NASCAR Track News

The following is an event recap with photo and video links from Tuesday's Goodyear Tire test session at Texas Motor Speedway in preparation for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, April 8.

Organizers today announced that super duo Sugarland has been added to the third edition of Country 500 – The Great American Music Fest at Daytona — set for May 25, 26, & 27, 2018 at Daytona International Speedway. Sugarland has sold nearly 10 million albums domestically and has seven #1 singles to their credit and is reuniting after a seven-year hiatus. Sugarland joins previously announced artists Toby Keith, Chris Stapleton, Dierks Bentley, Billy Currington, Tyler Farr, Randy Houser and many more at the upcoming Country 500 Music Festival. Other artists added to the Country 500 lineup include Brandy Clark and Clare Bowen.

Incredible ticket prices are blooming for Talladega Superspeedway’s springtime triple-header weekend, April 27-29. Beginning today, Monday, January 8, fans have the most economical opportunities to be a part of the Talladega experience with the track’s advance-priced ticket offers.

Singer/songwriter Tarra Layne will perform the iconic song “Georgia on my Mind” prior to the 2018 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Feb. 25, a tradition begun by the race track at its annual NASCAR Weekend in 2016.

It’s not even 2018 yet, but with less than two months before the start of the 2018 NASCAR season – and not to mention the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 25 – AMS president Ed Clark already has racing on his mind. And that can only mean one thing: Ed Clark’s vaunted annual NASCAR predictions.

In year four of its award-winning throwback platform, Darlington Raceway will be celebrating “Seven Decades of NASCAR” for its 2018 campaign.

Toby Keith, Chris Stapleton, Dierks Bentley, Billy Currington, Tyler Farr, Randy Houser, Midland, A Thousand Horses, 38 Special, Frankie Ballard, Colt Ford, David Nail, Craig Campbell, Michael Ray, Runaway June, High Valley, DJ Dirty and many more are set for the third annual Country 500 – The Great American Music Fest at Daytona, to be held May 25, 26 & 27, 2018, organizers announced today.  Daytona International Speedway, the “World Center of Racing,” will again become the World Center of Entertainment over Memorial Day weekend.  Country 500 attracted 75,000 country music loving fans from across North America to Daytona for last year’s celebration.

NASCAR fans get a double-dose of racing action to open the 2018 season on Sunday, February 11, with The Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway capping a day that starts with Coors Light Pole Award qualifying for the 60th Annual Daytona 500.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is indeed returning to the DAYTONA 500, although in a different role than the previous 20 Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt, who has retired from Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition, will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 60th running of “The Great American Race” on Feb. 18, 2018.

This weekend, champions in each of NASCAR’s three national series – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – will be crowned during Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, November 17-19. Following the penultimate races of the NASCAR playoffs at Phoenix Raceway, the Championship 4 field in each of those national series has now been determined, and discussions about who will take home the coveted trophies can now begin in earnes