NASCAR Track News

NASCAR's Generation-6 Sprint Cup Series chassis received its first test on a 1.5-mile track last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the car exhibited the promise that the industry was expecting, especially on the 1.5-mile ovals that are predominant on the series schedule.

Western N.C.-based Hoss Howard Band will be performing the National Anthem to kick off the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at The Rock presented by Cheerwine at Rockingham Speedway on April 14.

Chase Elliott and Jeb Burton have very famous fathers in the NASCAR world. Both youngsters are adamant though, their careers will be made on their own skills, their own hard work.

Mike Wallace and the No. 01 JD Motorsports team are prepared to head to the action-packed Bristol Motor Speedway with the support of Calhoun’s. The restaurant is a part of the Copper Cellar Family of Restaurants including Copper Cellar, Smoky Mountain Brewery, Chesapeake’s, and Cherokee Grill.

Five-time Bristol Motor Speedway winner Jeff Gordon definitely liked the reconfigured surface at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile last August.

To help get the Auto Club 400 Weekend underway, March 22-24, the spectacle of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hauler Parade will make its way to Auto Club Speedway from Citizens Business Bank Arena (4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario) through Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana, beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 21.

With the first short track race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season on tap at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend, curious eyes are on the Gen-6 car’s performance and adaptability on a track under a mile in length.

Los Angeles-based rockers RATT will get race day started in classic rock-and-roll style at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, March 24 when they perform a pre-race concert beginning at 10am on the FanZone main stage.

Young fans have the chance to spend some time with five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson when he makes a stop in the Bristol Motor Speedway Kids Zone Sunday, March 17 prior to the Food City 500.

Buoyed by the success of last year's "Send a Soldier to The Rock" promotion, Rockingham Speedway is partnering with the United Service Organization of North Carolina (USO of NC) to continue the program for the April 14 running of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at The Rock presented by Cheerwine.