Daytona International Speedway to be New Home of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
Two of the greatest names in racing soon will share the same address. The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, motor racing’s Cooperstown, announced today that it will move its operations and collection of historic racing machines and memorabilia from the Detroit area to the ”World Center of Racing,” Daytona International Speedway by January 2016. Continue reading →
To his legion of fans, Edward Glenn Roberts Jr. was known as “Fireball.” His friends, however, simply called the pioneer NASCAR premier series racing star “Glenn.”
Legend has it that Roberts, the 1962 Daytona 500 winner, acquired his nickname as a fastball-throwing baseball pitcher. Others, including Roberts’ family, disputed the story, noting that the teen’s alleged American Legion baseball team – the Zellwood Mud Hens – never existed. Fellow competitors said the moniker mirrored the Daytona Beach, Fla., driver’s devil-may-care approach to stock car racing. Continue reading →
Today, sponsorship is the only way a race car driver can move their career forward. There are so many drivers with a wealth of talent, and they’re all vying for the same sponsorship dollars which are limited. The result means that many drivers are looking for unique ways to raise the money needed to race from one week to the next. It’s a process that is never-ending, until a major sponsor jumps on their bandwagon allowing them to rise to the next level. 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 →
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