Record Number of Dates on Popular IMS’ Grounds Tour in 2013

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The popular Grounds Tour program offered by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum continues to expand in 2013, offering a record 125 dates between March and December.

Tickets are available for the Grounds Tour, a great opportunity to entertain family, friends or clients with a 90-minute tour rich in IMS history and landmarks. Continue reading →

International Speedway Corporation, Drive to End Hunger Team Up for Another Year of Fighting Older Adult Hunger


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International Speedway Corporation (ISC) announced Feb 23, 2013 a year-long commitment to help fight older adult hunger in support of Drive to End Hunger, an initiative by AARP and AARP Foundation to help the nearly nine million older Americans who face the threat of hunger every day. Continue reading →

Fan4Racing’s Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk – Monday, February 25, 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013

Hey Race Fans are you ready for our next episode of Fan4Racing’s Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk on Monday, February 18th?

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This week’s show is 1.5 hours, starting at 8:30pm ET with our special guest, Camping World Truck Series, driver, CE Falk III. Learn more about CE Falk III in his feature article, and prepare your questions to interact with him on Monday night.

At 9:00pm ET our media guest Dustin Long, motorsports contributor to Sport’s Illustrated, SI.com, Speed Sport Magazine, AthlonSports.com and author will join our Fan4Racing team discussion.

  • Introductions – Inspiring stories
  • Q&As with CE Falk III 
  • Q&As with Dustin Long 
  • NASCAR‘s hot topics – Daytona Speedweeks
    • NextEra Resources 250
    • Drive4COPD 300
    • Daytona 500
  • Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk for next week
  • Tell us what you want to talk about

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Johnson Wins His Second Daytona 500

Jimmie Johnson driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb 24 2013 Photo - Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb 24 2013
Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images

A late race surge helped Jimmie Johnson remain in the front of the pack and allowed Johnson to hold off his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr for the Daytona 500 win. This is Johnson’s second Daytona 500 win; he won the 500 for the first time in 2006. A very strung out raced featured lots of great racing and Johnson played the game perfectly to hold up his second Daytona 500 trophy.

Johnson did not get to the front early but, he got there at the end which is all that mattered. Johnson’s teammate Jeff Gordon led the race on lap one and Gordon stayed out front for much of the first portion of the race. The first caution of the race came out on lap 26 for debris on the backstretch. Gordon held the lead after the pit stops under the caution but, Jimmie Johnson got his first glance at the lead on lap 32. Johnson’s lead was brief since the second yellow-flag came out one lap after he took the lead. Continue reading →