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Freedom 76 Weekend Has Arrived At Grandview Speedway – Championship Race Is Loaded With Bonuses

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024

54^th ANNUAL GRANDVIEW FREEDOM 76 WEEKEND IS THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY

FRIDAY $5 GRANDSTAND ADMISSION STARTS WEEKEND ACTION

ONLY ONE REPEAT WINNER IN TEN EDITIONS OF SPORTSMAN FREEDOM 38

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The action and excitement has been building all season long, and now the biggest race weekend of the 2024 race season has arrived at Grandview Speedway, the Freedom 76 weekend.

Grandview Speedway would also like to thank all of the great businesses and fans who have stepped up to post bonus awards or sponsor laps for the Freedom 76 and Freedom 38 championship races this weekend! (more…)

RCR Race Preview: Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024

Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway… In 187 NASCAR Cup Series starts on the pavement configuration at Bristol Motor Speedway, RCR has scored nine wins, seven by Dale Earnhardt: both races in 1985 and 1987, plus victories in 1988 (fall), 1994 (spring), and 1999 (spring). Kevin Harvick won the 2005 spring event while Jeff Burton won the spring race in 2008. The Welcome, North Carolina based organization has racked up 35 top-five and 71 top-10 finishes.

25th Anniversary of “Rattle His Cage”… Saturday night’s Cup Series race at the World’s Fastest Half Mile marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most memorable finishes in Bristol Motor Speedway history featuring legendary RCR driver Dale Earnhardt. Earnhardt, who started 26th, won the 1999 night race following a last-lap bump to Terry Labonte. Earnhardt said in Victory Lane that he didn’t mean to spin out Labonte – just to “rattle his cage.” Earnhardt and Labonte swapped the lead seven times over the last 200 laps in one NASCAR’s classic races.

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Nick Sanchez to Drive for Big Machine Racing in 2025 Xfinity Series

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024

Nick Sanchez will drive the #48 Big Machine Vodka SPIKED Coolers Chevrolet in the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series as announced today by Scott Borchetta, CEO/Owner of Big Machine Racing. The team also announced Gainbridge®, a Group 1001 company, as an associate sponsor on the #48 entry.

Sanchez, 23, of Miami, Florida joins Big Machine Racing from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series where he has won twice this season, driving the No. 2 Gainbridge Chevy Silverado with Rev Racing. He is the 2022 ARCA Menards Series Champion and drove for Big Machine Racing in the same year, when he drove the #48 in six NASCAR Xfinity Series races. (more…)

Harrison Burton Joins AM Racing Xfinity Series Program Beginning in 2025

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024

STATESVILLE, N.C.: AM Racing proudly announced today that recent Daytona Cup Series winner Harrison Burton will join the organization to pilot the team’s flagship Ford Mustang entry full-time in the Xfinity Series beginning with the season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on February 15, 2025.

Burton will join the Statesville, N.C. team following a three-year stint in the Cup Series, driving the famed No. 21 Ford Mustang for the iconic Wood Brothers Racing team.

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NASCAR Cup Playoff Contenders Face Round of 16 Elimination Race at Bristol

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024September 20, 2024

Tensions are high, the point standings are tight, and once the stadium lights illuminate the ‘World’s Fastest Half-Mile’ expect nothing less than a spectacular showdown amongst the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ 16 in Saturday night’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

With this weekend’s highly anticipated event serving as the elimination race for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 16, a lot is on the line for the postseason contenders. Team Penske’s Joey Logano is the only driver that has locked himself into the Round of 12 by virtue of his Atlanta win leaving 11 spots still up for grabs on Saturday.

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This Is It: Bristol Motor Speedway To Set the Xfinity Series Playoff Field

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024

The NASCAR Xfinity Series is gearing up for the final race in the regular season – the Food City 300 – at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET, and for the first time it will be broadcast on The CW alongside PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

There have been 80 NASCAR Xfinity Series races held at Bristol Motor Speedway since the inaugural event in 1982, and this weekend marks the fourth-time (2020-2022, 2024) Bristol has served as the regular season finale since the inception of the Playoffs in the series in 2016.

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CRAFTSMAN Truck Playoffs Round of 10 Returns to Action at ‘The Last Great Colosseum’

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024

For the second time this season, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will return to Bristol Motor Speedway, but this time, it will be for the UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics on Thursday, September 19 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio – the second race of the Playoffs’ Round of 10.

To date, the 0.533-mile track has hosted 27 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races, producing 22 different winners and 19 different pole winners.

The winningest driver in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, Kyle Busch, holds the most wins at the ‘Holy Grail of Short Tracks’ with five victories at Bristol (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017).

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William Sawalich Repeats at Bristol to Capture His Second ARCA Menards Series East Championship

by MikeSeptember 20, 2024September 20, 2024

By Adam Fenwick www.arcaracing.com

Photo: Isaiah Vazquez/ARCA Racing

BRISTOL, Tenn. – In racing, luck is often just as important as skill. That was the case for William Sawalich on Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Not only did Sawalich win the Bush’s Beans 200 for the second straight season at Bristol, but he also won his second ARCA Menards Series East championship thanks to a stroke of bad luck for title rival Connor Zilisch, who entered the East Series season finale with a 16-point lead.

“We had a really fast Starkey-Soundgear Toyota Camry today,” Sawalich said. “I had Tony Hirschman in my ear just to kind of calm me down and make me be cautious around those lap cars. That was definitely the whole race right there.”

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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race From Bristol Motor Speedway, Supermotocross World Championship Final, And IMSA From Indianapolis Motor Speedway Presented Across NBC, USA NETWORK, PEACOCK, And CNBC This Weekend

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race from Bristol Motor Speedway Begins Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on USA Network

Winner-Take-All SuperMotocross World Championship Final Between Jett Lawrence, Hunter Lawrence, and Chase Sexton Starts Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET Live on Peacock from Las Vegas Motor Speedway

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from Famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway Begins This Sunday with Peacock-Exclusive Live Coverage at 11:30 a.m. ET followed by NBC and Peacock Live at 3 p.m. ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 19, 2024 – NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage this weekend is headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 16 playoff elimination race from Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday on USA Network, the SuperMotocross World Championship Final on Saturday on Peacock from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and the penultimate race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on NBC and Peacock this Sunday.

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Freedom 76 Weekend Is This Friday & Saturday At Grandview Speedway – $5 Grandstand Admission Friday & Possible $32,062 To Win Freedom 76 On Saturday Highlite Event

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024

54^th ANNUAL GRANDVIEW FREEDOM 76 MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP & FREEDOM 38 SPORTSMAN CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND

FREEDOM 76 RACE WINNERS LIST IS FILLED WITH THE TOP NAMES IN MODIFIED RACING HISTORY

FANS FOR FIVE FRIDAY $5 GRANDSTAND ADMISSION KICK-STARTS WEEKEND ACTION

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The 62^ndanniversary season of auto racing action at Grandview Speedway moves into the 54^th annual Freedom 76 race weekend, the biggest, most prestigious, and most lucrative racing of the year for competitors.

The Freedom 76 weekend begins this Friday, September 20 with the 11^th annual Freedom 38 Sportsman Championship race, along with qualifying events, plus practice time for Modified drivers wishing to participate in the Freedom 76.

Friday’s program will be known as Fans for Five Friday as the grandstand admission is just $5, while children ages 9 and under will be free of charge. Pit admission on Friday is $40, and no license is required. (more…)