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NASCAR Contenders Live Sponsored By Toyota Revs Up Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup For Second Straight Year

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NASCAR Contenders Live Sponsored By Toyota Revs Up

Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup For Second Straight Year

NASCARlogoNASCAR Contenders Live Sweepstakes Launches; Grand Prize Winner To Take Home 2014 Toyota Tundra CrewMax Limited 

Back by popular demand, NASCAR Contenders LiveSM Sponsored by Toyota will make its return to Chicago on September 12 for the second-consecutive year, just days before the first race of the 2013 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ at Chicagoland Speedway.

Signaling the start of the most intense and competitive stretch of the NASCAR season, NASCAR Contenders Live features all 12 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers interacting on stage, providing fans an insider’s look at how the competitors plan to claim the ultimate prize: a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.   Continue reading →

Talladega Viewing Party for Chicagoland Fans at Skooters Roadhouse!

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Talladega Viewing Party for Chicagoland Fans at Skooters Roadhouse!

Love a good NASCAR viewing party?

Then come to our viewing party on Sunday, May 5

at Skooters Roadhouse in Shorewood!

What: Don’t miss our Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway viewing party at Skooters Roadhouse. Join us for food and beverage specials, chances to win Talladega and Chicagoland Speedway merchandise and driver autographs.
When: 

Sunday, May 5
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
*Race starts at 12 p.m.
Where: Skooters Roadhouse
700 W. Jefferson
Shorewood, IL 60435

CLSLogo2Hosted by Chicagoland Speedway

 RSVP for the event by clicking here!

 

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Denny Hamlin’s Biggest Challenge Centers on his Choices

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Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota, watches from atop the team hauler during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 16, 2013 Photo - Kevin C Cox/Getty Images

Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota, watches from atop the team hauler during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 16, 2013
Photo – Kevin C Cox/Getty Images

Last season, there were signs that perhaps, Denny Hamlin was getting his priorities straight and that he was laying a solid foundation to challenge for the Sprint Cup championship in the 2013 season.

Considering a number of distractions so early in the season, and while Hamlin is now sixth in points and 41 points away from the leader, one can’t help but wonder, what the future holds for the rest of the season for him and his team. Continue reading →

Fan Perspective: The Roots of My Passion for this Sport

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By Michelle Lesener

Among the items I have in my NASCAR collection, is a very special three-foot-by-five-foot Chicagoland Speedway flag that is covered in signatures. This flag and the signatures on it symbolize a sport that is a big part of my life, my love, and my passion for NASCAR. Continue reading →

Fred Lorenzen – Continues his Road to Glory in Elmhurst

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Photo - Elmhurst Historical Museum exhibit Feb 1 to May 19, 2013

Photo – Elmhurst Historical Museum exhibit Feb 1 to May 19, 2013

“On the Road to Glory: Fred Lorenzen,” Racing Legend and Hometown Hero

Designated as one of the top 50 NASCAR drivers of all time in 1998, Fred Lorenzen‘s, rise in NASCAR is like a shooting star, shining brightly during a substantial part of its golden era in the 1960’s. For five years from 1962 to 1967, Lorenzen’s star power was at its brightest as he dominated NASCAR’s racing circuit, winning numerous major races and defeating the best drivers of his day with an amazing 21 wins. Continue reading →