Sunday’s 46th Annual Snowball Derby was filled with disappointment and enjoyment across the drivers who started the prestigious Super Late Model race. Austin Theriault was among the few drivers who went home satisfied with their placement in the finishing order.
The NBC Sports Network informed the NASCAR world during champion’s week who their lead commentators will be. Jeff Burton will debut his commentating skills in the summer of 2015 with Rick Allen who will occupy the play-by-play role.
Saying Chase Elliott’s weekend was great would be an understatement. The 18-year-old swept the weekend at Five Flags Speedway by winning the Snowflake 100 and Snowball Derby becoming the first driver in history to win both on the same weekend.
Massey, 16, began his career racing Bandoleros and Legends combining for over 150 wins amongst the two divisions. Progressing through the ranks didn’t take long for Massey; by 2012 he signed with Bill Elliott Racing in the Super Late Model ranks.
Following a wreck in the final race of the season, Dario Franchitti injured his back. He has been told that he will fully recover from the injuries, however has been told that he will not be able to race again due to concerns of sustaining a worst injury if he wrecks once again.
I didn’t think much of it and it has nothing to do with who did or did not win the championship. I couldn’t care less about that. Once upon a time, winning races mattered, but today it’s the Chase from February until November.
There are drivers that they can say they won championships. There are even fewer drivers that can they say won more than five championships. There are even fewer that can say they have won more than 10. There is one driver in particular in Canada to can say he has won 31 championships.
Crew chief Patrick Donahue, car chief Dillon Bassett and engineer Morgan Olsen have been barred for the next four O'Reilly events due to fallen ballast from Patrick Staropoli's No. 48 entry during this past weekend's event at Sin City.
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway as the facility's all-time leader in wins (16), top fives (58), top 10s (97) and laps led (4,269).
As good as a season-opening win in Gainesville felt for Matt Hartford, a repeat of that at his home track during this weekend’s FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs
