Richard Petty Motorsports has a new driver this season as Sam Hornish Jr. replaces Marcos Ambrose while Aric Almirola looks to build on his best season that resulted in his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory and a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Both drivers were part of a session this morning at the Charlotte Media Tour and discussed the 2015 season.
There is only one color that has defined the Petty brand over the past 65 years, Petty Blue, And, for the last 25 years the Petty family has relied on R-M Automotive Finishes, a brand of BASF to bring that color to life. In 2015, R-M will continue that tradition on the No. 43 and also provide the colorful finishes to the No. 9 Ford and the No. 43 XFINITY team for Richard Petty Motorsports.
It has been just over one year when Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced that Twisted Tea Brewing Company partnered with the organization in its first NASCAR sponsorship. Today, RPM announced that the hard ice tea brewing company will return to the No. 9 Ford for two primary races in the 2015 season with driver Sam Hornish Jr.
Ross Chastain will drive the No. 4 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller, with sponsorship from Watermelon.org, on this year’s NASCAR Xfinity Series.
The Roush Fenway Racing contingent kicked off Ford Wednesday at the 2015 Charlotte Media Tour with drivers from the NASCAR XFINITY and Sprint Cup series’ on hand, as well as organizational leaders Steve Newmark and Jack Roush. Below is a transcript of the formal portion of Wednesday’s program.
The Charlotte Media Tour made a stop at the new Ford Performance Technical Center on Tuesday night to get a first-hand look at the facility which opened in May 2014. Below are comments from Ford officials who spoke about the building’s purpose and also about the recent formation of Ford Performance.
The full 2015 season schedules, including race start times, for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has finally been released.
The Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour presented by Technocom, NASCAR’s annual season kick-off press conference, continued with Day 2 on Tuesday at Charlotte Convention Center in Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.
An exciting new partnership between Canada’s Best Racing Team (CBRT) and Green Sports Alliance was just announced. This news hits close to home for the team, which based its core foundation around the desire to make auto racing in Canada more eco-friendly.
Tickets to the 2015 Honda Indy Toronto go on sale today for anyone who purchased a two-day reserved grandstand ticket last year. The general public will have the opportunity to purchase tickets starting February 19 at HondaIndy.com. To accommodate the Pan Am Games, which will be held at venues throughout Toronto in July, Honda Indy Toronto will take place one month early this year, from June 12-14.
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the city of San Diego, California, and Coronado Island for the much-anticipated, historic inaugural race at Naval Base Coronado.
