NASCAR Track News

Superstar vocal group Rascal Flatts will perform the pre-race show at the 60th annual DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 18 (FOX, FOX Deportes, MRN Radio and SiriusXM Radio), the opening race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

MARTIN TRUEX JR. - ON THE OFFSEASON AND HOW THE TIRE TEST HAS GONE SO FAR ...So far it's felt good to be back in the car and it hasn't really been that long. It's felt like yesterday we were on the track racing still, so it felt good to get back out there. It's a Goodyear Tire Test, so we're trying to figure out what tire we need to bring back here in the spring and to be able to put on the best show possible.

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.