American Blade Runner, Blake Leeper is Honorary Race Official for 56th Annual Daytona 500
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Paralympic athlete Blake Leeper, known as the “American Blade Runner,” will serve as Honorary Race Official for the 56th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Daytona International Speedway (FOX, 1 p.m. ET). Continue reading
‘Change’ is the hottest topic around NASCAR circles as drivers, teams, media and fans contemplate the latest changes leading up to the Sprint Cup Series season opener at Daytona in February.
And more changes are coming. As reported by the Charlotte Observer, NASCAR is contemplating changes to the Chase ten-race playoff system to decide the 2014 champion. Continue reading
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Many headlines already surround the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season.
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Pioneer Competitor Won Two Titles, Excelled On Daytona’s Beach & Road Course
By contemporary standards, Julius Timothy “Tim” Flock was a late bloomer. Flock was 24 years of age when he competed in his first stock car race in 1948.
But the Fort Payne, Ala., native, who raced out of Atlanta, was a quick study finishing second in NASCAR’s inaugural season of modified stock car competition. Flock, along with older brothers Fonty and Bob, were among the field of 33 drivers competing in the organization’s first Strictly Stock – now NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – race at Charlotte, N.C., in June 1949. Continue reading
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