This past weekend, I traveled to Darlington Raceway for my first trip to the historic speedway.
A small town, close to 7,000 residents, Darlington, S.C. came to life when the roaring sounds of stock cars and tens of thousands of passionate fans stormed Darlington Raceway. Continue reading →
The 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season has been one of feast or famine for Kevin Harvick—and on Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, Harvick enjoyed the delectable taste of victory.
Passing Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the next-to-last lap of the second attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish, Harvick won Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 and all but locked himself into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as the first two-time winner in the series this year (he still needs to finish in the top 30 in points after race No. 26 and attempt to qualify for every race). Continue reading →
There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s barely legal.
With a banzai run in a two-lap dash to the finish of Friday night’s Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway, 18-year-old Chase Elliott muscled his way past Elliott Sadler on the final lap to score his second straight win in his seventh start in the series. Continue reading →
Join host Sharon Burton for the smartest NASCAR Talk around at 8:30 to 10:30 pm ET every Saturday night in April on Fan4Racing – Let’s Talk NASCAR on Saturday Night! Click the link to hear the LIVE broadcast or the Podcast afterward.
The dynamics of race day with at-the-track action and driver interaction is always fascinating and usually creates a buzz around the NASCAR world and our panel is discussing all the hottest topics leading up to the next race!
This episode includes discussions about, recapping the Nationwide Series race at Darlington with live updates of the Sprint Cup Series race taking place at Darlington and the Goodyear tire testing at Michigan.
Our panel joins the discussion throughout the show and includes Kyle Magda, Stephen McCall and Steve.Billmyer.
Steve Billmyer brings a unique perspective to our Saturday night show. He started at the top, and worked his way down is the way he describes his career. Billmyer was the 4th employee at Hendrick Motorsports and was a tire engineer for nine years. On race day over the years, he was a tire carrier for several different drivers including, Geoff Bodine, Tim Richmond, Benny Parsons, Ken Schrader, and Greg Sacks. Billmyer says he learned about stock car racing from the legendary Harry Hyde and was Crew Chief for 15 years for the Billmyer Racing Late Model Stock Car, partnering with his dad. Drivers who raced their 1st stock car in a Billmyer Racing LMSC were Todd Bodine – CWTS champion, Timothy Peters – CWTS multiple race winner, and Jimmie Johnson – six-time Sprint Cup champion. He was also a Crew Chief for a K&N Pro Series East stock car until his retirement. One of Billmyer’s career highlights includes working as a ‘Technical Consultant’ on the movie “Days of Thunder.”
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