HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (December 8, 2023) – Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced Thursday that John Hunter Nemechek will join the team to run the full NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) schedule and compete for a championship in 2023. Nemechek will be climbing behind the wheel of the No. 20 Toyota GR Supra which makes its return to JGR and NXS after a one-year hiatus.
LAKEVILLE, CT (6 December 2022)- Building on the momentum of a record-breaking 2022 season, Lime Rock Park announced today that Jamie Kistner has joined the track as Director of Sales and Marketing for the iconic Connecticut circuit. (more…)
Big Machine Racing team owner, Scott Borchetta, announced this morning that Parker Kligerman, of Westport, CT, will take over as the new full-time driver beginning in 2023 for Big Machine Racing. This announcement comes after a year where the No. 48 Big Machine Vodka SPIKED Coolers Chevrolet has played host to a star-studded line up. Kligerman made one start for the team in 2022, competing in the Sparks 300, at Talladega Superspeedway. Kligerman started 9th and ended the day with a 6th place finish. (more…)
The last time Boston’s Kaz Grala drove a Toyota was in the now-ARCA Menards Series East in 2016. Since then, he has primarily been in Chevrolets save for a single NASCAR Xfinity Series season with Ford in 2018. On 5 November, he will return to the Toyota camp for a one-off as he pilots the #26 GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing at Phoenix Raceway. (more…)
The last time Parker Kligerman has not raced at Talladega Superspeedway in a NASCAR Xfinity Series car, the championship was called the Nationwide Series. This will change on Saturday as he enters the Sparks 300 in the #48 Chevrolet Camaro for Big Machine Racing Team. (more…)
LOUDON, N.H. – New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) has added a veteran corporate sales leader to its growing team in advance of the upcoming 2023 season.
Rob Lofland, vice president of corporate partnerships at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway (DMS), a fellow Speedway Motorsports facility, will add NHMS to his portfolio, including oversight of corporate partnership efforts, client management and partner retention. He will also be focused on bringing additional events to the facility on an annual basis.
Barre, VT — The 44th New England Federal Credit Union Labor Day Classic at Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road was a rollercoaster ride for the ages and one that will be talked about for years to come. Twenty-five American-Canadian Tour pilots took to the Thunder Road challenge on the annual end-of-summer event with all expectations turned on their head with just fifteen laps remaining in the epic 200 lap extravaganza. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Motor Speedway will welcome JR Recovery of East Granby, CT as the newest member of the track’s contingency program. (more…)
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (July 9, 2022) – The Rayce Rudeen Foundation has partnered with Tony Stewart Racing in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, and the non-profit organization that honors the life of Rayce Rudeen will be emblazoned on the Top Fuel dragster of Leah Pruett during the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals July 22-24 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway.
When the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires makes its debut on the NASCAR stage at Road America next weekend, there will be a special, overqualified rookie on the entry list. Truck series driver Parker Kligerman (from Stamford, CT) will join the grid for both 45-minute races in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (more…)
