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NASCAR team owner Glen Wood has died at age 93
Glen Wood: July 18, 1925 – January 18, 2019
Glen Wood and his brother Leonard Wood co-founded Wood Brothers Racing over fifty years ago in 1953.
The team is one of the oldest teams on the grid today. They’ve run 1546 races over 65 seasons and collected 99 wins along the way,
Read MoreMBM Motorsports becomes the first team to release images of their 2019 Toyota Supra
The Toyota Supra make its debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for 2019
Carl and Dee Dee Long founded MBM Motorsports. They later partnered with Derek White, James Carter, and John Jackson. The small NACSAR team now runs their own engine program made possible by Rocky and Tom Smith.
Read MoreThe original debut for Racing Wives was set for Jan 3, 2019 on CMT
Racing Wives Cast: Samantha and Kyle Busch; Ashley and Kurt Busch; Whitney and Austin Dillon; The Monster Energy Girls.
The preview clips from the show highlighted families living on Lake Norman, North Carolina. A portion of the clips placed focus on tensions between the wives of NASCAR drivers and the Monster Energy Girls (victory lane girls).
Read MoreA NASCAR race car can be driven hands free and feet free (Video)
Furniture Row Racing equipment is going to a good cause
Furniture Row Racing entered NASCAR in 2005 with Kenny Wallace. 13 years later, the team was built to championship form. They took the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series title in dominating fashion in 2017.
Read MoreThe 2019 No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro Zl1 has been released by Jimmie Johnson on Good Morning America
This morning, 43-year-old racing driver, Jimmie Johnson visited the Good Morning America set in New York. The new paint scheme was released in a live segment of the show.
Watch the Jimmie Johnson paint scheme reveal video below.
Read MoreSteve Phelps on the new rules package for 2019 and future changes
Next year, NASCAR has a shiny new rules package that’s set to go into effect.
17 of the 36 races: Horsepower will be reduced from 750 to an ideal 550. The engine spacer will be reduced to .922-inch versus the current 1.17-inch hole.
Read MoreSuarez has found a new ride in the NASCAR Cup Series
Daniel Suarez will replace Kurt Busch in the #41
Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has signed Daniel Suárez to its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series lineup in 2019. The Mexican driver, who turned 27 today, will pilot the team’s No.
Read MoreAfter 26 consecutive years in the series, Roush Fenway Racing pulls their NASCAR Xfinity Series team from the lineup
Roush Feway Racing has run a total of 1,698 NASCAR Xfinity Series races since their series debut with Mark Martin in 1993. In recent years, the team has fielded two cars in NXS competition.
Read MoreBass Pro Shops signs a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Joe Gibbs Racing in NASCAR Cup Series
Martin Truex Jr will drive the #19 at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2019
HUNTERSVILLE,N.C. (Jan. 4, 2019) – Bass Pro Shops, North America’s premier outdoor and conservation company, today announced it will continue its long partnership with Martin Truex Jr.,
Read MoreCody Ware is looking to get blasted with this Byrna HD security device
Cody Ware has a new supporter. Byrna joined the NASCAR team at Texas Motor Speedway at the end of the 2018 season. That sponsorship will continue through the 2019 season.
“We believe our differentiated product is unique in as much as it is the only truly concealable non-lethal personal security device that can stop a threat at a distance,”
Read MoreRick Ware Racing has acquired a second NASCAR charter and new cars for 2019
THOMASVILLE, N.C. – On the heels of their first full season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS), Thomasville, N.C.-based Rick Ware Racing (RWR) is already full steam ahead to prepare for next season, kicking off with the prestigious Daytona 500 on Sunday,
Read MoreGreg Biffle has a plan to bring his helmet to Daytona International Speedway
Greg Biffle ran 510 races in his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career. In his 15-year career, he collected 19 race wins at the highest level of stock car racing.
Following the 2016 season, Greg Biffle was abruptly let go.
Read MoreSix professional digital world racing divisions will offer real world paychecks to the world top sim racers with a massive increase in payouts
$100,000 to be offered in iRacing PEAK Antifreeze Championship and another $100,000 for new Porsche iRacing World Championship
Yesterday, iRacing announced a massive increase in the payout structure for their professional online racing service.
Read MoreNew owners gauge interest of a dirt track at the famed speedway complex
Rockingham Speedway opened in 1965. Their very first race was a NASCAR Grand National Series event. Since, NASCAR and Rockingham Speedway were forced to part ways. The NC speedway fell victim to the Ferko lawsuit.
Rockingham Speedway is in the process of digging itself from the grave.
Read MoreKasey Kahne’s 2019 dirt sprint car released
Kasey Kahne plans 50 dirt sprint car races in 2019
MOORESVILLE, NC (December 18, 2018) – World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series team Kasey Kahne Racing (KKR), announced today Wicked Energy Gum, an innovative consumer energy product developed by Wicked Cushion, has been signed as a new sponsor for KKR’s No.
Read MoreKyle Larson on the Gateway Dirt Nationals: “The atmosphere is pretty cool and the fans seem pretty rowdy. Which is neat as well.”
This 2018 Gateway Dirt Nationals featured a new class that was absent from the ticket in the first two additions of the indoor dirt race. The dirt midget class brought along the stars of NASCAR.
Read MoreJeff Gordon wanted to be a World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series driver
Gordon: “I wasn’t thinking NASCAR at all.”
As Jeff Gordon was coming up, an open wheel driver had a tendency to move into the open wheel side of professional motorsports. Yet, Jeff Gordon moved into cars with fenders and went on to set record after record in the world of NASCAR.
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