JD Motorsports Brings Ryan Preece to NASCAR XFINITY Series

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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 →

NASCAR Marketing Campaign Celebrates 2016 Season Launch

Photo - Courtesy DIS
Photo – Courtesy DIS

Ready. Set. Race! NASCAR Marketing Campaign Celebrates 2016 Season Launch, Fans’ Universal Passion for Racing

The Hashtag 500 to Give Fans the Chance to Race on Twitter for Memorabilia from the 2016 DAYTONA 500 

Inspired by fans’ shared love of racing, NASCAR® today unveiled a new, integrated marketing campaign celebrating the launch of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ season. Ready. Set. Race will engage NASCAR fans online, at home and on the go through a blend of digital and social media activation, and original television creative.

Fans will be invited to put their racing skills to the test during the 2016 Daytona 500® on February 21, when NASCAR hosts the first-ever Hashtag 500 on Twitter. The unique promotion, developed by Ogilvy & Mather New York, will give fans a chance to win memorabilia from this year’s “Great American Race®,” including a driver firesuit, helmet, steering wheel and set of Goodyear tires, among other race-used items. Continue reading →

Denny Hamlin Wins Action-Packed Sprint Unlimited at Daytona

Saturday’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway ended with a mere handful of cars undamaged—and race winner Denny Hamlin’s Toyota wasn’t one of them.

But Hamlin got his wreck out of the way early in a two-car incident with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s Ford on Lap 13 and won the race in overtime with a large swatch of silver tape on the right side of his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry.

Hamlin triumphed in the season-opening non-points event for the second time in three years (and third time overall) and gave JGR its fourth Sprint Unlimited victory in the last five years.
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NASCAR Fast Facts – 2016 Procedural Changes

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NASCAR FAST FACTS – 2016 Procedural Changes 

Maximum Field Sizes / Corresponding New Points Systems

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – Maximum 40-car field (36 Charter team cars, 4 Open team cars), race winner awarded 40 points, 40th place awarded one point.

NASCAR XFINITY Series – Maximum 40-car field, race winner awarded 40 points, 40th place awarded one point.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – Maximum 32-truck field, race winner awarded 32 points, 32nd place awarded one point

New points systems apply to driver, owner, and manufacturer championships. Existing 2015 Bonus points remain in place for 2016. Continue reading →