Ford Funny Car driver Bob Tasca III will enter the 2019 NHRA season with a brand-new chance at a championship, a brand-new racecar and now, a brand-new co-crew chief. Tasca has recruited drag racing veteran Mike Green to join Eric Lane as the brain trust behind the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Ford Mustang Funny Car.
Cornwell Quality Tools announced that they have entered into a partnership with John Force Racing. Cornwell Quality Tools, a family-owned business since its inception, will become the official tools of the 20-time NHRA world championship John Force Racing team starting in 2019. Founded by Eugene Cornwell in 1919, Cornwell Quality Tools will be celebrating 100 years as “The Choice of Professionals®” when it joins John Force Racing during the 2019 24-race NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.
Richard Childress Racing announced plans for a yearlong 50th Anniversary celebration today, commencing in February with a pair of gold Daytona 500 entries for it's two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams. Defending Daytona 500 champion Austin Dillon will drive a gold No. 3 Dow Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 while Daniel Hemric will make his career-first Daytona 500 start in a gold No. 8 Bass Pro Shops/Caterpillar Camaro ZL1 in "The Great American Race." The race airs live on FOX at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Feb.17.
The Air Force and Richard Petty Motorsports announced today they will continue their 11th consecutive year of partnership together in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2019. The Air Force will continue to be a two-race primary sponsor of the famed No. 43 with driver Bubba Wallace, as well as a major associate throughout the season.
Kannapolis, North Carolina, native will bring back the iconic number for his Sunoco Rookie of the Year campaign with support from Caterpillar, Bass Pro Shops, Liberty National Life Insurance, Cessna and VF Workwear in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
DGR-Crosley announced today that Tyler Ankrum will drive the team's No. 17 Toyota Tundra next season in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Due to age restrictions, Ankrum will miss the first three races of the season before turning 18 on March 6. He will make his 2019 debut at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and is slated to run the remainder of the season as a contender for Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors.
“Drifting door-to-door in the new Roval infield at Charlotte Motor Speedway with Joey behind wheel of the new 2019 NASCAR Mustang was a wild and fun experience”, said Vaughn Gittin Jr
Families traveling during the holiday season now have a special treat just off I-20 in Alabama. The Ford Thunderbird that made history with a record speed of 212.577 mph around Talladega Superspeedway in 1988 with driver Lyn St. James behind the wheel, is now on display at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Following a quiet offseason the engines will finally roar to signal the start of the 2019 season on February 10 at Daytona International Speedway with a power-packed Sunday doubleheader.
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing (MHR) announced today that the organization is welcoming former winner Nick Sanchez to the team’s 2027 NASCAR FedEx Freight Truck Series (NFFTS) lineup.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Cindric won the first Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic in the No. 2 Air Force Ford Mustang® Dark Horse™ R on Wednesday night at Daytona International Speedway.
A high-performance and patriotic day of on and off-track action and excitement moved the 12th Running of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Daytona 24 Hour presented by Mission Foods off to a solid start Wednesday at Daytona International (DIS).
