President Trump welcomes NASCAR champion to the White House; Lands subtle knock at the NFL
Martin Truex Jr, his longtime girlfriend Sherry Pollex and the entire Furniture Row Racing team were welcomed to the White House yesterday. The team received a congratulatory note from President Donald Trump.
In the introduction,
Read MoreFootball attendance is down. Baseball attendance is down. NASCAR attendance is down. Lucas Oil attendance is up. What do you attribute that to?
“We have a product on the race track that everybody’s interested in seein’. It takes a lot of people to build up something,” Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series director Rick Schwallie told RacingNews.co.
Read MoreBefore 2005, Phelps was a senior executive for the NFL
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 3, 2018) — NASCAR today announced that Steve Phelps has been promoted to the role of chief operating officer.
Phelps will oversee all NASCAR commercial and media operations. This role was previously held by Brent Dewar prior to his promotion to president last year.
Read MoreTwo-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback will drive the 2018 Daytona 500 pace car
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb 2018) – Peyton Manning, the two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback and Nationwide member/spokesperson, will serve as the Honorary Pace Car Driver for the 60th annual DAYTONA 500 on Feb. 18 at Daytona International Speedway.
The DAYTONA 500,
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr: “a good Charlotte NFL team is good for the city of Charlotte”
The Carolina Panthers are up for sale. For the past several months it’s been rumored that many within the NASCAR industry have interest in the Charlotte, NC team.
Add one more confirmed name to that list,
Read MoreDanica Patrick confirms the new relationship
Around Christmas time is was rumored that Danica Patrick had a new boyfriend. Those rumors detailed that Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers spent the holidays together. That included the meeting the family.
Aaron Rodgers has been the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers since 2008.
Read MoreKauffman and Keselowski discuss the recently drafted plans for NASCAR spending cap
Sponsorship in NASCAR is down. At the same time, the costs are not. Therein lies a huge problem.
At the same time, a select number of teams are able to secure the massive marketing dollars that it takes to fund a NASCAR racing team.
Read MoreTwo race car drivers are a part of a group looking to bid on Carolina Panthers; More interested
Last week, it was speculated that Brian France was leading a group to purchase the Carolina Panthers NFL team. The France organization denied that NASCAR CEO had any involvement.
However,
Read MoreCarolina Panthers ownership – NASCAR interest?
Yesterday, it was reported by WCNC that NASCAR CEO Brian France was leading a group of individuals looking to purchase the Carolina Panthers.
The Carolina Panthers are soon to be up for sale. Over the course of the last month,
Read MoreDenny Hamlin on NASCAR TV money distribution
Yesterday morning, Denny Hamlin issued statements on NASCAR money distribution. Later, he reiterated those comments, with a bit more detail.
Listen to the latest interview below.
Should drivers pay be cut due to the business model of the sport?
Read MoreDenny Hamlin: “We’re way underpaid as race car drivers.”
“We’re way underpaid as race car drivers,” Hamlin told ESPN. “There’s no doubt, doing what we do, the schedule that we have and the danger that we incur every single week, NASCAR drivers should be making NBA, NFL money.”
“I’m sure this will be in some headline somewhere where Denny says drivers aren’t paid enough,
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr reflects on twitter controversy of NASCAR National Anthem
This week, NASCAR team owners issued statement regarding the National Anthem. Those comments enticed a response from the President himself.
Related: NASCAR team owners and Donald Trump comment
With a single tweet, Dale Earnhardt Jr found himself in the middle of the National Anthem controversy.
Read MoreSteve O’Donnell: “From our standpoint, we view ourselves as a sport”
Over the weekend, respect for the American Flag as well as the National Anthem is a hot topic. Following a single-knee display from NFL players, President Trump has called for a boycott of the NFL.
At the same time,
Read MoreNASCAR: National Anthem statement
Team owners were asked why taking a knee didn’t happen in NASCAR. Richard Petty and Richard Childress each made comments on the topic.
Richard Childress stated that if an employee of his did that then he’d, “Get you a ride on a Greyhound bus when the national anthem is over.”
Read MoreNASCAR team owners comment on football players taking a knee
So why doesn’t this happen in NASCAR? Because you’d be taking the bus back home.
RCR: What would Richard Childress do for an employee that kneels? “Get you a ride on a Greyhound bus when the national anthem is over.
Read MoreAndrew Murstein, co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports offer bold idea to NASCAR CEO Brian France for fixing outrageous NASCAR spending
Andrew Murstein, co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports offered a unique idea to NBC Sports. Should NASCAR team owners need to agree to a spending cap? With the goal of creating a “level playing field”
Read MoreGreen Bay Packers quarterback Brett Hundley takes a ride in an INDYCAR at Road America with Mario Andretti
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Hundley took a ride at Road America today.
Words of wisdom from Will Power before Hundley climbed into the car with Mario. Power told Hundley,
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