Photo – 1992 Winston Cup Yearbook Cover
Davey Allison’s 1992 season started off with a bang. The 31-year-old driver won the season opening Daytona 500 for Robert Yates Racing. It was the start to a great season.
Along the way, he picked up wins at North Wilkesboro and Talladega in the spring and Michigan in June. No other win was more prominent than the Winston in May, featuring a last-lap duel between Allison, Dale Earnhardt and Kyle Petty. Continue reading
Baker, Elliott, Labonte, Stefanik, Yates Added To Ballot
Following the first in-person meeting among the NASCAR Hall of Fame nominating committee in the hall’s history, NASCAR today announced the 20 nominees for the 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame’s sixth induction class, as well as the five nominees for the inaugural Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. Continue reading
James Buescher, driver of the #99 Rheem Toyota, and Kyle Larson, driver of the #32 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet, lead a pack of cars during NASCAR Preseason Thunder at Daytona International Speedway on January 11, 2014
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New year; New faces; New sponsors; New rules.
All that and more, make the Nationwide Series Preseason Thunder test a major success this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Twenty-five cars turned laps on the 2.5 mile high banks Saturday and Sunday, as teams tune up for the season-opening Drive4COPD 300 on Feb 22 at 1:15pm, broadcast on ESPN, MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, channel 90. Continue reading
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, spins into Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, and Kurt Busch, driver of the #51 Tag Heuer Avant-Garde Chevrolet, during a crash at the front of the field during the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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NASCAR always kicks off the racing season with the Sprint Unlimited, formerly the Budweiser Shootout, at Daytona International Speedway the week before the Daytona 500. This year there are 22 drivers eligible for the Sprint Unlimited and 19 drivers are indicated on the entry list.
Drivers eligible for the Sprint Unlimited are those who got at least one pole during the 2012 Sprint Cup series season and past Sprint Unlimited winners. Continue reading