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JD Motorsports Brings Ryan Preece to NASCAR XFINITY Series

Ryan Preece at 9 pm ET on Monday, February 15, 2016 Photo - Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Ryan Preece at 9 pm ET on Monday, February 15, 2016 Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Ryan Preece is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, February 15, 2016 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or Tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

JD Motorsports is a three-car team competing in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Johnny Davis, CEO & general manager, has been actively involved in NASCAR competition for over 27 years and launched his own team in 2002.

The team operates full-time in the XFINITY Series with Ryan Preece in the No. 01, Ross Chastain in the No. 4 and Garrett Smithley sharing the No. 0 with Michael Annett and other drivers throughout the 2016 season. Continue reading

The Future is Bright and Young with NASCAR Next 2015 Class

Photo - Getty Images
Photo – Getty Images

New NASCAR Next Class Already Making Mark on Track

Five of the six NASCAR K&N Pro Series race winners in 2015 are 21 years old or younger. The championship points leaders in both the East and West are 17 and 16. And a 17-year-old just became the highest-finishing female in the 61-year history of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.

It is fitting that as fans celebrate Jeff Gordon’s final year of competition, the ranks of NASCAR is becoming filled with young drivers battling to one day fill that void. And on Tuesday, in a building that honors the sport’s history, NASCAR introduced some of those potential future stars of the sport. Continue reading

NASCAR, NBCSN Reveal Robust 2015 Regional Touring Series Broadcast Schedule

NBCSN will carry a combined 39 NASCAR Touring Series races in 2015 between the K&N Pro Series and Whelen Modified Tours  Photo - Getty Images
NBCSN will carry a combined 39 NASCAR Touring Series races in 2015 between the K&N Pro Series and Whelen Modified Tours Photo – Getty Images

NASCAR, NBCSN Reveal Robust

2015 Regional Touring Series Broadcast Schedule

Unprecedented 39-Race Slate For K&N Pro Series, Whelen Modified Tours;

K&N Pro Series East Richmond race moved to Fall weekend

 

NASCAR and NBC Sports Group announced today an unprecedented broadcast line-up of NASCAR’s popular regional touring series, with a 39-race telecast schedule for racing’s premiere grassroots series as their landmark partnership begins this season.

 

NBCSN’s slate features all 25 K&N Pro Series races between the top developmental series, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. The coming season will also see triple the television exposure from previous years for the stars and cars of the exciting Whelen Modified Tours, NASCAR‘s only open-wheeled division, which competes at historic short tracks from New Hampshire to North Carolina. A total of 14 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour events are included on this season’s schedule. Continue reading