The Northeastern Supply Company will mark its 23rd consecutive year of NASCAR XFINITY Series team sponsorship in 2016 by remaining with JR Motorsports for a fourth season as an associate sponsor of veteran Emporia, Virginia driver Elliott Sadler and the new OneMain Financial Chevrolet race team.
NASCAR’s first paved superspeedway paid homage to stock car racing’s past when it launched a “throwback” campaign for this year’s Bojangles’ Southern 500, and the move proved to be one of the most talked about, most popular events of the year. So much so that the program has earned the track the National Motorsports Press Association’s 2015 Myers Brothers Award.
KYLE CAPTURES TOYOTA’S FIRST TITLE: Camry driver Kyle Busch gave Toyota its first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) title when he won the 2015 NSCS driver’s championship on Sunday, Nov. 22. Busch won the NSCS season finale race at Homestead-Miami Speedway to capture his first-career Cup Series championship, capping off a season in which the driver rallied to win four of five races during the summer stretch after missing the first 11 races while recovering from injuries.
On Saturday, Dec. 12, NASCAR driver David Ragan and Feed the Children will provide 400 pre-identified families in Unadilla and surrounding communities in Dooly County with food and essentials. The distribution will take place at State Bank & Trust (2206 Pine St.) from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
NASCAR announced today that Scott Miller has joined the organization as Senior Vice President of Competition, responsible for managing all competition efforts related to technology, inspection, rule development and officiating across NASCAR’s wide portfolio of racing.
The sport fittingly crowned a first-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Kyle Busch, in what was a transformational season that saw the championship format produce a series of records, milestones and firsts on and off the track.
Detroit-based Quicken Loans, the nation’s second largest retail mortgage lender, today announced it will partner with Hendrick Motorsports in 2016, serving as a three-race primary sponsor of the No. 5 Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS driven by Kasey Kahne in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The company will be an associate sponsor for all remaining races.
Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has made new appointments within its competition department as the championship-winning race team wastes no time preparing for the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Below is a schedule of events, including tune-in information, for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week in Las Vegas. All times PT unless otherwise noted.
Rising star Luke Baldwin will grab another rung on the NASCAR ladder when he makes his NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series debut on Saturday in the NFPA 250 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
The season-opening Cook Out 200 at Hickory Motor Speedway will be streamed live on FloRacing and simulcast on The NASCAR Channel, a free ad-supported channel carried on Tubi, SamsungTV, Amazon Prime, Xumo Play, and other distribution platforms.
