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Author: Les Grossman
NASCAR President Steve Phelps said Monday during a webinar that at least one additional company would broadcast Cup races in 2025, underscored his reluctance to increase horsepower and said changes would continue to be made on the calendar.Phelps covered several topics during a 45-minute session at the fourth annual Race Industry Week webinar series sponsored by Speed Sport, Racer.com and EPartrade.com.Phelps hinted Monday that an agreement on the next Cup media rights deal could be announced soon. Phelps said NBC and Fox are expected to remain the broadcasters of Cup races under the new media rights package, which will begin…
NASCAR Cup Series drivers will have to wait an extra day for the series’ longest and most grueling race, after the Coca-Cola 600 was postponed until Monday due to persistent rain in Concord, North Carolina .When the green flag finally flies, drivers will hit the gas for 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway – although last year’s race, which was run in several overtime hours, was 619 miles.The Coca-Cola 600 has produced five different winners over the past five years – Kyle Busch (2018), Martin Truex Jr. (2019), Brad Keselowski (2020), Kyle Larson (2021) and Denny Hamlin (2022) – but…
KOKI The scene outside the house where the alleged murder-suicide took place. Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health concerns, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 800-273-8255 to connect with a trained counselor, or visit 988lifeline.org. CNN — The parents and nephew of race car driver Jimmie Johnson’s wife, Chandra Janway Johnson, were killed Monday at a home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, according to a news release from the Muskogee Police Department. A police spokesperson told CNN it was a suspected murder-suicide. On Monday, police received a…
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…
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…