GRAMMY-nominated and GMA Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel quartet Ernie Haase + Signature Sound, an Atlanta fan favorite, will return by popular demand to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the fourth time to perform the national anthem ahead of the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, Feb. 25.
Beaver Motorsports today announced Rhino Rush Energy as the primary sponsor for the No. 50 Chevrolet Silverado of Travis Kvapil at Daytona International Speedway for the NextEra Energy Resources 250. This will be the 2003 Champion’s twelfth NCWTS start at the one-and-a-half-mile track.
Trevor Bayne returns to the sight of his first career NASCAR victory and one of the biggest upset wins in sports history; Daytona International Speedway (DIS). Bayne scored the historic victory in the 2011 running of the Daytona 500. Running up front for virtually the entire race, the young driver held off the field in a feverish green-white-checkered finish to earn his place in the annals of NASCAR history. Bayne capped off a dominant Speedweeks effort by becoming the youngest winner in the history... Читать дальше...
Tickets for the 2018 Kansas Speedway racing season are on sale now and the track is offering more $64 ticket choices for both Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races than ever before. Also new in 2018 is more youth ticket options! In addition, several sections of Kansas Speedway grandstands have been enhanced with drink rails to offer race fans a more comfortable experience
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) will improve racing times with ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) through a new, multi-year partnership. RCR will leverage ANSYS Pervasive Engineering SimulationTM software to more accurately predict machine performance and enhance vehicle speed on the race track by enabling a true digital twin of a race car.
After advancing to round two of qualifying, Stenhouse placed ninth overall scoring him in the fifth position in Thursday night’s Can-Am Duel 1, which will set the field for the Daytona 50
RYAN BLANEY – No. 21 Ford Fusion – HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE AT TEAM PENSKE? “It really hasn’t changed a lot. It’s been pretty seamless, the transition between the Wood Brothers and the Penske group. A lot of the same people are coming over, so I’m really not meeting new personnel. You already kind of feel like a family, so that’s been really simple it’s just a matter of trying to perform.”
TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona 500 Media Day. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT THIS BLOG EXPERIENCE. “The first episode just came out. It’s been really cool. We started from the time I left my house. I left the fireplace going and the coffee pot going because I was so anxious to get here. I’ve been trying to capture as much raw moments of my life and as far as what I’m going through as a new dad and being in racing. It’s opening up my life to fans and allow them to see me... Читать дальше...
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona 500 media day. Full transcript: OUTLOOK FOR SEASON WITH CHANGE TO HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS SUPPORT: “The new relationship with Hendrick Motorsports has been good. They have been so helpful in trying to develop our stuff. More than anything, just being able to have that technical alliance and for them to come over and make sure we are building the cars the right way and kind of going the same direction has been a lot of help. Читать дальше...
CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 37 KLEENEX CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona 500 Media Day. Full Transcript: SO, YOU DO FEEL LIKE COMING BACK FOR A SECOND YEAR THERE IS MORE TO BUILD ON? “Like all of the time you spend trying to get people to work together and get those relationships in place and learn everybody’s work habits that takes time. That is tough at the beginning of the season, especially when you look at the West Coast swing early on."
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch was made available to the media in Daytona: KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How are you preparing for tomorrow night’s race? “I think the biggest thing for tomorrow night, you got to go for points, be smart, get some points out of that race if you can. Obviously it's a big deal to have stage points, we kind of saw that last year with everything going on."
DANICA PATRICK, NO. 7 GODADDY CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona 500 Media Day. Full Transcript: “That's part of why I'm running here. That's part of why the last race in a Cup car is at Daytona. Not only is it the biggest race of the year, it's wide open from a performance standpoint. It's exciting. Anything can happen.”
Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Daytona International Speedway ... Dating back to 1976, Richard Childress Racing has won 11 poles and collected five points-paying victories at the most-storied race track on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series circuit. RCR owns two Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt - 1998, Kevin Harvick - 2007), three Coke Zero 400 trophies (Earnhardt - 1990, 1993 and Harvick - 2010) and 14 qualifying races, including 10-consecutive victories with Earnhardt (1990 - 1999). Читать дальше...
RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 17 Ford Fusion – DID YOU LOOK AT YOUR YELLOW LINE RULING ON REPLAY? “I think in the rule book it does say if you go below the yellow line and advance your position you will be black-flagged or whatever the consequences were. But it also says if you force somebody below the yellow line that that car could be black-flagged, but we asked NASCAR and we haven’t heard back from them on that. Typical. I guess the next time somebody gets to the inside of me I’ll force them below... Читать дальше...
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 95 PROCORE CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona 500 Media Day. Full Transcript: YOU HAVEN’T MOVED AROUND MUCH IN YOUR CAREER. DOES THE DAY-TO-DAY JOB OF RACE CAR DRIVER HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TIMELINE OF COMMITMENTS OF WHAT A TEAM EXPECTS OF YOU DOES THAT - VARY FROM TEAM TO TEAM? “Yeah, it definitely varies. It varies from team to team or sponsor to sponsor and year to year as well. It is always kind of moving because it’s changed for me each year even... Читать дальше...
ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona 500 Media Day. Full transcript: Are you tired of being compared to Dale (Earnhardt Jr.) and hearing about living up to expectations?
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion -- HOW EXCITED WERE YOU TO SEE LAST SEASON END AND THIS YEAR START GIVEN YOUR STRUGGLES LAST YEAR? “Very. Last year was more of a struggle than any of us expected for sure. I thought toward the end of the year that we started to make some speed back in our race car. We started to run good, had a good run at Miami and Texas and those places. That was encouraging. To get down here and have a good run in the Clash and have all three Penske cars up front was fun to see. Читать дальше...
Monster Performer: Kurt Busch Eyes Daytona 500 Repeat - Kurt Busch led only the final lap in last season’s Daytona 500, putting his No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford in Victory Lane in Monster Energy’s first race as entitlement sponsor.
KEVIN HARVICK -- No. 4 Ford Fusion -- AT THIS POINT IN YOUR CAREER DOES IT FEEL LIKE CHAMPIONSHIP OR BUST? “There are a lot of things still to accomplish. You want to win and you want to be competitive on a week-to-week basis, so that’s the initial goal because there are so many of those goals. But the ultimate goal is to put yourself in posiition to win a championship. We’ve kind of been spoiled a little bit to have those opportunities year-in and year-out in the first four years at Stewart-Haas Racing. Читать дальше...
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona 500 Media Day. Full Transcript: A lot of drivers have said you're going to be the new most popular driver. When you hear stuff like that, how much is it a homage to your father's legacy or your on-track performance?
KYLE LARSON: I don't know, I was just talking to Jimmie about that a little bit, and we still don't really know. We'll see. I think it's still so early with the bodies, but then again, the rules package, as well. I don't know if it's just the way that his setup was or my setup was where it got him turned sideways, but I know for a fact that we're working on my setup stuff to make my car handle better, and hopefully allow me to push people a little easier, too.