Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, races to victory Sunday, August 11, 2024, winning the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. (more…)
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Christopher Bell / No. 20 DEWALT Carpentry Solutions Toyota Camry XSE Preview – Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway
BELL AT RICHMOND: Christopher Bell has earned four top-five finishes and six top-10s in eight career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Richmond Raceway. In the spring race, Bell rebounded from a speeding penalty to earn a sixth-place finish. Overall, the Oklahoma native has finished sixth or better in six of the past seven races at Richmond. (more…)
Nick Hinkley Runaway Winner Saturday Night At Wiscasset Speedway
Group 1 returned to action Saturday evening at Wiscasset Speedway for their second race of the season. The Norms Used Cars Pro Stocks had center stage with a 50 lap spotlight feature, along with racing in the Super Streets, Thunder 4 Minis, and 4-cylinder Pros. (more…)
Official Results – Wiscasset Speedway 5/8/21
Here’s official results from WIscasset Speedway’s Mother’s Day weekend racing… (more…)
St Clair And Cook Among Opening Day Winners At Wiscasset Speedway
Wiscasset Speedway kicked off the 2021 racing season in the State of Maine on Saturday afternoon, April 24th. A large contingency of eager racers and smiling fans converged on Maine’s fastest track for it’s first April opening day since 2019. (more…)
Results from Wiscasset Speedway 4/24/21
Check out the results from Wicasset Speedway from Thursday, April 24, 2021 after the break….
NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Talladega Superspeedway
The NASCAR Xfinity Series was off last weekend as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Cup Series took on Richmond Raceway. Prior to that, the NASCAR Xfinity Series was in Martinsville, Virginia for the Cook Out 250. The race was postponed after weather took over during the originally scheduled start on Friday. The race was rescheduled for Sunday, April 11 and the series crowned another first-time winner in JR Motorsport’s driver Josh Berry. (more…)
NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Martinsville Speedway
After a two-week break, the NASCAR Xfinity Series is back in action at Martinsville Speedway for the Cook Out 250 at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, April 9 on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. (more…)
Racing on TV Listings for April 8th-11th
Here’s where to find the major racing action on TV this weekend, including the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville: (more…)
Parker Retzlaff Set for New Smyrna Speedway Return
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla.: New season, new goals.
Teenage standout Parker Retzlaff heads to New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway for Monday night’s Jeep Beach 175 not only looking to capitalize on his 2020 ARCA Menards Series East success but hopefully steal the limelight of his fellow competitors with a victory in his seventh career ARCA East start.
Planning to compete for the 2021 ARCA Menards Series East title, Retzlaff, 17, knows the challenges he faces competing against some of the bigger teams, but as his Cook Finley Racing team has proven time and time again, they are not to be taken lightly.
“I’m just ready to get back to the race track,” said Retzlaff who finished fourth in the championship standings last season. “I felt like we accomplished a lot in just six races. We finished inside the top-10 in five of them, but we know we need to be better and I think we’ve made some tweaks that will help us achieve our goals this year.”
During the off-season, Cook and his team were able to update their race equipment, while also being able to focus on some of the smaller team elements which can prove to be the difference in finishing first or sixth in ARCA Menards Series East competition.
Aside from the competition standpoint of the organization, Retzlaff has been working hard off the track – bring marketing partners front and center to help make the 2021 season a reality.
Ponsse, which manufactures and markets a range of forestry vehicles and machinery such as forwarders and harvesters will return as the primary partner of Retzlaff’s No. 42 Toyota this season, while Iron Horse Loggers, Eco-Tracks, Paul G. Senft & Sons Trenching LLC, Strike Force Energy, MMI, Sunwest Construction, Zamp, Absolute Realtors and HDFive | Horvath Design will all join as associate partners for the 150-lap race on Feb. 8.
“I feel very fortunate to be able to have a stack of companies that believe in me and our Cook Finley Racing team,” added Retzlaff. “While I’m super thankful to have the continued support of Ponsse, Iron Horse Loggers and Eco-Tracks, I’m pumped to welcome Paul G. Senft & Sons Trenching, Strike Force Energy and Zamp as new partners this year and look forward to building a relationship with them.”
As for New Smyrna, the Rhinelander, Wisc. native returns to the Central Florida-short track eyeing to better his eighth-place finish last February, his ARCA Menards Series East debut.
“I learned a lot last year, especially how to maneuver in traffic at New Smyrna,” recalled Retzlaff.
“It really is a rhythm type race track. And the corners are completely different. You attack Turns 1 and 2 differently than you would (Turns) 3 and 4, but that’s where the fun element comes into place.
“We need to use practice to our advantage and have a better starting spot than we did last year. I felt like we may have burned up our equipment a little racing through the field and getting into the top-10. It’s a quick race, so no time for errors or making that wrong move that could potentially set you back or unfortunately end your night.
“Hopefully, we can have a strong night and then focus on Five Flags Speedway later this month.”
Before turning complete attention to ARCA Menards East competition, Retzlaff has had a busy offseason.
Last month, he participated in the open ARCA Menards Series test at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway driving for ARCA champion Andy Hillenburg.
He was hand-selected for the Road to Daytona program by ARCA officials after his successful ARCA East campaign in 2020. He was one of 56 drivers to turn a lap at the historic 2.5-mile superspeedway in the No. 10 Fast Track Racing prepared entry.
Additionally, Retzlaff has stayed busy with iRacing, where he continues to rack up victories and currently ranked inside the top-10 as one of the winningest iRacing drivers in the world. To date, he tallies over 1,509 victories and more than 50,000 laps led since 2016.
The Jeep Beach 175 (175 laps | 84 miles) is the first of eight races on the 2021 ARCA Menards Series East schedule. Practice begins for the one-day show on Monday, February 8 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Group qualifying is set for later in the day at 6:00 p.m. The event will take the green flag just after 7:30 p.m. with live television coverage on TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold.
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