Richard Petty, a seven-time NASCAR champion, winner of over 200 career races and a 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, continues to collect numerous accolades for a legendary career behind the wheel of a stock car that began nearly 60 years ago. Petty will be inducted into the City of Hampton, Georgia’s Speedway Lane Hall of Fame in a ceremony at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26 at Downtown Hampton’s Depot Park, as the home city of Atlanta Motor Speedway honors the racing legend to kick off its four-day 2015 NASCAR weekend.
As part of its landmark 10-year media partnership with FOX Sports, NASCAR® will give fans aiming to kick their viewing experience into high gear access to RaceBuddyTM – a digital video complement to the race broadcast – throughout the entire 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTM season for the first time. Offering viewers multiple live in-car HD camera angles to choose between, RaceBuddy puts fans in control of the action on their computer, tablet or mobile device.
First Daytona Experience: "I mean really my first experience was not cool," AJ Allmendinger said. "That was in 2007, which was really the first time I was there for the Daytona 500. I think it was 65 cars trying to make the show. It was the first time I was there in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car."
Cole Pearn's current status in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series couldn't be better. The 32-year-old Canadian native was named crew chief for Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet following the 2014 campaign.
The Wood Brothers of Stuart, Va., head to Daytona Beach, Fla., this week with their No.21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion, a new driver in Ryan Blaney, new crew chief in Jeremy Bullins and a new alliance with Team Penske.
When Ryan Blaney makes his official debut in the iconic No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion in the 2015 Daytona 500, he will be mindful of his rookie status, but will be looking for ways to get to and stay near the front of the pack.
INDYCAR announced today that testing regulations would remain as published in the Verizon IndyCar Series rulebook, withMarch 13 designated the opening of team on-track and wind tunnel testing of the full-size Chevrolet and Honda road/street course and short oval aerodynamic bodywork kits.
Graham Rahal joined the majority of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series field today at a test at NOLA Motorsports Park, the track that will host the inaugural Grand Prix of Louisiana April 10-12. Like most other drivers, it was Rahal’s first time on the course in an Indy car although the 26-year-old visited the track in May 2014 during a media tour to promote the Indianapolis 500. Many changes have been made since then.
The 34th annual Rich Vogler Classic took place on Sunday afternoon with the USAC Silver Crown Series at the tight short-track of Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana.
Matteo Nannini earned his second victory of the INDY NXT by Firestone season in the Music City Grand Prix on Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway, and this one meant much more than his first.
Hunter Lawrence [#96] prevailed in the 450SMX Class with his fourth win of the season following a 1-1 sweep of the motos that put him in the points lead for the third time in seven races. In the 250SMX Class.
Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon rolled to another big Saturday in front of a capacity crowd at Sonoma Raceway, winning the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge as part of this weekend’s Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge.
