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Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk: Pre-Season – Monday, January 30, 2017

In our Winner’s Circle is post race audio from Wayne Taylor Racing driversthe IMSA Series’ Rolex 24 Winners at Daytona International Speedway this weekend.

Guest include, K&N Pro Series driver, Rubén Garcia Jr as he talks about his career, NASCAR Next, Drive for Diversity and his 2017 goals with Rev Racing.

Kern County Raceway Director of race operations and marketing, Steve Hughes, talks their 2017 season including the upcoming Winter Showdown with the Southwest SRL Touring Series.

Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk!

We’re talking all the latest news in racing including Monster Energy NASCAR Cup, XFINITY, Camping World Truck, K&N Pro, ARCA Racing Series and more.  So buckle up and stay tuned in to Fan4Racing Radio throughout the 2017 season.

Call 929-477-1790 OR tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Our 2017 pre-season continues at 8:30 pm ET on Monday, January 30, 2017

As always…Thanks for listening!

Rolex 24 At Daytona ‘Business Finished’ For Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Team

(L-R) Filiepe Albuquerque, Christian Fittipaldi, Joao Barbosa, Jordan Taylor, Ricky Tayor, Jeff Gordon , Max Angelelli, Marc Goosens, Rene Rast and Renger van der Zande stand on the winners’ podium after the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
Photo – Getty Images

Post race audio from Wayne Taylor Racing drivers is on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk, Monday, January 30, 2017 at 8:35 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Taylor Brothers, Angelelli, Gordon Finally Score Breakthrough Win                                After Trouble-Free Performances the Previous Four Years Come Up Short

The resounding theme for this year’s 55th Rolex 24 At Daytona for the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi.V.R team and its drivers Ricky and Jordan Taylor, Max “The Ax” Angelelli and Jeff Gordon, and especially for team owner Wayne Taylor, was “unfinished business.”

After the team turned in a trouble-free performance for the fifth consecutive year at this weekend’s renewal of the traditional IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, the Taylor brothers, the veteran Italian Angelelli and four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Gordon were able to seal the deal this time, albeit by surviving a wild sprint to the finish Sunday, in scoring an emotional Rolex 24 victory in numerous respects. Call it “business finished.” Continue reading

Gordon Readies for Racing Return, Aiming for Elusive Rolex 24 Victory

Jeff Gordon (R) and Jordan Taylor stand in the garage with the Wayne Taylor Racing No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R team during an IMSA test session at Daytona International Speedway on December 13, 2016
Photo – Courtesy of DIS

Jeff Gordon doesn’t just pay attention to details.

He’s a details hound – meticulous, precise – even for a guy who’s retired.

“I never said I was retiring,” Gordon said.

That was a big detail to remember Friday as Gordon drove a sleek, new Cadillac prototype on a sun-drenched Daytona International Speedway.

He turned laps on the road course in preparation for the upcoming Rolex 24, the twice-around-the-clock pinnacle of American sports car racing. The race isn’t until January 28-29, but Gordon needs all of the track time he can get right now. Continue reading

Sherwin-Williams Renews As The ‘Official Paint Of NASCAR’

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Sherwin-Williams Renews As The ‘Official Paint Of NASCAR’

FORTUNE 500 Company Leverages Multi-Faceted Official Partnership

to Continue Driving Business On and Off the Track 

NASCAR® and Sherwin-Williams, the nation’s largest specialty retailer of paint and paint supplies, announced a three-year extension to their Official Partnership. The newly signed extension will designate Sherwin-Williams as the “Official Paint of NASCAR” through 2017.

Sherwin-Williams, a FORTUNE 500 company, will continue to leverage its designation for architectural paint and the power of NASCAR’s intellectual property at its more than 4,000 stores nationwide and ignite the passion of its customers – many of whom are fiercely brand-loyal fans of the sport.  Continue reading