By Jerry Jordan, Editor The recent phenomena of the West Coast Swing will come after back-to-back races in Florida with Homestead-Miami Speedway coming a week after the season-opening Daytona 500, according to a proposed 2021 schedule first-reported by Chris Knight at Catchfence.com. But that’s not all, the proposed schedule has a host of other changes […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor A final report from investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board determined “pilot error” led to the fiery plane crash involving Dale Earnhardt Jr, his wife, Amy, their daughter, Isla, and the family dog, Gus, on August 15, 2019, as he headed to Bristol Motor Speedway. >Story Continues Below< According to […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor It wasn’t a huge surprise when the press release came Monday night that NASCAR superstar, Denny Hamlin, and NBA phenom, Michael Jordan, had teamed up to field a single-car team with Bubba Wallace behind the wheel but the news – now official – will definitely reverberate throughout the sports world. For […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor When you’re 13-years-old it can be hard to juggle school, extra-curricular activities and personal time but when you combine those with being an up-and-coming star in the auto racing world, things get even more hectic as Lumberton’s Ryder Wells found out this past weekend. Had it not been for some quick […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor Plans by NASCAR to redesign Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Ca. are in possession of the Planning Commission of San Bernardino County for Land Use Services, which will now determine whether conversion of the two-mile oval into a half-mile short track must go before the public for an approval hearing – […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor Calling 2020 an “extraordinary, unprecedented year for our sport,” NASCAR President Steve Phelps told a group of media this past week he is “proud of how our industry has come together as one.” He proclaimed that past criticisms of the sport regarding its inability to get along and play well within […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor It’s been 13 days since Ryder Wells sat behind the wheel of the No. 24 Preferred Contractors/Kickin’ the Tires micro-sprint car but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been getting ready for the doubleheader race weekend that lies ahead of him, or the tournament he’ll compete in with the Houston Dynamo Dash […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Action Express Racing organization, founded by NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France, was up early Monday morning testing their own version of NASCAR’s Generation 7 racecar, Kickin’ the Tires has confirmed. During a paid track tour, the Action Express hauler was observed parked next to a […]
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By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – No practice, no qualifying, new course. No problem for Hendrick Motorsport’s driver Chase Elliott. The 24-year old Elliott gave a not-so-subtle reminder Sunday afternoon in the NASCAR Cup Series debut on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course that he is one of the sport’s very […]
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By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Sheldon Creed had to hold off his GMS Racing teammate Brett Moffitt twice on restarts with less than five laps remaining in Sunday’s Sunoco 159, with the 22-year old Creed ultimately beating the former series champion by a mere .743-seconds in overtime to earn the […]
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