NASCAR suspended driver Chase Elliott for one race after wrecking Denny Hamlin, the series announced Tuesday. Authorities ruled that Elliott acted intentionally when he made contact with Hamlin in Monday’s Coca-Cola 600.Elliott was racing side-by-side with Hamlin at Charlotte Motor Speedway when the two came close at the start of the turn on Lap 186 before Hamlin squeezed Elliott, who brushed the wall. Elliott swerved left in his No. 9 Chevrolet and hit the back of Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota, sending him headfirst into the outside wall. Hamlin then spun around and ended up in the grass.Hamlin’s car was destroyed…
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NASCAR is heading to California’s wine country for a road race at Sonoma Raceway, where history was made last year.Trackhouse Racing Driver Daniel Suarez took his first ever Cup Series victory and became the first Mexican driver to win a Cup race. The Sonoma podium was also surprising, with Chris Buescher finishing second and Michael McDowell third.Recent races may have revealed a changing of the guard when it comes to NASCAR road racing prowess. In the seven road races held in 2021, Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott have combined to win five. In the last seven road…
Thursday, November 9 was a lively, bright and festive evening in New York. The DOC NYC Festival, “America’s Greatest Documentary Festival,” had kicked off the day before, with hundreds of different films tackling all kinds of different topics, all gripping human interest stories. The New York premiere took place for the first time. Outer line, a 17-minute documentary featuring NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth. The film debuted earlier in 2023, and throughout the year it was screened more than two dozen times across the United States at numerous established film festivals. In June, the film received the National Capital Chesapeake Bay…
Aerial view of the damaged section of I-95 in Philadelphia the day after the fire and collapse. (WPVI-TV/6ABC via AP) (Stay up to date with transport news: Get TTNews in your inbox.) PHILADELPHIA — The race to reopen a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is being boosted by a truck-mounted jet dryer that is normally used to keep moisture off the track. Pocono Raceway. A vehicle-mounted kerosene-powered turbine arrived on June 22 at the scene of the June 11 underpass fire. Both directions of the busy highway were closed, reducing traffic on the East Coast’s main north-south highway. Pennsylvania…
NASCAR will issue ‘stern communication’ to drivers of all three series before races at Pocono Raceway after restart problems in New Hampshire.Elton Sawyer, NASCAR senior vice president of competition, appeared on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Tuesday morning and answered questions about the multi-car crash during Saturday’s Xfinity race in New Hampshire.“I don’t think it’s the race – the Cup race or the Xfinity race – I don’t think our guys did a very good job on the restarts, we’ll start there,” Sawyer said on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “And as we unfolded and looked at the SMT data and how it looked…
After a week off, giving drivers and teams a chance to rest and recalibrate, the NASCAR Cup Series comes to the country music capital for a Sunday night race at Nashville Superspeedway.This is the third year in a row that Nashville will host a Cup race, and so far only Hendrick Motorsports drivers have celebrated the victory. Kyle Larson won the inaugural race in 2021 and Chase Elliott took the checkered flag last year.Elliott will be hoping for a repeat as he is back to 27th in the standings after missing seven races this season. The 2020 series champion will…
A screenshot of RFK Racing’s Makers Wanted Ford Mustang, No. 6 NASCAR race car in front of Elk Grove HIgh School, in a nationally broadcast commercial during the NASCAR Chicago Street Race on Sunday, July 2 . Elk Grove Village trustees approved a $50,000 increase in a marketing contract with Banner Collective at the village’s Tuesday, June 20, board meeting to gain additional national publicity for sponsorship of the village of RFK Racing during the NASCAR Chicago Street Race this weekend. In October…
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Coca-Cola’s relationship with NASCAR dates back to the 1970s, when it began sponsoring Hall of Famer Bobby Allison and various races. The soda brand has retained naming rights to the World 600 race since 1985 and formalized its relationship with the association in 1998, when it became the official soft drink of NASCAR.That year also saw the launch of the Coca-Cola Racing Family, a list of top drivers sponsored by the brand that included everyone from Dale Earnhardt Sr. to Danica Patrick. To celebrate the racing family’s 25th anniversary, Coke brought together a handful of veterans for a “Legends” content…