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NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Continue From Homestead-Miami Speedway This Sunday, Oct. 27, At 2:30 P.M. ET On NBC

by MikeOctober 24, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 Playoff Race from Homestead-Miami Speedway Begins Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC

Joey Logano Clinches Berth in Championship 4 with Win at Las Vegas; Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson and William Byron Round out Top Four with Two Races Remaining in Round of 8

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 24, 2024 – The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs continue with NBC Sports’ presentation of the Straight Talk Wireless 400 live from Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., this Sunday, Oct. 27, at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. A 30-minute Countdown to Green Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC leads into live race coverage. Homestead-Miami is the fourth of six consecutive Cup Series playoff races to be presented live on NBC, culminating in the Cup Series Championship on Nov. 10.

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Racing Personalities To Sign Autographs at the 35th Annual Stocks-For-Tots Childrens Charity in Mooresville, NC

by MikeOctober 24, 2024

From the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame Facebook Page…

These Racing Personalities will be signing autographs at the 35th Annual Stocks-For-Tots Childrens Charity hosted by the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame on Tuesday, December 3rd at the Charles Mack Citizens Center on Main St in Mooresville from 6:30pm – 8:30pm.

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South Florida is Ready to Heat Up An Already Spicy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs

by MikeOctober 24, 2024

Shining under the beautiful South Florida sun is the 1.5-mile, progressively banked Homestead-Miami Speedway, the big stage for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ second race of the Round of 8, the Straight Talk Wireless 400, this Sunday, October 27 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).

With a role of the dice last weekend in Las Vegas, Team Penske’s Joey Logano and the No. 22 Ford team persevered, holding-off Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, while managing their fuel milage to become the first driver and team to earn a spot in the Championship 4 Round, leaving just three positions still up for grabs heading into Sunday at Miami.

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Michael Phelps Named Honorary Pace Car Driver for NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, Nov. 10

by MikeOctober 24, 2024October 24, 2024

PHOENIX (Oct. 23, 2024) – Phoenix Raceway announced today that Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, will serve as the Honorary Pace Car Driver for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Sunday, Nov. 10.

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NASCAR Chevy Teams To Race ‘Zombie’ Camaro In 2025

by MikeOctober 24, 2024

As a roadgoing vehicle, the Chevy Camaro is officially dead. The final example of the muscle car rolled off the assembly line at GM Lansing Grand River plant in Michigan on December 14^th, 2023, but there’s still some life left in the nameplate, at least as far as motorsports goes. NASCAR Chevy teams will continue to field “zombie” Camaro race cars, which, as it turns out, might not be called Camaros at all. (more…)

Bobby Allison Officially Recognized as Winner of 1971 Myers Brothers Memorial at Bowman Gray Stadium

by MikeOctober 23, 2024

Record books reflect Allison as fourth on all-time Cup Series wins list with 85

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2024) — NASCAR today announced its recognition of Bobby Allison as the official winner of the NASCAR Cup Series Myers Brothers Memorial at Bowman Gray Stadium on August 6, 1971. The NASCAR record books have been updated to reflect Allison in sole possession of fourth place on the all-time Cup Series wins list with 85 wins.

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Here’s How The New England Drivers And Those With Connections To The Six State Performed At Las Vegas

by Lou ModestinoOctober 23, 2024

Joey Logano of Middletown, CT won the Cup race while Corey LaJoie came in 14^th with Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT finishing 22nd. Corey LaJoie is the son of Norwalk, CT native Randy LaJoie who won two Xfinity Titles during his long career.

A.J. Allmendinger won the Xfinity race while Parker Kligerman of Westport, CT came in fifth with Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT finishing 19^th. Next was Kyle Weatherman in 20^th while Blair Perkins was 31st. Weatherman and Perkins drive team cars for Cape Cod’s Chris Our and his daughter Mary who live in Chatham, MA.

GMG Racing Wraps 2024 National Sports Car Racing Season with a Pair of Runner-up Finishes in IMSA Carrera Cup Finale at COTA

by MikeOctober 22, 2024

– Kyle Washington Secures Season-Best Second-Place Masters Class Finish in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup on Saturday
– James Sofronas Joins Washington in Saturday’s Victory Lane Celebration with a P2 Pro-Am Finish in the No. 14 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

AUSTIN, Texas (October 21, 2024) – GMG Racing closed out its 2024 national competition season nearly the same way it started over seventh months ago with a pair of podium finishes in the final IMSA Carrera Cup North America race weekend of the year at Circuit of The Americas (COTA). The Saturday and Sunday doubleheader was the third and last Carrera Cup event of the year featuring North America’s premier single-make Porsche racing series on a Formula 1 race weekend. (more…)

Logano Steals Vegas Win; Clinches Championship 4 Berth

by WebmasterOctober 21, 2024

LAS VEGAS — Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano made his Team Penske’s fuel strategy call work to perfection Sunday afternoon to claim victory in the South Point 400 Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and earn the first of four NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 berths.

Logano led only the final six laps on the Vegas 1.5-miler but was able to hold off the afternoon’s most dominant car, Christopher Bell’s No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota by a slight .662-second in the final few laps.

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Suarez Leads Three Chevy Top 5 Drivers at NASCAR Cup Series Race in Las Vegas (Photos)

by MikeOctober 21, 2024

Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 Tootsies Orchid Lounge TrackHouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, races to a third place finish Sunday, October 20, 2024, during the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Graham/HHP for Chevy Racing) (more…)