Photo – Sunoco Racing Twitter Account.
Tom Hessert got a push from his teammate to propel him to the lead with three laps to go to score his first victory at Talladega.
Early in the going, it looked like Grant Enfinger picked up where he left off last week from Salem. The No. 90 car led the first 35 laps after starting from the pole.
On the first round of green-flag pit stops, there were at least 16 cars caught speeding entering or leaving pit road, including Enfinger. Continue reading
Photo – Courtesy of Michael Lira Racing
Michael Lira is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, April 14, 2014 at 9 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast to interact with Michael Lira and our Fan4Racing panel.
Sixteen-year-old Spruce Creek High School student and race car driver Michael Lira will be heading to Talladega Superspeedway this week to participate in two days of test sessions with the ARCA Racing Series. It will be Lira’s first time running on the legendary Alabama race track and only his second time on a superspeedway. Lira’s previous superspeedway experience came last December, when he tested at Daytona International Speedway in his ARCA car. The testing dates at Talladega are set for April 16 – 17. Continue reading
Photo – Rick Allen’s twitter account
Rick Allen Named Lead Race Announcer for NBC Sports Group‘s Upcoming NASCAR Coverage
Rick Allen brings more than a decade of motorsports broadcasting experience
NBC’s Sports Group announces that Rick Allen has signed a multi-year agreement to serve as the lead race announcer for NBC’s upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series coverage beginning in 2015. Alongside Allen in the NBC Sports Broadcast booth will be current driver Jeff Burton, who also announced that he will be joining NBC’s multi-platform NASCAR coverage. Continue reading
The 20-race, 2014 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards schedule is complete, say series officials.
The 2014 season – the 62nd in series history – starts with the 51s ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway with the annual Speed Weeks race on Saturday, Feb 15, and ends with its championship weekend at Kansas Speeday, Friday, October 3. In between, the series will visit historic short tracks, two dirt mile tracks in Illinois and New Jersey Motorsports Park, meaning ARCA will once again showcase its diversity by racing on superspeedway and short paved ovals, dirt and road courses. Continue reading
Mason Mitchell Motorsports is fielding their own entry for the 2014 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season. They’re starting the season at the opening race at Daytona International Speedway in February, with Mason Mitchell behind the wheel. Continue reading