NASCAR President, Steve Phelps: “I think we chased a new fan at the expense of an existing fan. We’ll never do that again.”
Steve Phelps went to his first race with his dad at the age of 5. The Vermont short track racing scene gave him the bug.
He signed with NASCAR in their New York sponsorship department.
Read MoreCrew chief stormed on the race track, tossed a radio at a car then climbed in the window before the driver took off and shook him out of his moving race car
NASCAR will not allow Forrest Reynolds to participate in any NASCAR sanctioned events without a licence. Additionally, Reynolds is ineligible to attain a NASCAR licence until next year.
Read MoreLee Pulliam vs Phillip Morris at the NASCAR short track
South Boston Speedway hosted a Twin-75 NASCAR late model event on Saturday afternoon. The second of the two brought fireworks.
With five laps remaining in the event, there was a battle at the front of the field. Peyton Sellers,
Read MoreShort track racing returns to NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Truck Series schedule
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 3, 2019) – NASCAR today announced the 2020 schedules for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series™ and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series™, and both include a return to race tracks that were part of the original schedule for each series – venues that have been absent from the respective slates for more than a decade.
Read MoreKenseth will return to the ‘World’s Fastest Quarter Mile Oval’
Cambridge, Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth grew up racing the short tracks in the hills of the state.
“My first car – what might be considered a sportsman – was a 1981 Camaro that Todd Kropf had driven to championships at Madison and Columbus 151 Speedway.
Read MoreKelley Earnhardt: “I could have been something big on the race track.”
It’s long been rumored and speculated that in the early stages of the Earnhardt children’s racing career, Kelley was the one who had the most potential.
However, she climbed out of the racing seat and went into a different role within the racing industry.
Read MoreLOLMDS series director Rick Schwallie explains the flat tire rules
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series announced a new tire rule at the start of the 2019 racing season. They announced it at the drivers meeting during the first race of the season last week at Golden Isles Speedway.
Read MoreMarcus Smith on the 2020 NASCAR schedule, Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville and the 2019 NASCAR rules package
Short track racing has become all but absent in the highest level of stock car racing. A series that came to be on the short tracks of the South have gone a very different direction in the last 20 years.
Read More16 year old Adam Lemke signed to JR Motorsports for a 2019 run in the CARS Late Model Stock Series
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Dec. 2018) – Adam Lemke has been named as a driver for JR Motorsports’ championship-winning Late Model program for 2019. The 16-year-old native of Hollister, Calif. will take the seat of the team’s second Chevrolet for the season and will compete alongside 2017 CARS Late Model Stock Car Series champion Josh Berry.
Read MoreFive Flags Speedway results from the 2018 Snowball Derby in Pensacola, Florida
Today, the Snowball Derby is set to take the green on the 1/2-mile oval. 5 Flags Speedway hosts the asphalt super late model event in Pensacola, Florida.
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Harrison Burton and Cole Butcher will lead the field to the green flag.
Read MoreLess than 24 hours ago, the track was underwater; Now, they’re going racing
The Snowball Derby is hosted at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. The track saw a torrential downpour on Saturday. Due to the rain the Snowflake 100 has been postponed until next Saturday.
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It was more than a little participation.
Read MoreCarl Schultz, Five Star Bodies CEO releases a letter to the racing community
Short track racing on any surface is likely to bring drama to the surface. Typically, that means on track action. In this case, the drama has extended to the board room.
Since 2013, Five Star Bodies has been attempting to release a gen-6 body for asphalt late model racing.
Read MoreJulia Landauer: “For any woman that wants to get into a male dominated industry, I would really advocate for trying to find male allies.”
Julia Landauer catapulted her racing career off the ground at age 10 in karting. By age 14, she won the Skip Barber Racing Series championship. Landauer was the first female to win that road racing award.
Read MoreDenny Hamlin: “You take aerodynamics out of the way. You get back to old school racing.”
For the duration of July, I left the state of North Carolina and hit the highway in a search for 12 different dirt tracks. While I was away, I left a piece of bread on my kitchen counter.
Read MoreFollowing the purchase of ARCA, NASCAR announces plans for the short track racing series
NASCAR is developing a very clear short track racing feeder system
Back in April, NASCAR purchased the ARCA Racing Series. Months later, they have announced their plans for the stock car racing division.
In addition,
Read MoreWho’s race is it anyway? NASCAR explains their call on the winner of the 2018 ValleyStar Credit Union 300
Drivers ejected, Retaliation under yellow, three green/white/checkers, a red flag and mass confusion as to who won the race – That’s just in the last 15 minutes of the Late Model Stock race at Martinsville Speedway
The Late Model Stock race took place at Martinsville Speedway last night.
Read MoreBrad Keselowski makes his case for adding mid-week short track races to the NASCAR schedule
Any poll data will show you that NASCAR fans are demanding a new crop of race tracks for the schedule. The avid and loud demand for short tracks is certainly here. It’s been here for years but now fans are getting antsy with it as the idea comes closer to reality.
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