Mason Mitchell finally broke into victory lane in the ARCA Racing Series at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday.
Mitchell passed Justin Boston for the lead with six laps to go and never looked back for his first career win in the series. The 20-year-old driver had four runner-up finishes in his last six races before his win this weekend. Continue reading →
2004 saw two first-time winners at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Busch and ARCA Re/Max Series.
Justin Labonte was trying to make success out of a NASCAR career like his dad, Terry, and ran a part-time Busch Series schedule in preparation for full-time in 2005. After seven races under his belt, the younger Labonte didn’t have a top-ten finish heading into the series’ race at Chicagoland. Continue reading →
For Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Contenders
New Color Schemes Celebrate Members of the Chase Grid
Celebrating the accomplishments of drivers contending for the 2014 Sprint Cup Series championship, NASCAR has released several new elements to the paint schemes of race cars making the 16-driver Chase Grid. Continue reading →
David Gilliland at 8:55 pm ET Photo – Sal Sigala Jr.
Iwindale Event Center Night on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk
L-R Butch, David and Todd Gilliland Photo – Breaking Limits
Jim Cohan President/CEO Irwindale Event Center at 9:15 pm ET Photo – Sal Sigala Jr.
Jason Galvin Director of Communications at Irwindale Event Center at 9 pm ET Photo – Sal Sigala Jr.
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Guests for this episode include Sprint Cup Series driver David Gilliland, from Front Row Motorsports talking about a family first – racing with his father Butch and son Todd at Irwindale Event Center on July 19th.
Also, Jim Cohan, President/CEO of Irwindale Event Center talks about reopening the track, events July 19th and their 2014 season. And Jason Galvin, Director of Communications and Announcer at Irwindale Event Center talks about his experience at the track over the years.
During the show we giveaway the LA Racing Experience to a lucky fan – Courtesy of Irwindale Event Center.
Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk.
Note: There were technical issues at the beginning of the show that were resolved allowing us to continue. Also, David Gilliland does join the conversation toward the end and continues beyond our live broadcast via the Podcast: Listen to the entire Podcast right here…