NASCAR Track News

Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. today announced it has teamed with Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, Michigan, to sponsor the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at MIS on Sunday, June 17.

Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) is holding a major food drive for Philabundance and the Food Bank of Delaware at the Dover International Speedway from June 1 to June 3 during the upcoming NASCAR race weekend. Sunoco’s food drive comes during a time when hunger relief organizations are seeing a record number of people coming to them for food.

he green flag drops on the 2012 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in just 16 days, yet six drivers currently in the top 20 in points are on the outside looking in. Jeff Burton (20th), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2nd), Joey Logano (15th), Jamie McMurray (18th), Juan Pablo Montoya (16th) and Martin Truex Jr. (5th) might need to rely on the Sprint Fan Vote to earn their way into the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

A week after responding to fan requests by making major changes to the track surface, Bristol Motor Speedway General Manager Jerry Caldwell today announced the next BMS fan initiative.

RCA recording artist Kris Allen, the season 8winner of “American Idol,” will perform the National Anthem prior to the start of the June 3 “FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway.

This Mother’s Day, Atlanta Motor Speedway has the perfect gift for the female racing fan in your family. Bring Mom out to AMS on Labor Day weekend with the “Danica Deal” to see Danica Patrick make her debut at the famed 1.54-mile speedway during the biggest Labor Day party in the USA, Aug. 31-Sept. 2.

RCA recording artist Kris Allen, the season 8 winner of “American Idol,” will perform the National Anthem prior to the start of the June 3 “FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway.

Twenty years after Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Chairman Bruton Smith floated the idea of installing a first-of-its-kind lighting system at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the seemingly impossible notion of racing at night has become the norm, with some of NASCAR’s biggest events, including the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, now running in prime time.

Darlington Raceway is offering its fans an opportunity to participate in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series autograph session with drivers Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin, Paul Menard and defending Bojangles’ Southern 500champion Regan Smith.

In an attempt to help streamline its presence on Twitter, Martinsville Speedway has adopted a new handle for the social media platform. Beginning immediately Martinsville Speedway’s Twitter handle is @MartinsvilleSwy, moving away from @ms1947.