Motor Racing Digest

Posted By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 22, 2013 When race fans think of Memorial Day weekend in the motorsports world, one thing immediately comes to mind and that is NASCAR taking to the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway for their traditional May race weekend that many consider to be the greatest weekend [...]

Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillon, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Coca-Cola 600, history 300, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Regan Smith, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona International Speedway will offer a special ticket package for the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event on Saturday night, July 6 at the “World Center of Racing”  that includes a question and answer session with No. 88 National Guard driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. The No. 88 Package, available starting at [...]

Posted: May 16th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Track News.
Tags: COKE ZERO 400, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona International Speedway, Nascar Sprint Cup Series
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Nine-time GRAMMY winner  Sheryl Crow, whose long list of hits include “All I Wanna Do,” “Soak Up The Sun” and her latest single “Easy,” will perform a hour-long pre-race concert prior to the 55th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, July 6 at [...]

Posted: May 16th, 2013
Categories: Track News.
Tags: COKE ZERO 400, Daytona International Speedway, Nascar Sprint Cup Series
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Posted By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 15, 2013 After tackling “The Lady in Black” at Darlington last weekend, NASCAR heads home for a two week homestand at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series taking center stage during All Star Weekend. Sprint Cup Series [...]

Posted: May 15th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Camping World Truck Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Jeb Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Justin Lofton, Kyle Busch, Matt Crafton, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Sprint All Star Race, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Ron Hornaday Jr.
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Posted By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 9, 2013 Courtesy of NASCAR Yesterday, on May 8, 2013, Joe Gibbs Racing had their penalty appeal hearing stemming from the penalties handed down after the race at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago. Below is the statement from the appeals panel on their decision to reduce the penalties [...]

Posted: May 9th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Joe Gibbs Racing, Kansas Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Sprint Cup Series
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 8, 2013 With a weekend full of rain delays, wild wrecks, close finishes, and underdog winners at Talladega Superspeedway behind them, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series head to Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s first superspeedway, for some night racing on Mother’s Day weekend [...]

Posted: May 8th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillion, Bojangles' Southern 500, Brad Keselowski, Darlington Raceway, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Sam Hornish Jr.
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Posted By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 7, 2013 Courtesy of NASCAR   On May 7, 2013 the Chief Appellate Officer heard and considered the appeal of the penalties from the No. 2 and No. 22 Penske Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams. These penalties stemmed from pre-race inspection for the NASCAR Sprint Cup [...]

Posted: May 7th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Paul Wolfe, Penske Racing, todd gordon
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 5, 2013 After starting under bright sunshine and ending as darkness moved in at Talladega Superspeedway, the Aaron’s 499 delivered a great finish for the die hard fans that endured a race that took approximately seven hours to complete after rain moved in halfway through [...]

Posted: May 5th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, David Gilliland, David Ragan, Denny Hamlin, Front Row Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Michael Waltrip, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Talladega Superspeedway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 4, 2013 As was feared during the two practice sessions on Friday at Talladega, rain washed out Sprint Cup qualifying for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 and the field will be set by practice speeds from Friday’s first practice session. Carl Edwards was fastest in that session, [...]

Posted: May 4th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Ryan Newman, Talladega Superspeedway
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Written By: Lauren Perkins-follow @perkylauren May 4, 2013 On April 30, 1987 Bill Elliott posed for pictures at Talladega celebrating his all-time NASCAR qualifying record of 212.809 miles per hour. Three days later at the Winston 500, fans sat eager to see him lead the field of cars making laps at speeds that had not [...]

Posted: May 4th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: 1987 Winston 500, Bill Elliott, Bobby Allison, Bobby Allison wreck, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Talladega Superspeedway
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