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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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NASCAR Xfinity Series Setting the Stage in South Beach: Homestead-Miami Speedway Up Next

by MikeOctober 24, 2024

Following the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in a double-header, action-packed Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR Xfinity Series sets its sights on the Credit One NASCAR AMEX Credit Card 300 on October 26 at 3:30 p.m. ET on the CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio – the second race in the Playoffs’ Round of 8.

The 1.5-mile South Florida track, Homestead-Miami Speedway, has hosted 30 NASCAR Xfinity Series races since the inaugural event in 1995, producing 23 different race winners and almost as many pole winners (21).

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Kicks Off Doubleheader Saturday in South Florida

by MikeOctober 24, 2024October 24, 2024

The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returns to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Baptist Health 200, the second race of the Round of 8, on Saturday, October 26 at 12 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio – the first of a two-race slate with the NASCAR Xfinity Series later that afternoon (4 p.m. ET).

The 1.5-mile oval South Florida track, Homestead-Miami Speedway, has hosted 27 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races since its inaugural Truck Series event on March 17, 1996 – a race won by Dave Rezendes piloting the No. 7 Geoffrey Bodine Motorsports Ford.

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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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Jeremy Clements Continues Plugging Along, Set Record For Most Consecutive Xfinity Starts

by MikeOctober 23, 2024

By Dustin Albino

Jeremy Clements has raced since he was 7 years old. It’s all he knows.

At Darlington Raceway in late August, Clements set the all-time record for most consecutive Xfinity Series starts with 383, dating back to early in the 2013 season. Since 2011, he has spearheaded Jeremy Clements Racing alongside his father Tony Clements. (more…)

Bonsignore and Silk Bring Contentious Championship Rivalry to NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Finale

by MikeOctober 23, 2024October 23, 2024

Friends now foes to settle title bout under the lights at Martinsville Speedway this Saturday

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2024) – In a contentious championship battle that began in the first race of the season at New Smyrna Speedway only miles from the birthplace of NASCAR, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour title will once again be decided in the final race of the season at one of NASCAR’s most historic tracks as Justin Bonsignore and Ron Silk enter the finale at Martinsville Speedway separated by 10 points.

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