A new season means new opportunities. As Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) anticipates the 2015 season, the team is looking forward to building on what was in many ways a very successful season in 2014.
Chase Elliott, who became the youngest national series champion in NASCAR history last season, will join Hendrick Motorsports as a full-time Sprint Cup driver beginning in 2016. Elliott’s No. 24 Chevrolet SS team will be led by crew chief Alan Gustafson, who has earned 19 wins, 18 pole positions, 98 top-five finishes and 165 top-10s at the elite Cup level.
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and Grainger announced today a multi-year partnership that brings a leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products to NASCAR.
WIX Filters®, a global manufacturer of filtration products, announced today the extension of its partnership with Richard Childress Racing (RCR). The partnership includes primary branding of select events with the No. 31 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series program with driver Ryan Newman. WIX Filters will also be featured as primary sponsor for one race with the No. 62 XFINITY Series program and driver Brendan Gaughan for 2015.
Visser Precision, LLC, an advanced manufacturing solutions provider utilizing special alloys and proprietary manufacturing methods, joins Furniture Row Racing as an associate sponsor on the team's No. 78 Chevrolet, driven by Martin Truex Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour presented by Technocom, NASCAR’s annual season kick-off press conference, continued with Day 3 on Wednesday at Charlotte Convention Center in Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
INDYCAR announced today that Vice President of Competition Brian Barnhart has been named Race Director and will lead the Verizon IndyCar Series' three-steward Race Control system in 2015. Barnhart was a key member of the INDYCAR Race Control system implemented in 2014 that stipulates all in-race penalties are decided by a two-thirds vote among the respective stewards officiating each event.
Over the years, NASCAR premier series champions have come in all shapes and sizes – tall, short, muscular and lean. The single constant? It’s impossible to judge a book by its cover.
Team Penske had its best NASCAR season ever in 2014 with 11 Sprint Cup Series wins and 6 Nationwide victories. The duo of Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski both qualified for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and finished in the top five of the final point standings. Both drivers were part of today’s Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour and discussed 2015.
Pocono Raceway and long-time partner, Axalta Coating Systems, announced today a multi-year entitlement agreement which includes the renaming of the annual June NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race held at ‘The Tricky Triangle’ as the Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, who will be starting from the pole on Sunday night, was made available to the media on Saturday following NASCAR Cup Series practice from Nashville Superspeedway.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver Chase Erik Jones was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Nashville Superspeedway.
Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 12 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang Dark Horse, spoke to assembled media today at the Nashville Superspeedway ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s Cracker Barrel 400.
