NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR can really tick me off, and the use of “tick” was not my first choice. Yet, every year I seem to get that itch, one that I had already scratched raw the year before, and every year I return. Why? Well, there seems to be a few things about NASCAR that I really, really like as well.

The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup season gets started this weekend with The Clash at Daytona. This non-points event features pole-winners from the 2017 season, along with former Clash winners, former Daytona 500 pole-winners who competed full-time last year, and playoff qualifiers from a season ago. This event has been run in one form or another since 1979.

Following a successful first season of stage racing, NASCAR® today announced a new fantasy game inspired by the competition format that has created closer, side-by-side racing and even more dramatic moments throughout races.

Turn out the lights the party’s over. It’s back to business as usual for Martin Truex Jr., the reigning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion. The above Willie Nelson lyric is exactly how Truex feels as his celebratory offseason is nearing the checkered flag.

If you subscribe to the AmericanMuscle YouTube Channel, you have probably wondered whose Mustang would win in a quarter-mile drag race; Justin Dugan’s 2014 Supercharged S-197 GT, or Stephanie Wood’s 2017 S-550 Twin Turbo? Well, ask and you shall receive, Hot Lap fans. The day has finally come to answer this question once and for all, and we couldn’t be more excited for the big reveal!

Today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, eight (William Byron, Kyle Larson, Ryan Newman, Chris Buescher, Ty Dillon, Bubba Wallace, Kasey Kahne and Justin Allgaier) Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 drivers took their new Camaro ZL1 race cars to the track for their first times behind the wheel of the new race car. Kyle Larson, met with members of the media to discuss his experience:

As Kroger enters its ninth year as a primary sponsor at JTG Daugherty Racing, the supermarket giant is expanding its involvement in the two-car operation by rebranding their marketing efforts to create “Team Kroger ClickList Racing” for the 2018 season and beyond.

Mooresville, NC – StarCom Racing, who recently acquired a Charter for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, signs Jeffrey Earnhardt to compete in this year’s historic 60th running of the DAYTONA 500, and the rest of the season. This will ensure keeping the Earnhardt name alive at the event for the 40th straight year.

Stating the obvious, Daytona Speedweeks is the biggest time of year for NASCAR. It's every driver's, crew member's, media member's, and die-hard fan's birthday, Christmas, and July 4th all rolled into a couple of weeks of speed. It's huge, it's prestigious, man...it's Daytona. What more needs to be said other than that it is a big deal?

Valvoline Inc. (NYSE: VVV) -- a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services -- has extended its partnership with 12-time NASCAR Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports through 2022.