ARCA Menards Series Joins NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Weekend at Lime Rock Park

ARCA Menards Series Joins NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Weekend at Lime Rock Park

First-ever Connecticut event for ARCA as LRP NASCAR event gains even more traction

LAKEVILLE, Conn. (27 September 2024) — Lime Rock Park is thrilled to announce that the ARCA Menards Series will join the highly anticipated NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series weekend slated for June 27-28, 2025, amplifying the excitement for motorsports fans as Lime Rock Park becomes the ultimate destination for stock car racing in the Northeast next summer.

For the first time in the series’ history, Lime Rock Park will host the ARCA Menards Series, which was first formed in 1953. The ARCA Menards Series has a long history of developing rising stars in the sport, but the Lime Rock Park event will mark the first-ever time that the championship has staged a race in Connecticut. (more…)

Hailie Deegan Joins Nitrocross field for Utah

Hailie Deegan Joins Nitrocross field for Utah

Hailie Deegan will race in next weekend’s Nitrocross event at Utah Motorsports Campus, returning to the series for the first time since 2021.

Deegan will compete in the Side-by-Side class in a field that also includes Lucy, Mika, and Kira Block – the wife, son, and daughter of Ken Block – and Travis Pastrana, invoking memories of the early days of U.S. rallycross where Block Sr., Pastrana, and Hailie’s father Brian all competed. (more…)

Nick Yelloly Joins Flying Lizard Motorsport for Indianapolis 8 Hour

Nick Yelloly Joins Flying Lizard Motorsport for Indianapolis 8 Hour

PHOENIZ, Ariz., (September 28, 2024) – The season finale for the Fanatec GT World Challenge America concludes next week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with an eight-hour endurance racing event, and BMW works driver Nick Yelloly will join full-season drivers Elias Sabo and Andy Lee in the No. 8 Flying Lizard Motorsports BMW M4 GT3.

“We are very pleased to have Nick joining us for the Indianapolis 8 Hour event,” said Program Manager Darren Law. “BMW has been very supportive of us with this mid-season move to the M4 GT3 and to have a driver of Nick’s caliber and his knowledge of the car will be extremely helpful for us. We are finishing the final prep for the event and look forward to a successful finish to the 2024 season.” (more…)

PaintBox Labs Joins B-Mod Nationals at Brownstown Bullring to Bring Lights, Cameras, and Action to Raceway Fans

PaintBox Labs Joins B-Mod Nationals at Brownstown Bullring to Bring Lights, Cameras, and Action to Raceway Fans

Dirt Track Racing Goes Hi-Tech with ThinkDiffusion’s Generative AI Designed Race Car Wraps

NEW YORK, September 23, 2024 (Newswire.com) – Today, PaintBox Labs, a minority-owned digital media production company and partner to ThinkDiffusion, an AI creative platform and studio launched in 2023, has announced that it will be joining forces with the B-Mod Nationals at Brownstown Bullring in Illinois to film the raceway event as part of a sports media platform and film project, which will showcase how it integrates AI technology in telling the stories of determined people defying the odds to ascend from underdogs to champions. (more…)

Harrison Burton Joins AM Racing Xfinity Series Program Beginning in 2025

Harrison Burton Joins AM Racing Xfinity Series Program Beginning in 2025

STATESVILLE, N.C.: AM Racing proudly announced today that recent Daytona Cup Series winner Harrison Burton will join the organization to pilot the team’s flagship Ford Mustang entry full-time in the Xfinity Series beginning with the season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on February 15, 2025.

Burton will join the Statesville, N.C. team following a three-year stint in the Cup Series, driving the famed No. 21 Ford Mustang for the iconic Wood Brothers Racing team.

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Kids Money Scramble Joins NASCAR Modified & Sportsman Double Header This Saturday At Grandview Speedway

Kids Money Scramble Joins NASCAR Modified & Sportsman Double Header This Saturday At Grandview Speedway

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway is prepared and ready for the Labor Day holiday weekend with the presentation of two-days of racing to end the month of August.

This Saturday, August 31 will feature the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds and the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman in another NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program starting at 7:30 pm. The show will include qualifying events for both classes leading up to the 30-lap T.P. Trailer Modified feature and the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature event. (more…)

Keen’s Buildings Joins Rick Ware Racing at Daytona

Keen’s Buildings Joins Rick Ware Racing at Daytona

LIVE OAK, Fla. (Aug. 22, 2024) – Keen’s Buildings, a leading garage and prefab building manufacturer serving the southeastern United States, is excited to have joined Rick Ware Racing as an associate partner of the No. 51 NASCAR Cup Series team and driver Justin Haley for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 Saturday night at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.

Haley, who won the 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400, will drive the No. 51 Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the 160-lap race around the 2.5-mile superspeedway. The race goes green at 7:30 p.m. EDT with live coverage by NBC and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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Jimmie Johnson Joins NBC Sports Motorsports Coverage For Four Races In 2024

Jimmie Johnson Joins NBC Sports Motorsports Coverage For Four Races In 2024
STAMFORD, Conn. – May 14, 2024 – Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and former INDYCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is joining NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage for four races in 2024. Johnson will contribute to pre-race and race coverage of NBC Sports’ presentation of the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 from iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) on May 26 on NBC and Peacock, bolstering NBC Sports’ robust presentation of the historic event. Previously, Johnson contributed to NBC Sports’ studio coverage for The Greatest Spectacle in Racing in 2021.

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Riley Herbst Joins Rick Ware Racing for Daytona 500

Riley Herbst Joins Rick Ware Racing for Daytona 500

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 2, 2024) – Riley Herbst will contest the 66th Daytona 500 on Feb. 18 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway for Rick Ware Racing (RWR) with support from longtime partner Monster Energy. Herbst will pilot the No. 15 Monster Energy Ford Mustang in the Great American Race, the first in a series of select NASCAR Cup Series races he will run with RWR in 2024.

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Siemens Joins RFK TeK Alliance as Part of Ongoing Partnership

Siemens Joins RFK TeK Alliance as Part of Ongoing Partnership

CONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 31, 2024) – RFK Racing announced Wednesday that Siemens Digital Industries Software, a longtime partner of RFK Racing, has joined the RFK TeK Alliance and will continue to assist the team in accelerating its development capabilities with cutting edge technologies and continue its proven success both at and away from the track. (more…)

FARO Joins RFK TeK Alliance

FARO Joins RFK TeK Alliance

CONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 31, 2024) – FARO®, the global leader in 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions has joined eight-time NASCAR champions RFK Racing as part of the RFK TeK Alliance to create the FARO technology center. The Center will feature FARO’s best in class 3D metrology hardware and software to support all of RFK’s competitive efforts. (more…)

Constructor Joins RFK TeK Alliance

Constructor Joins RFK TeK Alliance

CONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 30, 2024) – Constructor, a leader in advanced scientific research and innovative Machine Intelligence (MI), has joined the RFK TeK Alliance and will bolster the team’s efforts in the areas of pit stop and race analytics. (more…)