Brad Keselowski poses for Media Day.
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Brad Keselowski is going to the White House.
This year only the Sprint Cup champion and his team will be making a trip to the White House. In the past, all Chase drivers from the previous year make a trip together to see the President. This year, Brad Keselowski will go as the only driver but he will bring his Penkse Racing team and crew with him. Continue reading
As many fans now know, Dupont has come under new ownership and now has a new name. The Carlyle Group bought the painting company and is now named Axalta Coating Systems. So how will the No. 24 Chevrolet look in 2013 without Dupont on the hood anymore? Continue reading
Jimmie Johnson‘s colors won’t be changing anytime soon. Wednesday, Lowe’s Home Improvement announced a two-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports and Jimmie Johnson.
Jimmie Johnson sends grass flying as he celebrates his win.
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Jimmie Johnson celebrated his second Daytona 500 win by spinning through the grass Sunday, just like many have done before him. But he tore up his front bumper in the process of celebrating. Some have questioned if Johnson wrecked the car on purpose?
In October of 2010, Chad Knaus and Jimmie Johnson received criticism after radio communication at Talladega. Caught on pre-race video inside the car, Knaus leaned into the window of Johnson’s car and told him to damage the back of the car by hitting something during or after the race to make sure the car passed inspection. Continue reading
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Daytona International Speedway is going to look different in the future. Joie Chitwood, track president of Daytona, announced new changes coming to the speedway pending approval from senior management of the International Speedway Corporation (ISC).
The new proposed changes to the famous “World Center of Racing” include changes to the front stretch, concession stands, the entrance to the speedway and more. Chitwood presented media members and NASCAR industry leaders a three-dimensional video of the new changes Friday.
The goal of the changes is to improve “the complete fan experience.” The changes start with five new, expanded and redesigned entrances called “injectors”.
All entrances lead to escalators that will bring people to a three-story concourse. Each escalator will drop off fans at different levels. There will be over 40 escalators included in the new entrances. The concourse will include 11 different “neighborhoods.” Each neighborhood will be the size of a football field with an “open-sightline” so fans can socialize and not miss any of the on-track action during the races.
Seats on the front stretch will also be improved. The first row of seats will be raised with the goal of providing a better sight line for fans. Along with those changes, every seat will be replaced and improved to provide more comfortable seating for fans.
Daytona International Speedway will also add and update restrooms and concession stands to better accommodate fans.
The speedway hopes that if they spends $250 million, legislation will allow the track to receive incentives that other Florida sports teams get for their facilities.
A timetable on how long the renovation would be completed has not been released and the new plans are still pending approval.
Potential benefits of the renovation as said by Chitwood, “Who knows, maybe a BCS National Championship game is in our future.” Daytona International Speedway is looking to make things bigger and better, these proposed plans accomplish that.
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