The trip down to Florida in February typically sets the tone for the rest of each series’ seasons in regards to car count and the competition level. If World Series Speedweeks was any indication, it could be a very good year to be behind the wheel of a modified. (more…)
Auto racing
Bondurant High Performance Driving School Evolves into Radford Racing School
CHANDLER, Ariz. – March 22, 2021 – The storied Bondurant High Performance Driving School is writing a new chapter. After purchasing the school in May 2019, completing an extensive multi-million-dollar renovation and revamping its curriculum, the school’s owners – a small group of auto enthusiasts, collectors and graduates of the school – have renamed the facility the Radford Racing School. (more…)
Track Talk – How New England Drivers and Teams Fared at Atlanta
Kyle Busch dominated the Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta leading 102 laps of 130. Brett Moffit ended up 9th. Brett also drives a Xfinity entry for Cape Cod’s Chris Our. Parker Kligerman of Westport, Ct ended the afternoon in 14th. (more…)
Free To The Public Practice At Grandview Speedway March 27, VP Fuels Bruce Rogers Memorial On April 3
BECHTELSVILLE, PA MARCH 21, 2021 . . . Practice, practice and more practice. That is what will be taking place at Grandview Speedway on Saturday, March 27th starting at 12 noon. That is what makes race teams’ better and great race teams even greater. Fans will be able to catch the practice session featuring many Grandview Speedway regular in the T.P.Trailers Modifieds and T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman stock cars along with visitors featured in a variety of different racecars. And it is all free for the fans. (more…)
Weekly Racers Hitting the Road for Opportunity to Race at Hickory Motor Speedway
Waterbury, VT — The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) is less than three weeks away from its inaugural trip to North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway. Although the track is more than a 14-hour drive from ACT’s Central Vermont offices, the starting field will have a familiar flavor for fans of weekly Northeast Late Model racing. (more…)
Richie Evans’ Ford Pinto Visiting NASCAR Hall of Fame Until September, 2021
Richie Evans’ Ford Pinto, which has been kept in Brockton (MA) at Shoe City Auto Sales, the oldest car dealer in the city, is owned by Steve and Glenn Zimmerman. In February, they shipped the #61 Ford Pinto, to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC in February, where it will remain until September. (more…)
Racing on TV Listings for March 19-21
Here are your racing television listings for this weekend, from Mike Pryson at Auto Week… (more…)
Changes Coming at the FIA
Formula 1 decisions are made collectively between the different stakeholders but the commercial matters are handled by the Formula 1 group and regulatory matters and overall strategy for the World Championship are handled by the FIA. (more…)
Fr8Auctions Ready for “Gr8 Weekend” in Atlanta. McDowell to Use Daytona 500 Platform to Help Others
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 19, 2021) – Fr8Auctions, the Atlanta-based Asset Liquidation Firm that auctions excess freight inventory, is preparing for their premier weekend on the NASCAR schedule. Fr8 Auctions will welcome the NASCAR Camping World, XFINITY and Cup Series to its home state. They will be the title sponsor of Saturday’s truck series race and Michael McDowell will take Fr8 Auctions center stage during Sunday’s Cup race, driving the No. 34 Fr8 Auctions/#BraveLikeWyatt Ford Mustang. (more…)
J.R. Heffner Partners with Jordan Anderson Racing for NASCAR Bristol Dirt Truck Race
STATESVILLE, N.C. (March 18, 2021) – Jordan Anderson Racing (JAR) announced today that veteran Northeast Big Block Modified driver J.R. Heffner of Kinderhook, N.Y. will compete in the team’s flagship No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS); Pinty’s Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway. (more…)
