As we leave 2015 behind, the Speedway Media staff reviews their favorite and least favorite moments of the year as we anticipate the 2016 season. Disagree? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Kentucky Speedway announced today that it will undergo its first-ever resurfacing in its 17-year history. In addition to repaving the entire 1.5-mile intermediate track, they will increase the banking in Turns 1 and 2 from 14 to 17 degrees, narrow the width of the turns from 74 to 56-feet, improve drainage and add over 3,000 feet of SAFER barrier.
As the beginning of a new year of racing approaches, it's often difficult to keep up with the off-season changes. Drivers move to different teams, crew chiefs come and go, new sponsors are announced and more. To aid your transition into the 2016 NASCAR season, I've compiled a list of the major changes.
Both Dave Blaney and his son Ryan are taking big steps in the New Year, with Ryan stepping into a full-time Cup ride and Dave taking a bit of a different path, stepping more fully back into his dirt track racing roots.
Marvin Panch, 89, passed away on Thursday per the Daytona Beach News Journal. Panch, a 17-time race winner in what is now known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, was known in NASCAR lore for two different Daytona 500 results.
The gifts are open, the tree is on borrowed time, and a New Year is almost upon us. Seems like a good time to reflect on the year that was, as we embark on the one that will be.
"Nada pode me separar do amor de deus (Portuguese for 'Nothing can separate me from the love of God')." These are the words inscribed on a hedge-stone at the Morumbi Cemetery in São Paulo.
Skinner has been involved with racing his entire life. His father, Greg Skinner, was a race car driver as well, racing for 26 years. He retired from racing to focus on his son’s love of racing and exceptional talent behind the wheel.
Welcome back to this special edition of The White Zone. Today, I conclude my countdown of the most disappointing races of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
The 2015 season is over and Kyle Busch is the champion for this year. It was a tremendous fête, missing 11 races and still winning five races and coming home the champ. Congratulations to Kyle, but something very troubling is going on in the sport. It’s almost like we turned back the clock to 2006.
John Hunter Nemechek showed strong speed at the 68th running of the Daytona 500, leading the field for 19 of 200 laps, the second-highest laps led in a single race of his NASCAR Cup Series career.
NHRA announced today a continued and comprehensive free coverage plan on NHRA.tv and its NHRA YouTube page starting this weekend for the 2026 season in the popular Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
The United Rentals 200 at Daytona International Speedway marked the season opener for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series in a new era with a new sponsor.
In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip will again make history this spring during NHRA’s milestone 75th season, as the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals will play host to the 1,000th Funny Car race in NHRA history on April 9-12 on the hallowed grounds at Pomona.
