DANICA PATRICK: Not necessarily, but, you know, I trust the team that they'll make good decisions for me and do the best thing for me and for the team overall. They know that I worked with Daniel back in 2012 when I did 10 races with Zipadelli. He was the engineer, and they knew that I got along with him and liked him. It's all a big balancing act in the team, especially a big team.
When Jeff Gordon retires from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series after more than two decades, one of his many legacies will be his ability to deliver marketing results through mainstream media.
Albertsons and the Safeway family of stores, which combined is the second-largest supermarket chain in North America, will partner with Richard Childress Racing, Brian Scott and the No. 2 NASCAR XFINITY Series team in 2015. The stores operate under store banners Albertsons, ACME, Shaw's, Star Markets, United Supermarkets, Market Street, Amigos, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Tom Thumb, Randalls, VONS, Pavil-ions, Carrs and Safeway.
Front Row Motorsports and CSX will partner for a third straight season in 2015, returning the railroad's "Play It Safe" public service message to David Ragan's No. 34 Ford. The partnership will put the CSX Ford on track for eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, which will include the short-track excitement of Bristol Motor Speedway in April, the Fourth of July holiday weekend at Daytona International Speedway, and the historic Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing completed a two day test with Graham Rahal today at the 2.67-mile NOLA Motorsports Park road course. Rahal completed 96 laps today for a two day total of 187 laps at the course.
February 11, 2015 SS Green Light Racing is pleased to announce that Korbin Forrister has signed to drive the No. 08 Chevrolet Silverado for a minimum of fifteen races in the 2015 Camping World Truck Series Schedule starting with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona on February 20th. The schedule will be expanded if additional funding is secured.
The board of directors for Speedway Motorsports, Inc.(NYSE:TRK) has named O. Bruton Smith as executive chairman and Marcus G. Smith as chief executive officer in a realignment of executive officers, the board announced Wednesday.
Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced today that Axalta Coating Systems will be recognized as the title sponsor of the track’s March NASCAR XFINITY Series race. The Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200, a two-year entitlement, will officially kick off the NASCAR XFINITY series at PIR on Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. local time (4 p.m. Eastern).
The Dale Jr. Foundation (TDJF) announced today an extension to its Driven to Give program with a new initiative around Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s racing gloves. The program is called Driven to Give Gloves, and it will feature the auctioning of Earnhardt Jr.’s race-worn gloves each month during the 10-month NASCAR season.
NASCAR veteran J.J. Yeley will drive the No. 5 Jobber Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Hettinger Racing in the Ag-Pro 300 Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
One-point-one seconds made the difference for Alex Palou to exit pit lane ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and score the victory on the streets of Long Beach.
It was a challenging day for Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team at Kansas Speedway, ending in a 27th-place finish in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 after starting 30th.
