By JIM MAJCHRZAK PERRY, NY – This mid-February warm up has certainly got the race fuel running back through my veins in preparation for the 2017 season. As always… it comes fast when you have to rebuild your race car for the spring…. and there is never enough time. Motor Sport shows begin soon! But for those who started early, […]
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MOORESVILLE, NC – It’s no secret that Dalton Sargeant had a successful run in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards last year, capping off a 15-race season by earning the 2016 SCOTT Rookie of the Year award…and it looks like 2017 is starting off in the same fashion. The 18-year-old opened up the season with a fourth-place run at […]
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TOLEDO, OH – The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season-opener at Daytona Int’l Speedway is officially in the books. The race had its share of highs and lows depending on expectations, perspective and performance. If you got out without damage and inside the top-10, it was arguably a pretty good day. And fortunately that was the case for several […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Three participants in the pit area were injured in an incident at a DIRTcar Nationals World of Outlaws event at Volusia Speedway Park Sunday night when a car went through the fence in turn two. All were treated by emergency personnel immediately according to safety protocol and transported to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, […]
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The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix today announced that Lear Corporation will be presenting sponsor of the June 2-4 event featuring the only doubleheader race weekend on the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. The event on the Raceway at Belle Isle Park will now be known as the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear. With its world headquarters located in […]
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By MARK ROBINSON Fifteen years ago, Ricardo Juncos came to the United States and started work as an unpaid go-kart mechanic. Today, Juncos announced that he will operate a team competing in the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. Juncos, the founder and team principal of Juncos Racing – the highly successful operation in the Mazda Road to […]
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By JOEY BARNES Alexander Rossi is hungry heading into the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. The 2016 Sunoco Rookie of the Year finished the season 11th in the championship standings, showing promise on the one track discipline where he expected to struggle – ovals. Rossi’s indoctrination to the left-turn-only tracks culminated with a victory in the biggest race of them […]
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Team Penske came up with an original and meaningful gift to present owner Roger Penske on his 80th birthday today. After an exhaustive restoration process, Team Penske unveiled one of the most unique pieces of its history, a customized 1972 International Fleetstar truck known as the “Blue Hilton.” The truck was one of the first known enclosed transporters used for […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – The world’s top online racers will take the green flag when the seventh NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze Series Powered by iRacing.com gets underway Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET. Driving race simulators from the comfort of their homes, a full field of elite iRacers will wheel their virtual Chevrolet SS, Ford Fusions and Toyota Camrys around a […]
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