In speaking with over a half-dozen key figures within NASCAR, diversity in the Next Gen car development, flexibility with the schedule, and changes with ...
“I would say, Nascar – as a company and a sport – is probably stronger than it's been in a really long time,” said Kennedy. “I think a big part of that has been with our leadership and challenging everyone to think bold and think differently. “I think we made a deliberate effort to focus on evolving our fan base we want to get younger and more diverse,” said Jill Gregory, executive VP, and general manager of Sonoma Raceway who served as executive VP and Chief Marketing and Content Officer at Nascar prior. “There is an opportunity for us to take a concept like that and move it to other locations,” Kennedy said. From the top-down, it’s clear that the change is not some “flavor of the month” issue, but rather core to accepting as many fans as possible to the sport. Across the spectrum of those interviewed, all pointed to how these changes have not only been the right thing to do but good for business within the sport and for sponsors that are critical to the lifeblood of racing. One of the lesser-known, but no less impactful issues facing motorsports are the charters between tracks and sanctioning bodies that can lock in schedules for multiple years. That early testing and feedback have given us a big jump in performance over the course of the season.” Marks believes that older legacy teams are “not exactly scared of this new model for Nascar” but rather they’ve been used to engaging in a “financial arms race.” Instead of welding sheet metal to the chassis and adding a decal design to “look” like a particular car, now Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Ford Mustang GT GT “The car seems to be getting stronger on road courses,” he said. In other words, development is still ongoing or “building the plane as it’s being flown.” Changes in the economics of the sport have brought in Michael Jordan and rapper Pitbull. Pit crews have seen an incredible increase in the number of Black members.
Chris Buescher lost his bumper tire during Sunday's race, which means that his crew chief and two other team members will be suspended for the next four ...
His crew chief and two other team members ended up being suspended for the next four races. The penalty has always seemed a bit steep to some but that's due to how fast the wheel can go once it flies off. Chris Buescher lost his bumper tire during Sunday's race, which means that his crew chief and two other team members will be suspended for the next four races.
Simon Dion-Viens était en piste le weekend dernier dans la série NASCAR truck à l'Autodrome Chaudière. Au volant de la camionnette 37 aux couleurs de.
Rapidement après le départ, j’ai été en mesure de remonter les positions une à une pour m’emparer de la première position et être en mesure d’imposer mon rythme au reste du peloton», explique Simon Dion-Viens. Je tiens à remercier mon chef d’équipe Clément Samson et tous mes équipiers qui ont travaillé très fort sur le bolide afin de le rendre hyper compétitif», conclu le pilote. Simon Dion-Viens était en piste le weekend dernier dans la série NASCAR truck à l’Autodrome Chaudière. Au volant de la camionnette 37 aux couleurs de Castrol Canada et supportée par Rivière-du-Loup Mitsubishi, Témis Chrysler, Rousseau Métal et Bumper to Bumper Lévis, le pilote du Kamouraska a été en mesure de remporter la victoire au terme d’une épreuve de 100 tours.
Le pilote du Kamouraska a été le premier à franchir la ligne d'arrivée après la plus longue course de la série Nascar Truck, cet été. Dion-Viens a remporté l' ...
Je tiens à remercier mon chef d’équipe Clément Samson et tous mes équipiers qui ont travaillé très fort sur le bolide afin de le rendre hyper compétitif.», conclu le pilote. Rapidement après le départ, j’ai été en mesure de remonter les positions une à une pour m’emparer de la première position et être en mesure d’imposer mon rythme au reste du peloton.» Le pilote du Kamouraska a été le premier à franchir la ligne d’arrivée après la plus longue course de la série Nascar Truck, cet été. Dion-Viens a remporté l’épreuve de plus de 100 tours à bord de sa camionnette #37, qui avait été préparée à point par son équipe.
Our latest NASCAR Cup Series race was fun. More entertaining than a year ago, for sure, and a good bit better than Nashville Superspeedway has been known to ...
“It's so week to week, and I've never seen it within our sport where you just don't know until the first 10 laps of practice. Elliott’s victory ended around 11 p.m. That was seven hours after the race started, thanks to two weather delays, the second of which dragged on for about two hours and felt even worse. On June 12 at Sonoma, he struggled to a 31st-place finish. Teams have been having to relearn the same tracks while often forgetting what they thought they knew. Despite two wins, he showed up Sunday 21st in the points standings. "We all show up this week and our car is fast again,” Hamlin said after winning Saturday’s qualifying. Much of the racing, once it happened, really was worth the wait. While bad weather was forecast Sunday, most of it missed the area. He has only won once in 2022, but there’s no shame in that. Three other drivers – Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch – led for more laps than Elliott. A long day becomes longer in the heat. “Way more (racing) than I thought it would be,” Elliott said.
A caution flag with eight laps remaining in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway brought out more than the yellow flag.
“Why not, running ninth and was able to run third, so that was a good call by him.” Note: The decision to stay out put Kurt Busch on the front row for the final restart. Note: Hamlin started from the Busch Light Pole position and led a race-high 114 laps. Position after pit stops: Second Note: Elliott said post-race that it was crew chief Alan Gustafson’s call to make, and Gustafson elected to keep the No. 9 Chevrolet out on the track and maintain the lead. A caution flag with eight laps remaining in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway brought out more than the yellow flag.
That threw the balance of power to Joe Gibbs Racing's Toyotas. Leading 240 of the first 244 laps, it felt like a foregone conclusion any one of Kyle Busch, ...
Hamlin fought to sixth, Christopher Bell was eighth while the Kyle Busch-Truex combo finished a disastrous 21st and 22nd in the final running order. The race's first caution for contact came when Corey LaJoie and Alex Bowman got into it off turn 2. Green: Team Penske -- Penske was another team off the pace most of the night. Speeding Ticket: NASCAR officiating -- This week's controversy will center around officials not calling a caution when Brad Keselowski and Cole Custer crashed off turn 4 during the final restart. Wallace was so mad he refused to talk with crew chief Bootie Barker at times during the race, including after the checkered flag. A last-ditch effort to pit for fresh tires under the race's final caution backfired, leaving Kyle Busch, Hamlin and Truex stuck in mid-pack. Staying out on old tires late, he cruised ahead of Kurt Busch to win his second race of the season, solidifying his hold on the points lead and potential No. 1 playoff seed. The team's two remaining drivers, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson, soon found themselves at the rear of the field due to a potential loose wheel and pit road speeding, respectively. Elliott moved up and promptly disposed of all three JGR cars in front of him, then survived a few late-race cautions that jumbled up the field on pit strategy. "I was pretty confident we were going the right direction," Gustafson said. But a funny thing happened in the midst of those delays: HMS didn't give up. Within minutes of the race resuming, Alex Bowman crashed after contact, just as William Byron went limping to the garage with a steering issue.
Chase Elliott salvaged a crummy day for Hendrick Motorsports and interrupted a potential Toyota rout by winning the rain-drenched race at Nashville ...
"Don't talk to me the rest of race." But the damage was done for Bowman, who is sponsored by Ally, which has heavily invested in NASCAR's return to the Nashville market. Bubba Wallace lost his temper with his 23XI Racing crew when he had to pit from sixth-place because of a loose wheel. "We had kind of a setback there about halfway and was able to get the Chevy dialed back in and get back in the mix. During a lengthy rain delay hours later, LaJoie posted to Twitter a T-shirt design that said "Really Good Race Car Driver" to mimic Bowman's insult. Ryan Blaney was third in a Ford and followed by Elliott's teammate Kyle Larson, the defending race winner. I should have been throwing some fenders and moving some momentum around," said Busch. "I just needed to stick with our strength and I messed up. Nine other drivers stayed on track with him to create a pack of traffic that prevented the Toyotas from catching Elliott after they stopped for fresh tires. I was hoping not," Elliott said about the caution. To do it in a really cool city like Nashville is even better. Toyota controlled almost the entire event -- four of its drivers combined to lead 253 laps -- but the No. 5 Hendrick crew brought Elliott's Chevrolet to life in the closing stretch. It took NASCAR's most popular driver nearly seven hours and a late four-lap shootout to get to victory lane.
Sure, except three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers combined to lead 250 of 300 laps at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday, showing they've made major gains and are the ...
It’s a losing battle to try and wish away the growing importance of streaming services, no different than when cable TV (another form of paywalled content) arrived on the scene. So while this is still new for many fans, it’s only the beginning — and it’s not just the future, but the present. At the end of the day, this is what I really want to do right now.” Same goes for the Dover race in May, which would have been finished on Sunday instead of postponed to Monday. And the 2020 Daytona 500 would have been an official race instead of rained out until Monday night. If NASCAR fans didn’t want to subscribe for that, they weren’t missing something they traditionally got as part of a race broadcast. The new car hasn’t seemed to suit him well so far, and there have been times when it doesn’t appear he’s having fun. Nashville was scheduled for a 5:23 p.m. Eastern start time, which is the latest slot for a Sunday “day” race in memory. Martin Truex Jr. took six months to find those answers, and the beautiful thing is he got to decide for himself. Truex doesn’t, but he’s not in a rush to figure it out. “But it would be nice to rack up some wins and hedge your bet more so for a potential bad day or something out of your hands.” There’s liable to be very big teams or even favorites in this championship that will be taken out in the first and second round because they don’t have the big playoff points that our favorites have had in the past.” As July arrives, NASCAR’s puzzling season has continued to stump both the experts and those inside the garage.
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Nascar Camaro ZL1, took advantage of a late-race caution to win at Nashville Superspeedway on June 26th, 2022.
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Here are the key takeaways from Saturday's Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 at Riverhead Raceway that saw Kyle Soper claim his first win.
- Points leader Ron Silk continued his stellar season at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday with his fourth top-five finish of the year. - Saturday was not the best evening for a handful of series veterans. Every time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour rolls into Riverhead Raceway it is usually noted along the way the last time a track regular won a WMT event was back in 1995. Unfortunately for Solomito, he has not been able to replicate that success in the following years. The most recent Riverhead regular to win a Tour event at the track was Ed Brunnhoelzl Jr. in 1995, who held off legend Reggie Ruggiero for what proved to be his only Tour victory. Kyle Soper, who has won three track championships at Riverhead during his career, finally broke through for his first victory after 15 starts and simultaneously broke a 27-year drought for Riverhead regulars in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour competition at the facility.
Chase Elliott won at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night and then immediately made a hard push for NASCAR to race instead at the Nashville Fairgrounds.