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Acceptance Insurance and NASCAR’s Ross Chastain Join Forces to Promote Driver Safety

by MikeApril 2, 2025

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Acceptance Insurance , a leading personal lines agency under the Confie family of brands, is partnering with NASCAR’s Ross Chastain to promote safe driving through his Protect Your Melon (PYM) and Use Your Melon (UYM) highway safety campaigns. Working alongside state highway safety departments, this collaboration aims to raise awareness about the importance of buckling up, staying sober behind the wheel, and making smart choices on the road.

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East Tennessee Native Rodney Atkins To Perform Food City 500 Pre-Race Concert On Sunday, April 13

by MikeMarch 19, 2025

BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 19, 2025) – One of East Tennessee’s most successful country music artists, Rodney Atkins, will perform the pre-race concert on Sunday, April 13, before the green flag drops for the tradition-rich Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at iconic Bristol Motor Speedway.

Born in Knoxville and raised in Cumberland Gap, Atkins will be a perfect fit for the Food City 500 as well as the natural tie-in to the city that’s designated as the Birthplace of Country Music. One of the most recognized and powerful voices in Country Music, Atkins has eight top-five singles, more than 14 million records sold and over 4 billon on-demand global streams.

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“Taste Of RPM” To Highlight ‘Crate Racin’ USA Banquet Weekend On Friday, January 10, 2025 At Dollywood’s Heartsong Lodge & Resort

by MikeDecember 20, 2024

Tracks to be Introduced to the Education that is the RPM Workshops –
– RPM@Daytona Registrations are Open for February 2025 –

Eastaboga, AL (December 19, 2024) – Racing Promotion Monthly (RPM) and Crate Racin’ USA management have agreed to assemble a program for track operators to experience what the RPM Workshops are, in an attempt to continue to expand the presence of the Workshops and entice more promoters to attend the Daytona and/or Reno Workshops.

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Rackley W.A.R. Relocating From Tennessee To North Carolina

by MikeNovember 14, 2024

Rackley W.A.R. announced today that it will be moving its entire team operations from the current shop in Tennessee to North Carolina during the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series offseason. The move comes at the conclusion of the organization’s fourth full-time season competing in the Truck Series.

Moving into the GMS Fabrication Building in Statesville, NC offers expanded workspaces to improve efficiency in the shop day-to-day. It also puts the team closer to its resources and partners, including chassis builders and parts suppliers for not only its Truck Series team but also the late model program. (more…)

Jake Garcia Wins Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway All American 400

by MikeNovember 4, 2024

(Nashville, TN) The 40^th Curb Records / Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers All American 400 weekend presented by US Tank lived up to everything you could ask more and even more. 243 different entries competed on track during the three days of racing and Sunday’s big race was an exclamation point on the weekend. (more…)

Tennessee Motorcycles & Music Revival Set For 2024

by MikeNovember 29, 2023November 29, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s ultimate “Moto & Music” event, Tennessee Motorcycles and Music Revival (TMMR) will be held May 16-19, 2024 at the historic Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN.

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NASCAR Cup Series Heads To Nashville To ‘Boot-Scoot And Boogie’ In Music City

by MikeJune 21, 2023June 26, 2023

After soaking up the only off weekend of the season, the competitors in the NASCAR Cup Series prepare for one of the schedule’s most unique tracks in Nashville Superspeedway with this Sunday’s Ally 400 at 7 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). The D-shaped, concrete oval that stretches 1.33-miles, is the longest concrete surface track on the 2023 schedule and will have drivers and team dancing to find the perfect set-up in their cars for this weekend.

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Team Penske Memorial Day Weekend Race Sweep, INDY 500 & Coca-Cola 600

by MikeMay 30, 2023

It’s a Memorial Day weekend for the history books with an unprecedented Team Penske sweep of two marquee motorsports events – the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600.

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Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Set to Honor Females in Racing During ARCA 200 Event

by MikeMay 4, 2023

Nashville, Tennessee (5/4/2023) Native Tennesseans will salute America and perform the national anthem for the “Music City 200” featuring the ARCA Menard Series, Pro Late Model and CRA Street Stocks on Saturday, May 13th. The Bennett Hall Band consists of sisters, Kat, Presley Rose and Josie Hope Hall. The band is named after their brother Bennett, who passed away in 2010. (more…)

Work Begins on Stunning New Motorsports Circuit in Tennessee, USA

by MikeOctober 28, 2022

Knoxville, Tennessee. Construction has started on a brand-new motorsports park that is “unlike any other venue in the world”, according to the circuit’s Partner and President Rusty Bittle. Flatrock Motorsports Park and Motorclub will be a premium racing facility, combining both a 2.67-mile competition ‘Grand Prix’ track and a 3.50-mile ‘Club’ layout for track car owners. These two courses can be combined to create an undulating 5.9-mile, 34-turn circuit situated in beautiful, rolling Tennessee countryside.

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