SAE International will hold its annual Formula SAE® competition at Michigan International Speedway on May 14-17. The competition has been held at MIS since 2008.
This weekend's Get To Know Newton 250 will be Eric McClure's 236th-career Nationwide Series start and his seventh at the 7/8-mile tri-oval. In six starts, the Virginia driver has completed 97.2% of the total laps attempted.
Trevor Bayne will make his sixth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Iowa Speedway this Sunday. In five previous starts at the .875-mile short track, Bayne has recorded one win, two top-five finishes and three top-10s.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S PATRIOTIC CHEVROLET SS, WAS THE GUEST ON THIS WEEK’S NASCAR WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE.
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SHINING STARS: Four Camry drivers are scheduled to compete in Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Brian Vickers. Busch finished third in last year’s All-Star event while his fellow Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) drivers -- Hamlin (sixth) and Kenseth (ninth) also recorded top-10 finishes.
Ford announced the opening of its new Ford Technical Support Center in Concord, N.C. today. The state-of-the-art facility will add an array of tools to develop future performance vehicles and help increase Ford’s overall success in motorsports.
Target is expanding its sponsorship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) to include the up & up brand as the primary sponsor on the No. 42 Turner Scott Motorsports’ (TSM) Chevrolet Camaro for five races. The up & up brand will make its track debut this weekend during the Get to Know Newton 250 Presented by Sherwin Williams NNS race at Iowa Speedway.
Since entering NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition in 2005, RHR has logged 389 starts, earning 12 wins, 74 top-five finishes, 162 top-10 finishes and 11 pole awards, with an average starting position of 13.5 and an average finishing position of 14.3.
For the first time in 10 years, Jimmy Weller will compete at one of the tracks at the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway complex. On October 13, 2004, Weller sustained critical injuries while attempting to make his USAC debut in a race at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Michael Annett will take part in his first All-Star Race weekend, taking to the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night for the Sprint Showdown. The top two finishers in the race will advance to Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race.
