NASCAR Cup Series

Day Two of the Sprint Media Tour began with a breakfast presentation by Furniture Row Motorsports and the driver of the No. 78 Chevrolet, Kurt Busch. Busch commented that he was very happy with the testing of the new Chevrolet SS car.

Two of the greatest names in auto racing are teaming up to back one of the sport’s most committed sponsors, Goody’s®, the legendary headache powder.

The Childress drivers were there with their 2013 rides including lame duck driver Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Austin and Ty Dillon, and Brendan Gaughan. Burton was candid in telling the assembled media that 2012 was not what the team wanted, but he looks for improvement in 2013, saying the trials of competition gets my trying as you age.

We’re down to our last four Sprint Cup teams to preview for 2013 and today we’ll focus on the Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing, which will field cars for Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, and rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France took to the podium today at the NASCAR Hall of Fame during the sanctioning body’s stop on the week-long media tour, and offered fans a robust menu of reasons why 2013 is one of the most anticipated campaigns in recent memory.

CLINT BOWYER, driver, No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing - How does your 2012 performance influence expectations for 2013? “I don’t think we overachieved, because I think when you say overachieved it means you did more than you’re capable of. I just think we were beyond expectations and what people expected of us.

As it has for more than five decades, Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: TRK) will again expand its Fans First platform in 2013. New initiatives will include a four-tiered program reaching across a variety of fan bases, including long-time fans, first-time fans, families and those fans interested in the most exclusive race experience in motorsports.

Bacon and cotton candy sound like unlikely pairings for a flavorful treat, but Levy Restaurants and The Speedway Club at Texas Motor Speedway Executive Chef Joel Pena have proven otherwise.

JD Motorsports w/Gary Keller has signed Irmo, S.C. native Danny Efland to drive the team’s No. 4 Chevrolet for the majority of NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.

Bruton Smith is the Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. But Mr. Smith consistently reminds us who we really work for are the race fans. That goes beyond selling tickets. It involves listening and applying what we hear. We encourage their engagement and through relevant input and opportunity, we react by employing the ideas presented by our guests.