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Longtime NASCAR broadcaster Eli Gold has resigned from the Motor Racing Network, the company’s president David Hyatt confirmed to CATCHFENCE.com
Gold’s nearly 40-year tenure at MRN Radio dated back to the 1976 World 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, where he covered Turns 1 and 2 for the network.
In addition to his duties at MRN, the 62-year-old Gold had been hosting the weekly syndicated show NASCAR Live since 1982. Continue reading
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While most of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage will take a much deserved weekend off for Father’s Day next weekend, driver Brad Keselowski won’t and will drive the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang in the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Iowa Speedway on Sun., Jun. 19.
Keselowski will make his sixth XFINITY start of the season at the NASCAR-owned short track, but the 2012 Cup champion said it was more than just liking the track as the reason for giving up some coveted downtime. Continue reading
ThorSport Racing, home of four full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) teams caught fire early Monday morning near Sandusky, Ohio. The Sandusky Register reported that multiple fire departments were called to combat the blaze.
The extent of the damage was not immediately clear for the 100,000 square foot shop.
The team, owned by Duke and Rhonda Thorson, currently fields trucks for Rico Abreu, Matt Crafton, Cameron Hayley and Ben Rhodes and has competed in the series since it’s inception in 1996.
The team issued the following statement early Monday morning:
“Shortly after midnight on Monday morning, a fire broke out in the basement of the ThorSport Racing shop, located in Sandusky, Ohio. At this time, we can confirm that no one was injured.
We are currently working with the fire department and local officials to contain the blaze, and assess the damage.
We do not expect this to impact the team’s competition schedule. Our next race is at Iowa Speedway in Newton on Saturday, June 18. Further details will be forthcoming.“
A team official told CATCHFENCE.com that fire crews were still working to extinguish the fire at 7:30 a.m. ET.
The team recently competed in this past Friday night’s race at Texas Motor Speedway. The team posted three top-11 finishes including Matt Crafton’s runner-up finish. Abreu nearly pulled off his first career win, but hit the wall with two laps to go and finished ninth. Ben Rhodes and Cameron Hayley finished 11th and 18th respectively.
Crafton, a two-time series champion, currently leads the series standings and has already earned a season-high two wins this season. Hayley is 11th in points, Rhodes, a rookie is 15th and Abreu also in his rookie season is 17th.
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Vocal that he had a strong car for Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. never really had the opportunity to showcase it after being eliminated in early race crash.
Shortly after a Lap 60 restart Earnhardt’s Chevrolet was in a three-wide battle with Chris Buescher (on the bottom) and A.J. Allmendinger (on the outside). Buescher’s Front Row Motorsports Ford broke loose and hit the left rear of Earnhardt’s car, which sent both he and Allmendinger into the backstretch wall.
The damage was too severe for both Earnhardt and Allmendinger to continue placing them 39th and 38th respectively in the finishing order. Continue reading
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Credit it to a good car or a lower downforce package, one thing is for sure Tony Stewart was all smiles Sunday afternoon following a season-best seventh place finish in the 48th annual FireKeepers Casino 400.
The Stewart-Haas Racing co-owner and driver qualified a superb third on Friday afternoon and was able to transform the speed into the 200-mile race Sunday afternoon, running as high as third, but eventually finishing seventh. Continue reading