Yearly Archives: 2015

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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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Kenseth Edges Truex for the Win in Spirited Sprint Unlimited

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Matt Kenseth did what he couldn’t do all of last year — win a race.

And Martin Truex Jr., runner-up in Saturday night’s 75-lap Sprint Unlimited exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway, did what he could do only once in 2014 — lead a lap.

Coming to the finish line on the last lap, Kenseth blocked Truex’s move off Turn 4 and crossed the finish line in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota .219 seconds ahead of Truex, who led four times for 28 laps after leading just one lap in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series all of last season.

The victory was Kenseth’s first in the non-points race, but it was the second straight win for Joe Gibbs Racing. Continue reading →