Maine native Ricky Craven will lead the field to green for New England’s only NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs race on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
LOUDON, N.H. – On Sunday, Sept. 21, Ricky Craven, two-time NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) race winner and Newburgh, Maine native, will get behind the wheel of the official Toyota GR Supra pace car as he leads 36 of NASCAR’s best to the green flag for the Mobil 1 301 NCS race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS).
WMTW reports that Maine native and former NASCAR driver Ricky Craven has purchased Speedway 95 in Hermon, taking over from longtime owner Delano Merritt, who has been the sole owner of the track since 2010, according to a press release.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. visited Fort Campbell to engage with troops and experience military life firsthand ahead of Nashville Superspeedway’s Cracker Barrel 400 NASCAR triple-header race weekend (May 30-June 1). The visit highlighted the deep-rooted connection between NASCAR and the United States military while amplifying the NASCAR Salutes Together with Coca-Cola initiative, which reached over 250,000 military-affiliated individuals in the Clarksville area.
by Caleb Jacobs, The Drive
A lot of race cars retire to museums after they’re done competing; others go to personal collections, never to be seen again. But what about the semi-trucks that haul them around for thousands of miles, from one event to the next? That depends. In the case of retired NASCAR driver Ricky Rudd’s Tide-liveried Ford Aeromax, it’s still putting in work, just in a different field—a tobacco field, that is.
THE MODERATOR: We’re joined by Mike Kelley, Crew Chief of the No. 47 Chevrolet. Congratulations on your win today, Mike. Can you tell us a little bit about the race itself?
MIKE KELLEY: Well, today for us was just all about execution. We generally don’t qualify well here. I think today — or yesterday was our best qualifying effort on a speedway with a Next Gen car. We qualified 32nd. We won’t compromise our race setup, and we generally have a pretty good race car for Ricky to be able to maneuver around.
TALLADEGA, Ala. – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off the field in overtime to claim the victory in a dramatic NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway – edging Brad Keselowski and William Byron by a mere .006-second in a thrilling three-wide finish.
That heart-stopping finish was indicative of the afternoon of competition at NASCAR’s biggest track (2.66-mile) – which once again lived up to its reputation and provided a thrilling Playoff race that has major implications for the championship contenders.
Holland, N.Y. – (August 21, 2023) – The Race of Champions family of Series is ready for a big night next Saturday, August 26 at Holland (N.Y.) Speedway with the running of the Busch Light 100 presented by Crosby’s Stores and Wilbert’s U-Pull It with the traditional running of the George Decker Memorial for the Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series; the Rick Wylie Classic for the Race of Champions Super Stock Series and the Butch Palmer Classic for the Race of Champions FOAR SCORE Four Cylinder Dash Series.
Holland, N.Y. – (August 16, 2023) – The Race of Champions family of Series is ready for a big night next Saturday, August 26 at Holland (N.Y.) Speedway with the running of the Busch Light 100 presented by Crosby’s Stores and Wilbert’s U-Pull It with the traditional running of the George Decker Memorial for the Race of Champions Sportsman Modified Series; the Rick Wylie Classic for the Race of Champions Super Stock Series and the Butch Palmer Classic for the Race of Champions FOAR SCORE Four Cylinder Dash Series.
PALMETTO, Fla., March 1, 2023 – Legends of the sport, 15-time AMA Champion Ricky Carmichael, and nine-time AMA Champion Ryan Villopoto teamed up with NBC Sports to create the brand-new Title 24 podcast series which recently debuted on the NBC Sports Motorsports YouTube channel. (more…)
Welcome back race fans! Long time to be away from racing. As many of you know, the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is the kickoff to the season for me but I have to admit my attention was elsewhere a lot of this young season. After watching qualifying for the 500, I pretty much missed the Duels for the first time in forever.
There have been a fair amount of changes this year leaving me to question just how good the racing was going to be.
