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Drivers Praise Return To Rockingham, Hoping It Stays On The Schedule
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service
The NASCAR Cup Series’ season-opening Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium left race fans clamoring for more.
Last weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series doubleheader at Rockingham Speedway had the same effect.
Newly-Cleared Kurt Busch Hoping Race of Champions Opens Doors to More Racing
By Eric Johnson, Racer.Com
Kurt Busch is hoping that his upcoming participation at the Race of Champions is a springboard to a broader return to racing.
The 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion was forced to call time on his full-time NASCAR career in 2023 due to the effects of a concussion sustained in a c rash during qualifying at Pocono in 2022. He gained medical clearance to get back into the cockpit this week ahead of the Race of Champions in Sydney on March 7-8, and told RACER that he hopes that more driving is on the horizon. (more…)
Georgia’s Chase Elliott Hoping To Earn Another Home Track Win In Ambetter Health 400
HAMPTON, Ga. (Feb. 19, 2025) – As NASCAR’s most popular driver, Chase Elliott always has a lot of people cheering for him at the track – and that’s especially true at his home track: Atlanta Motor Speedway.
As a 19-time winner in the NASCAR Cup Series and a former champion, the Dawsonville native has certainly provided Georgia racing fans plenty to cheer about. Lately, Elliott says, his home track in Hampton has been doing the same.
21 Freightliner Team Hoping To Score Points at the Glen
After coming just a half a straightaway shy of leaving Atlanta Motor Speedway with a much-needed good points day, Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Freightliner team are headed to Watkins Glen International hoping to battle their way back into a position to advance to Round Two of the Cup Series Playoffs.
This weekend’s Go Bowling at the Glen on the road course at Watkins Glen, N.Y., is the second of three races in the Round of 16, and Burton and the Wood Brothers are 14th in the standings, 16 points behind 12th place. After the race at Bristol the following week, the bottom four drivers in the Playoff standings will be eliminated from championship contention. (more…)
Burton, DEX Imaging Team Hoping Lady Luck Rides With Them At Daytona
Harrison Burton and the No. 21 DEX Imaging team are headed to Daytona International Speedway for Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400, one of the wildest of the wild-card races on the Cup Series schedule.
With the way races usually play out with the draft at Daytona and its sister track Talladega Superspeedway, nearly every driver in the field has as good a chance as any to take a win. And a win at Daytona on Saturday night brings with it a coveted berth in the 10-race, season-ending, championship-deciding Playoffs. (more…)
Burton, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Team Hoping For Good Run At Michigan
Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are working hard to put on a strong performance this weekend as NASCAR’s Cup Series races at Michigan International Speedway, the home track of Ford Motor Company. (more…)
Greg Van Alst Returns to Daytona Hoping to Defend Daytona ARCA Title
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.: Did you really think he wouldn’t be back?
Despite breaking his back in a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway last fall, Greg Van Alst was determined nothing would keep him from defending his ARCA Menards Series Daytona title on February 17, 2024.
Parker Chase Hoping Prior Mid-Ohio Experience Leads to First ARCA Victory
LEXINGTON, Ohio: Making his first appearance in more than a month, Parker Chase returns to the ARCA Menards Series scene with Venturini Motorsports (VMS) this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course relying on his past road racing skills to aid him in earning his first career ARCA victory in Friday night’s Dawn 150k. (more…)

