MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 6, 2021) – A familiar company returns to partner with Ridgefield, CT’s Anthony Alfredo this weekend at the Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. iRacing will be the primary partner of Alfredo and the No. 38 Ford Mustang team during Saturday night’s 500-lap event. The world’s most popular racing simulation has supported Alfredo in his NASCAR career the past several seasons, but this will be their first supporting Alfredo in the NASCAR Cup Series. (more…)
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CT’s Ryan Preece Going Modified Racing at South Boston This Weekend
NASCAR Cup Series competitor Ryan Preece will be climbing back into a Modified this weekend, competing with the SMART Modified Tour at South Boston Speedway on Saturday.
South Boston Speedway announced Berlin, CT’s Ryan Preece’s entry into the event on social media on Wednesday evening. (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…)
NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Phoenix Raceway
Under the warm, dry desert sun and amidst the cacti in the Estrella Mountains sits a gem of a facility known as Phoenix Raceway, and this weekend it sets the stage for the NASCAR Cup Series competitors to do battle on its 1-mile track for the 50th-time in series history. (more…)
Three Cup Races, and Three Surprise Winners
At the end of the night, youngster William Byron took the checkered flag at Homestead besting a hard charging Tyler Reddick.
Byron joins McDowell and Bell as early winners this season who are payoff bound ahead of the expected veteran racers. Many analysts thought this would be the race for Joe Gibbs Racing with either Bell repeating or seeing one of his strong veteran teammates in victory lane. (more…)
McDowell Starts NASCAR Cup Series Season with Back-to-Back-to-Back Top-10 Finishes and Alfredo Scores Another Top-25 in South Florida
Kyle Petty Sparks Twitter Backlash from Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski
In his 17th season, Denny Hamlin is once again standing atop the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings, and his totally confident in his place in the sport.
Sure, he doesn’t have a Cup Series championship, but he has 44 victories and three of them have come in the Daytona 500. He’s arguably surpassed Mark Martin as the most decorated stock car driver of all-time without the big prize. (more…)
NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Homestead-Miami Speedway
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season has started in historic fashion becoming just the third season in series history to with two first-time winners to win the first two races of the year; joining the series’ inaugural season 1949 and 1950. Now the 2021 season, has the opportunity to join the inaugural 1949 season as just the second season in series history to start the year with three consecutive first-time winners to win the first three races of the year. (more…)
NASCAR Wins the Weekend in Sports Television Viewership – Road Course Racings Go Up
Over the weekend, NASCAR visited Daytona International Speedway for the second week in a row. However, this time, the triple-header weekend took place on the 3.61-mile road course.
View the Daytona tv ratings below. (more…)
Joey Logano ‘Happy’ for All the Wrong Reasons Leaving Daytona
Joey Logano of Middletown, CT is probably tired of being happy for his competitors.
Through two races in the 2021 NASCAR Cup season, the Daytona 500 and Sunday’s (Feb. 21) event on the Daytona International Speedway road course, Logano has been seen leading the field with two laps to go. (more…)
