Daily Archives: June 18, 2015

Fan4Racing with Catchfence NASCAR Weekend Preview – Thursday, June 18, 2015

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Hey race fans, catch our NASCAR Weekend Preview with host Sharon Burton from Fan4Racing, co-host Chris Knight from Catchfence, and Fan4Racing writer, Zach Roethlisberger.

We’re chatting about all the hottest topics and what fans can expect at the track over the upcoming weekend of racing at Chicagoland Speedway with the ARCA Racing and NASCAR Xfinity Series, as well as the Camping World Truck Series at Iowa Speedway and K&N East at Langley. When possible, we’ll bring  guests from around the NASCAR world to give their perspective too.

This week,NASCAR Next driver Dylan Lupton, with Athenian Motorsports is our guest chatting about racing this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway in the XFINITY Series.

This is an interactive show, so give us a call at 714-202-9918 to join the conversation or tweet us your questions/comments during the LIVE broadcast @Fan4RacingSite @Knighter01  or @ZRoethlisberger.

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Our show starts at 8:30 pm ET on Thursday, June 18, 2015

As Always…Thanks for Listening!

XFINITY Series and NASCAR Next Driver, Dylan Lupton, Makes Chicagoland Speedway Debut

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Dylan Lupton at 9 pm ET on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Photo - Grace Wyant Krenrich for Lupton Racing

Dylan Lupton at 9 pm ET on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Photo – Grace Wyant Krenrich for Lupton Racing

Dylan Lupton is our guest on Fan4Racing with Catchfence NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 9 pm ET. Call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Knighter01 or @ZRoethlisberger with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

NASCAR Next driver, Dylan Lupton is heading to Joliet, IL this weekend for his début at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, Owens Corning AttiCat 300 on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Continue reading →

Coming Home to Chicagoland, Venturini Motorsports Spans Six Decades of Racing Success

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Patriarch, Tony Venturini competing in the No. 25 in the 1950s Photo - Courtesy of Venturini Motorsports

Patriarch, Tony Venturini competing in the No. 25 in the 1950s
Photo – Courtesy of Venturini Motorsports

The Chicagoland Venturini Family Name is among the Most Prestigious in Racing. 

As the NASCAR XFINITY and ARCA teams head to Chicagoland Speedway this weekend, we celebrate Throwback Thursday by featuring Venturini Motorsports and their midwestern roots spanning six decades of racing success. Today, their name is one of the most recognized within the sport, but there are possibly some nuggets about this family that are not so well-known to race fans.

So, let’s take a stroll through the Venturini family history. Continue reading →

Big Name Drivers Influence NASCAR Rules Package Change for Kentucky

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Photo - Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images

It’s no secret that up to this point of the season, NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers have been unhappy with the current rules package for their cars. The new aerodynamics package for the 2015 has produced sub par racing for several drivers and they have no fear in expressing to NASCAR their desire for change.

The first evidence of the unhappiness from the drivers began when we learned of the newly formed, ‘Driver’s Council’ as reported in early June. Drivers include but are not limited to, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin.

The new package NASCAR announced this week, will début at Kentucky Speedway, and it’s a reasonable to surmise, that new packaged stemmed from concerns expressed by the ‘Driver’s Council.’ Continue reading →