Author Archives: Brian Eberly

Daniel Hemric to Drive for Richard Childress Racing in 2017

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Photo - GRACE KRENRICH

Photo – GRACE KRENRICH

It’s been a banner weekend for Daniel Hemric at Chicagoland Speedway. In Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Hemric earned a career-best second place finish in the No. 19 DrawTite Ford for Brad Keselowski Racing. A model of consistency in the Truck Series in 2016, with eight top-five and 13 top-ten results, the Kannapolis, NC native earned a berth in the inaugural Truck Series Chase.

On Saturday morning, Richard Childress Racing announced they signed Hemric to a multi-year agreement to drive full-time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series beginning with the 2017 season. Continue reading →

Mason Mitchell Looks to Repeat at Iowa Speedway with Sponsorship from Karl Chevrolet

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Mason Mitchell at 9:30 pm ET on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Photo - ARS

Mason Mitchell at 9:30 pm ET on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Photo – ARS

Mason Mitchell is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Tuesday, July 5 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards heads to Iowa Speedway this weekend and Mason Mitchell will be behind the wheel for the first time in 2016.

Last season at Iowa, Mitchell won in thrilling fashion, passing Kyle Weatherman in a one-lap overtime sprint to the finish at the 7/8-mile track located a mere 40 miles from Mitchell’s hometown in West Des Moines. Continue reading →

Dalton Sargeant Excited to Head to Winchester, a Track that Suits his Driving Style

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Dalton Sargeant at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, June 23, 2016 Photo - Getty Images

Dalton Sargeant at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, June 23, 2016
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Dalton Sargeant is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, June 23 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

Dalton Sargeant is ready to compete this weekend at Winchester Speedway in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Herr’s Potato Chip 200. Sunday’s race will mark the seventh start of the season for Sargeant, who is slated to compete in 15 of the 20 races on the 2016 schedule with Venturini Motorsports.

Sargeant is coming off the worst finish of his rookie campaign, which was still a ninth-place result, two weeks ago at Michigan International Speedway.

The 18-year-old Boca Raton, Fla. native is paired with veteran crew chief Billy Venturini this season and the duo has experienced success from the start. Venturini is no stranger to the ARCA Racing Series as a driver, having recorded one win, 28 top-five and 75 top-ten finishes in 162 starts between 1994 and 2007. Continue reading →

It’s Time for Wide Opening Weekend at Iowa Speedway

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Iowa Speedway Track President, Jimmy Small at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, June 16, 2016 Photo - Getty Images

Iowa Speedway Track President, Jimmy Small at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Jimmy Small is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, June 16 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

Small will help preview the weekend of racing action at ‘The Fastest Short Track on the Planet’ as well as discuss the abundance of fan amenities available at the track in Newton, Iowa.

Coming to NASCAR in 2008, Jimmy Small was working out of NASCAR’s Daytona Beach, Fla., headquarters coordinating event weekends with tracks, television partners and teams. Small worked with NASCAR in various business-building capacities, including serving as senior manager for team marketing services within the NASCAR Industry Services department out of the Charlotte, N.C., office. In that role, he was the business and marketing liaison with teams and drivers in all three national series. Continue reading →

Kyle Weatherman Poised for Championship Run in First Full Season of ARCA Competition

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Kyle Weatherman at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 19, 2016 Photo - ARS

Kyle Weatherman at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 19, 2016
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Kyle Weatherman is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Kyle Weatherman made a name for himself in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards last season. Driving for Cunningham Motorsports, Weatherman competed in 15 of the 20 races on the series’ schedule and earned his first series victory at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Weatherman also recorded runner-up finishes at Salem, Iowa, Springfield, DuQuoin and Kansas en route to earning the 2015 SCOTT Rookie of the Year award and the Calypso Lemonade Short Track Challenge championship.

Weatherman changed teams during the off-season, singing with Lira Motorsports to pilot the team’s No. 58 Ford and compete for the championship. Continue reading →