Monthly Archives: February 2015

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The Perspective of Jeb and Ward Burton Continues to Inspire

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Jeb & Ward Burton at 9 pm ET - Photo Getty Images
Jeb & Ward Burton at 9 pm ET – Photo Getty Images

Jeb Burton is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, February 16, 2015 at 9 pm ET.  During the LIVE broadcast, call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments.

Camping World Truck Series driver Jeb Burton works along with,The 2002 Daytona 500 champion, Ward Burton at BK Racing

Roller Coasters are a lot of fun at the amusement park, and so is the roller coast of life, but only if you have the right perspective.  Jeb and Ward Burton know what that means because they have the right perspective that is serving them well and inspiring the rest of us.

Successful people inspire us because they always find a way to make lemonade out of the lemons. They remind us that even in the worst of times, there is always a way to make it through the fog into the light. The rewards of that perspective are what keep successful people ready for the next hurdle in life. They don’t always enjoy every step of the journey, but they know it’s the good and the bad steps along the way that will get them to their destination.

Many drivers dream of racing the Daytona 500 in the Sprint Cup Series, and that journey has plenty of ups and downs – ask any driver and they’ll tell you it’s their top goal and the most difficult to reach. The moment of inspiration for Jeb Burton’s dream of racing the Daytona 500 was in victory lane with his dad Ward Burton – the 2002 Daytona 500 winner – a race he was not expected to win. Continue reading →

Enfinger Two-for-Two at Daytona in ARCA Racing Series Season-Opener

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ARCA Racing Series, 2015 Daytona Winner, Grant Enfinger at 8:40 pm ET Photo - ARCARacingSeries.com
ARCA Racing Series, 2015 Daytona Winner, Grant Enfinger at 8:40 pm ET Photo – ARCARacingSeries.com

Grant Enfinger is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, February 16, 2015 at 8:40 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast, call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments.

Call it déjà vu for Grant Enfinger as he starts his 2015 ARCA Racing Series season back in victory lane becoming a back-to back winner at the World Center of Racing – Daytona International Speedway. Enfinger won the same race a year ago and ended the 2014 season, second in the point standings.  Continue reading →

Inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown is Revving Up

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Brian Olsen, part of the SPEARS SRL Southwest management team, is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, February 16, at 9:30 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast, call 714-202-9918 or tweet, @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala any questions/comments.

On Monday, February 23, at 9:30 pm ET, Kern County Raceway Director of Marketing and Communications – Steve Hughes is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk.

The management team of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series proudly presents the “Winter Showdown 250” for Tour Cars and Super Late Models at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield, California, February 27 and 28. The race also features a 75-lap event for the Lucas Oil Modifieds on Saturday.

The nationally televised on MAVTV, “Winter Showdown” will be one of the richest asphalt short track events in the nation, with over $150,000.00 in prize money, and a record $25,000.00 payday to the winner of the Winter Showdown 250. Continue reading →

Daytona 500 Qualifying – What You Need to Know

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2014 Daytona 500 Front Row L-Martin Truex Jr R-Austin Dillon, pole sitter Photo - Tom Pennington/Getty Images
2014 Daytona 500 Front Row L-Martin Truex Jr R-Austin Dillon, pole sitter Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images

NASCAR has a new format to qualifying for the Daytona 500. For the first time, qualifying which traditionally features single-car runs, will switch to a group qualifying format to set the front row positions. The results from qualifying will also set the field for the Budweiser Duel at Daytona 150-mile qualifying races on Thursday, February 19 on Fox Sports 1 at 7 pm ET. The results from the Budweiser Duel will complete the starting lineup for the Daytona 500 on February 22 on FOX at 1 pm ET.

FOX will air live Daytona 500 qualifying at 1:30 pm ET on Sunday, February 15 from Daytona International Speedway.

Here’s how it will work:

Round 1

  • There are two groups based on a random draw. Group 1, those with odd numbers go first with a seven-minute break before Group 2, those with even numbers start their session, with each group session at five minutes.

10 minute break before Round 2 begins

Round 2

  • Top-24 fastest cars from Group 1 and 2, in Round 1 advance for the Round 2 five-minute session.

7 minute break before Round 3 begins

Round 3

  • Top 12 fastest cars from Round 2 advance for the Round 3 five-minute session.

The random draw was held Saturday, February 14 to decide Round 1 odd/even groups as follows:

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