New Date, Same Thunder: 2015 Preseason Thunder at Daytona Dates Announced

daytone-preseason-thunder1As NASCAR teams prepare for next week’s round two at Daytona International Speedway following Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s memorable 2014 Daytona 500 victory, plans for 2015’s season launch are already underway.

NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway today announced that Preseason Thunder will take place one week later in 2015. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams will hit the track on January 15-16 as they prepare for the 57th running of the Daytona 500 on February 22, 2015. If there is rain, more track time is available on Saturday, January 17.

This year’s Daytona testing was Jan. 9-10, but rain washed out the planned first day of testing – forcing all on-track activity to Jan. 10.  Continue reading →

Talent Transitions Bolster Key NASCAR Business Areas

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Rogers, Parker and Warfield Assume New Roles within Organization

NASCAR announced transitions June 25th within three key business areas, highlighting the company’s commitment to talent development.

Patrick Rogers is now senior director of Driver Marketing Services, Evan Parker becomes senior director of Brand Platforms and Scott Warfield is now senior director of Social Media and Broadcast Communications.  Continue reading →

Throwback Thursday – Keselowski has Enough Fuel for Kentucky Win

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Brad Keselowski had the win in his hands during the inaugural Cup race at Kentucky in his hands in 2011. The No. 2 team had a slower pit stop than most of the leaders and Keselowski never recovered to contend for the win. Continue reading →

Edwards Notches First Road Course Victory at Sonoma

A well-timed caution helped get Carl Edwards to the front of the field, and the driver of the No. 99 Roush Fenway Ford did the rest.

Edwards passed Marcos Ambrose for the lead moments after a restart on lap 86 and later held off a charging Jeff Gordon to win Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.  Continue reading →