Here’s a guide to major racing, recent race rewinds on TV and major streaming services this week, compiled by Auto Week‘s MIKE PRYSON. NTT IndyCar Series championship race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca highlights the week’s offerings.
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NASCAR Returns to Nashville for Champion’s Week
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (September 6, 2022) – As an eventful 2022 race season enters its final turn, NASCAR today announced the return of its Champion’s Week celebration to Nashville on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
Erik Jones Puts Iconic 43 Back Into Darlington Victory Lane
Hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
Last week I said that Erik Jones was my sleeper driver to turn the tables on the playoffs and he did it in rare form.
How Did New England-Connected NASCAR Drivers Do This Past Weekend?
In the Xfinity race on Saturday at Darlington, SC, Austin Hill was the winner.
Lime Rock Park Stages Super Saturday of Historic Festival
LAKEVILLE, CT (3 September 2022)- General Motors President Mark Reuss waved the green flag to kick-off a perfect day of racing at Lime Rock Park on Saturday during the Historic Festival 40 presented by Corvette. The longstanding Lime Rock Park Labor Day tradition continued with a busy day of activity both on and off the track.
Thompson Speedway Tripoint Showdown Serves as Final Tune-Up Before October World Series
Barre, VT and Naples, ME — Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway roars back to life on Wednesday, September 14th with the $5,000-to-win Tripoint Showdown 75 for the Thompson Outlaw Open Modified Series plus championship action for the ACT-type Late Models, SK Lite Modifieds, Mini Stocks and special double 20-lap features for the Limited Sportsman. Sunoco Modifieds will not be included on the Tripoint Showdown program.
Mike Bumgarner Promoted to JR Motorsports Director of Competition
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 1, 2022) – JR Motorsports today named longtime crew chief Mike Bumgarner to its director of competition role. Bumgarner, currently the crew chief for Josh Berry and JRM’s No. 8 team, will assume the position at the conclusion of the 2022 season. (more…)
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Get Underway at ‘The Track Too Tough To Tame’
The 2022 season marks the third year the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs has opened at Darlington Raceway (2020-2022) and the competitors vying for this season’s title are ready for the challenge the Cook Out Southern 500 on September 4 (6 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is going to bring.
Xfinity Series Is Onto Darlington Raceway After A Wild Daytona Weekend
Daytona International Speedway has historically been known as a place of surprises and this past weekend’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola was no exception. As if a rain delay wasn’t enough, Friday night’s Xfinity Series race went into not double, but triple overtime and sent a different winner into Victory Lane – Jeremy Clements.
Trucks Have Off Weekend, Gain A New/Old Sponsor for 2023
NASCAR and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), the world’s largest tool company and a leader in outdoor equipment, announced last week at Daytona International Speedway that American tool icon CRAFTSMAN® will return as the title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series beginning in 2023. After serving as the series’ title sponsor from its inception in 1995 to 2008, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will make its homecoming at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2023.