FORT WORTH, Texas (February 8, 2010) – Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage will officially join the blogosphere today as ESPNDallas.com will unveil a new landing page dedicated to the world-class motorsports facility that annually plays host to NASCAR and the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Concord, N.C. (February 5, 2010) - Coming off a solid year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series where he scored one win (Michigan) and Rookie-of-the-Year honors on the season, Colin Braun is gearing up for his first full year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driving the No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. The Ovala, Texas native will be led by veteran crew chief Eddie Pardue in the 2010 campaign and will be in the hunt for the Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year Championship in the Nationwide Series. After finishing media day at Daytona International Speedway, Braun sat down for a few questions about his upcoming season.
Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage and the TMS staff plan to play host to more than 500 NASCAR fans in the Metroplex for the season-opening Daytona 500, “The Super Bowl” of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (February 5, 2010) - The starting field for Saturday's Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards race is set following Friday's qualifying session at Daytona International Speedway. Defending race winner James Buescher will lead off Saturday's 43-car starting field after earning the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell with a 49.575 second/181.543 mph lap around the 2.5 mile speedway.
FORT WORTH, Texas (February 5, 2010) – Peter Frampton, a Grammy Award-winning artist and one of rock-n-roll’s legendary guitarists, will be the headliner of the pre-race show for the Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday, April 18, at Texas Motor Speedway.
WELCOME, N.C. (February 5, 2010) – General Mills has teamed up with Richard Childress Racing to give race fans the opportunity to ‘start their engines’ before the green flag drops on the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season by launching their national “Rev Up for Savings” promotion.
FORT WORTH, Texas (February 4, 2010) – Texas Motor Speedway received approval from NASCAR today to move the start times of its two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races for the upcoming season to be consistent with the Western Region start times.
IZOD IndyCar Series star Danica Patrick announced her 12-race NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule with JR Motorsports and it will include a stop at Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 6 for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge.
The O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, which is part of the Nov. 4-7 Lone Star 500 NASCAR tripleheader weekend, will be the second of two visits to “The Great American Speedway!” for Patrick, who also will compete June 5 in the Texas 550k IZOD IndyCar Series race for Andretti Autosport.
Sporting News goes behind the scenes—and off the track—with 2004 Sprint Cup Series champion Kurt Busch.
By Reid SpencerSporting News NASCAR Wire Service For those who write about motorsports, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Media Tour, hosted and administered by Charlotte Motor Speedway, makes up the most interview-intensive four days of the year.
FORT WORTH, Texas (January 21, 2010) – After its edgy advertising campaigns in years past Texas Motor Speedway has no need to worry about creating controversy this year as many of NASCAR’s biggest superstars have given their approval of the campaign.
• One Of The Largest Dirt Track Events In The Nation Looks To Surpass Record 397 Entries In Three Divisions Last Year• Nearly 80 Drivers Pre-Registered For Three-Day Event• Modified, Limited Modified Drivers Provided Incentive To Pre-Register
FORT WORTH, Texas (January 21, 2010) – Entries for the upcoming Texas World Dirt Track Championship are beginning to fill quickly as nearly 80 drivers are pre-registered for the three-day event set for Feb. 25-27 at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track.
FORT WORTH, Texas (January 20, 2010) - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Brian Vickers participated in the second day of Goodyear Tire testing at Texas Motor Speedway Wednesday, but not for long. Due to inclement weather at the 1.5-mile track, the drivers only were able to test for approximately 2 hours.
FORT WORTH, Texas (January 19, 2010) – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Brian Vickers became the first drivers to conduct an on-track test with a new aluminum spoiler package that could be implemented for the 2010 season during Tuesday’s Goodyear Tire test at Texas Motor Speedway.
Three current or former crew chiefs—Donnie Wingo (Jamie McMurray), Todd Berrier (Jeff Burton) and Dale Inman (Richard Petty)—answer three questions. SN: What’s the biggest change you’ve seen in NASCAR since you broke into the sport?Wingo: Money. It’s just the big teams now. Berrier: It’s a lot less racing and a lot more politics. It used to be just guys who were working on cars, and we were having a good time. Inman: They’ve got specialists in just about every area of the racecar. When I started, I drove the truck, changed the tires, argued with NASCAR, argued with the driver.