Danica Patrick will drive for Turner Motorsports in her 10-race commitment to this year’s Nationwide Series schedule, sources told espnW.com
Driving for JR Motorsports in her first full-time Nationwide season last year, Patrick produced the highest final points finish – 10th – among women in NASCAR history. She will begin her partial campaign in NASCAR’s second-tier series on Feb 23 at Daytona International Speedway in conjunction with her first full Sprint Cup season with Stewart-Haas Racing the same weekend. Continue reading →
NASCAR Fans mark your calendars to set your DVRs for Daytona Testing Jan 10 – 12 with SPEED and SPEED.com coverage all three days.
SPEED schedule for Daytona testing – all times Eastern and live:
Each day begins at 9am to 12pm on SPEED.com. Coverage continues at 1pm to 5pm on SPEED, with an encore of the 3-5pm sesson at 6pm to 8pm on SPEED. SPEED
Also, SPEED is announcing their coverage of Speedweeks 2013, and the beginning of the new racing season!
Start Times Finalized for Speedweeks 2013 Events
For the fourth straight year the 55th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb 24, NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race is scheduled for a 1pm ET start.
The race will be broadcast live on FOX.
Start times for the other remaining events of Budweiser Speedweeks 2013 at Daytona International Speedway are as follows:
The 51st anniversary Rolex 24 at Daytona GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race, Jan 26-27, 3:30pm – SPEED
The Lucas Oil 200 ARCA Racing Series, Saturday, Feb 16, 4:30pm – SPEED
The Daytona Shootout non-points event, Saturday, Feb 16, 8pm – FOX
Daytona 500 Qualifying Presented by Kroger, Sunday, Feb 17, 1pm – FOX
Budweiser Duel at Daytona, Thursday, Feb 21, 2pm – SPEED
NextEra Energy Resources 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Friday, Feb 22, 7:30pm – SPEED
DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, Saturday, Feb 23, 1pm
Penske Racing’s Brad Keselowski will begin his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title defense in the season-opening 55th annual Daytona 500, which will mark the debut of the new 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car. Dubbed “Gen 6,” the new-look sixth generation cars highlight greater brand identity for the manufacturers.
Matt Kenseth, who won the 2012 Daytona 500 with Roush Fenway Racing, will attempt to be the first driver since Sterling Marlin – 1994/1995 – to win “The Great American Race” for a second straight year with his new team Joe Gibbs Racing. SPEED
Parker Kligerman looks on during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway Nov 16, 2012 Photo – John Harrelson/Getty Images
By Michelle Lesener
One of the dominos has fallen into place as one of the rumors that had been circling since the end of the season has finally been answered.
One rumor that was brought up in our Nationwide Silly Season article posted last week, involved Parker Kilgerman and where he would call home for the 2013 season. Parker was officially announced as the driver of the no. 77 Kyle Busch Motorsports – KBM – entry for the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.
KBM took to YouTube to make the official announcement Tuesday, having Parker climb out of an unfinished car that only had numbers made from tape to represent the car number. Continue reading →
The Frontstretch is reporting, their sources are indicating, the reason Parker Kligerman is running full-time for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Nationwide series for 2013 is because the owner – Kyle Busch – is leaving his seat to run a full time Nationwide schedule with Joe Gibbs Racing. We’ll be watching the net for the official word on this nugget …stay tuned.
