Day: May 12, 2020

FIREDISC® Cookers Partners With IceBox Pickup Throwdown iRacing Truck Series

Mike

HOUSTON, TEXAS, May 12, 2020 — FIREDISC® Cookers is excited to announce its partnership with the IceBox Pickup Throwdown iRacing Truck Series. On May 7th, FIREDISC® presented Round 3 of the eSports streaming series – FIREDISC 100 at Michigan International Speedway.   “We are thrilled to be an official partner of the IceBox Pickup Throwdown iRacing Truck Series,” said Griff Jaggard, President and Co-Founder of FIREDISC®. “The popularity of eSports is on the rise, especially in a time where traditional sports leagues are postponed or even canceled. We are excited to sponsor such an awesome eSports streaming series and look forward to this continued partnership.”   The IceBox Pickup Throwdown iRacing Truck Series is a five race…

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FOX NASCAR Resumes Live Action From Historic Darlington Raceway Sunday, May 17 on FOX

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FOX Sports Honors Health Care Workers Across the Country with Special Grand Marshal Initiative to Kick off Sunday’s Race   Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Larry McReynolds Call Race from Charlotte Studio; Regan Smith Reports Live from Darlington   CHARLOTTE, N.C. – FOX NASCAR resumes its 20th consecutive season of coverage at historic Darlington Raceway on Sunday, May 17 (3:30 PM ET on FOX), with a live broadcast of the first NASCAR CUP SERIES race in 10 weeks. Sunday’s 400-mile event marks the first of seven races at two tracks across three series in the…

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Scag Power Equipment Joins Front Row Motorsports at Darlington

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 12, 2020) – Front Row Motorsports (FRM) announced today that Scag Power Equipment, a leader in commercial-grade professional and premium residential lawn mowers, will join the organization as its newest partner. The company will be featured as the primary partner of Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, John Hunter Nemechek and the No. 38 Ford Mustang team when the NASCAR Cup Series returns to Darlington Raceway on May 17 and 20. The events at one of NASCAR’s most historic tracks will mark the first time the sport has competed…

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COLE CUSTER Ready To Return to Racing at Darlington

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KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (May 11, 2020) – Cole Custer and the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) will make the two-hour drive to Darlington (S.C.) Raceway for Sunday’s 400-mile race. Custer’s Mustang will showcase a new livery that represents Gene Haas’ newest holding, Haas Tooling. Haas Tooling was launched just weeks ago as a way for CNC machinists to purchase high quality cutting tools at great prices. Haas’ cutting tools will be sold exclusively online at HaasTooling.com and shipped directly to end-users.   After a nine-week shutdown due to the…

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NASCAR Racing Returns with Live Coverage of Upcoming Races at Darlington Raceway on SiriusXM

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SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the NASCAR Cup Series races on May 17 and 20, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on May 19   Driver Kevin Harvick will take calls from listeners on a LIVE episode of his SiriusXM show, “Happy Hours,” on Wednesday, May 13   Fans continue to get NASCAR news and talk daily on SiriusXM channel 90 and on the SiriusXM app NEW YORK – May 11, 2020 – With the welcome return of NASCAR racing this weekend, SiriusXM will offer fans live coverage of the NASCAR…

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NASCAR Champ Joey Logano Hosts Planet Fitness “Home Work-In” on Facebook Live – MAY 14

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NASCAR champion Joey Logano (and two of his friends) are set to host one of Planet Fitness’ “Home Work-Ins” – a series of daily free fitness classes for everyone streamed live on Planet Fitness’ Facebook page – THIS THURSDAY, May 14, at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. CT). With news changing daily, Planet Fitness remains committed to continuing to provide healthy and safe alternatives to keep us all moving. Exercise is so important, especially now. The virtual classes are 20 minutes (or less) and won’t require any equipment. The home workouts offer…

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Gaunt Brothers Racing Hires Nick Ollila as Technical Director

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Motorsports Veteran Joins NASCAR Team from Virgin Australia Supercars Championship   MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 11, 2020) – Gaunt Brothers Racing, which fields the No. 96 Toyota Camry for driver Daniel Suárez in the NASCAR Cup Series, has hired Nick Ollila (pronounced Oh-li-lah) as its technical director, with the motorsports veteran overseeing the team’s engineering department. Ollila comes to Gaunt Brothers Racing after a three-year stint as the technical director for Kelly Racing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. The Warren, Michigan-native returned to the United States late last week in time…

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CLINT BOWYER No. 14 Rush Truck Centers/ Mobil 1 Ford Returns to Racing

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KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (May 11, 2020) – In the 60-plus-year history of NASCAR, there will likely never be a more unusual or more welcomed group of races than the next four Cup Series races held over a 10-day span beginning Sunday with a 400-miler at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.   Clint Bowyer, the driver of the No. 14 Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), wishes the race was sooner.   “Tell me where the racetrack is and I’ll be there tonight,” Bowyer said with a laugh when asked…

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