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Matt Crafton Scores Second Consecutive Top-Five at Bristol

Photo - Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Matt Crafton is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 9 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions/comments.

Scheduled as a night race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Bristol Motor Speedway, due to rain on Wednesday night, their race began and ended the UNOH 200 on Thursday morning show. Teams were ready for night racing, so the conditions of a day race presented challenges for many teams. The No. 88 ThorSport Racing team and driver Matt Crafton were up to the challenge by not letting the rain dampen their spirits. Crafton braved the changing conditions and brought his Toyota Tundra home in the fourth-place for his second consecutive top-five finish in Bristol’s Thunder Valley. Continue reading

MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway

Photo - ACS
Photo – ACS

David Talley, Director of Communications at Auto Club Speedway is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 347-997-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions/comments.  

Grand Marshal Titan Gilroy giving the command – ‘Drivers Start Your Engines”

Honorary Starter Beau Mirchoff to wave the green flag

Titan Gilroy, host of MAVTV’s ‘Titan: American Built,’ is the Grand Marshal for the MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships – the last race of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series under the lights at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday, August 30. As Grand Marshal, Gilroy will give the most famous command in motorsports ‘Drivers Start Your Engines.’ Continue reading

Logano Fends Off Keselowski for Bristol Victory

As the Chase for the Sprint Cup nears, drivers are stepping up their game. Joey Logano ran exceptionally well and took a commanding victory Saturday night in the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. His championship-caliber performance provides the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion team with the confidence needed to make a run at the title.

One-hundred laps into the race, there was no one predicting a Logano victory. Many storylines involving cars capable of pulling off the win provided game-changing moments throughout the race. Continue reading

Saturday Night NASCAR Race at Bristol on Alternate Channels in Some Markets

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The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol (TN) Motor Speedway is being broadcast live nationally by ABC on Saturday night, Aug. 23, but viewing will be affected in 15 markets due to NFL preseason games airing on local ABC affiliates.

In all 15 markets where the race telecast is being preempted, NASCAR fans who are satellite TV subscribers will be able to watch the race on ESPN alternate channels (DirecTV – channel 209-1; DISH – channel 145). For cable subscribers, the race will air on alternate channels in 11 of the 15 markets. Continue reading