Monthly Archives: January 2016

Sarah Cornett-Ching Gears Up for 2016 NASCAR K&N East Season

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Sarah Cornett-Ching at 9 pm ET on Monday, January 11, 2016.

Sarah Cornett-Ching at 9 pm ET on Monday, January 11, 2016.

Sarah Cornett-Ching is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite, @Sal_Sigala or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

Getting her season off to a fast start, Canadian Sarah Cornett-Ching made her way to New Smyrna, Florida this past weekend to race the Red Eye 100 with her Race 101 team. She’ll be racing there again when the K&N Pro Series East kicks off their season at New Smyrna Speedway in February. With testing earlier in the week, practice time on Friday and the race on Saturday, Cornett-Ching is happy with her top-ten finish and feels her seat time this past weekend was a competitive classroom, giving her and her team a head start for their next trip to the track next month. Continue reading →

Pocono Raceway Steps Up On Safety

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Kasey Kahne hits same pit road wall as Jeb Burton at Pocono Raceway in August 2015. Photo - NASCAR.com

Kasey Kahne hits same pit road wall as Jeb Burton at Pocono Raceway in August 2015. Photo – NASCAR.com

Pocono Raceway has recently installed longer walls along pit road after Kasey Kahne and Jeb Burton spun out in the exact location off turn three and on pit road during practice and the start of the Windows 10 400 back in late August. Both Burton and Kahne had hit nearly the same area in consecutive days. It was Kahne who had the bigger hit when he not only hit the pit road wall, he also sent helmets and other equipment flying. Kahne was pretty well shook up from the incident while being interviewed. Continue reading →

NASCAR Fan Appreciation Day Returns to the NASCAR Hall Of Fame

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NASCAR Fan Appreciation Day Returns to the NASCAR Hall Of Fame

Free Admission To NASCAR Hall of Fame For All Fans On Jan. 23

For the third consecutive year, the NASCAR Hall of Fame will open its doors for FREE for NASCAR Fan Appreciation Day.

On Saturday, Jan. 23, fans will have free access to the Hall for a full day of activities, including autographs and Q&A sessions with current drivers and NASCAR Hall of Famers. Fans will be admitted into the Hall on a first-come, first-served basis in lieu of needing a ticket. Continue reading →

Fan4Racing News Now: For the Week of January 4th, 2016

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Introducing a new feature for the 2016 season – Fan4Racing News Now – highlighting breaking news for each week leading up to NASCAR season openers at Daytona International Speedway in February.

Check back throughout the week for new updates.

South Boston Speedway Announces $1 Million Capital Improvement Plan

Three-Year Plan Includes Track Repaving, Upgrade To Lighting

South Boston Speedway officials announced a three-year, $1 million capital improvement plan Saturday night that will include repaving the 4/10ths mile oval and the renovation of grandstands. Continue reading →

Back to the Future of Racing and Football Venues

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Introducing our newest Fan4Racing writer, Bryan Law

As Tennessee faces Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 10 later this season, it could be one of the biggest games ever participated in by the SEC, if not all of college football. Estimated to fill ‘The Last Great Colosseum’ all the way to the full capacity of 160,000, if not more, it will go down as the largest college football game in history. Just a couple of years before, there was talk of Florida possibly playing a game at Daytona International Speedway after finishing their renovation project.

Believe it or not, Daytona had hosted four college football games before, all by Bethune-Cookman during the 1974 and 1975 season. There hasn’t been a college game at Daytona since then. Even with the downsizing to 101,000 seats, it would still be huge for the super speedway to host a football game once again. Daytona could host Miami, Florida or Florida State in any season. Who knows, down the road they could host their own bowl game. Of course, we’ll leave the bowl naming for the later possibility.
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