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Sprint Cup “Thrill of Racing” misses the mark at Daytona

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Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, races to the finish line to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb 24, 2013 Photo - Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, races to the finish line to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb 24, 2013
Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

The 2012 season was unquestionably marked by an outrage from fans proclaiming that NASCAR racing had become boring at super speedways, primarily stated because of tandem racing. Fans rallied for the return of pack racing at the super speedways.

NASCAR responded to fans and did what they could last year by changing rule packages to minimize tandem racing as much as possible, with hopes the new design of the Gen6 car would address the concern of these fans next season. Continue reading →

Fan4Racing’s Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk – Monday, February 25, 2013

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Hey Race Fans are you ready for our next episode of Fan4Racing’s Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk on Monday, February 18th?

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This week’s show is 1.5 hours, starting at 8:30pm ET with our special guest, Camping World Truck Series, driver, CE Falk III. Learn more about CE Falk III in his feature article, and prepare your questions to interact with him on Monday night.

At 9:00pm ET our media guest Dustin Long, motorsports contributor to Sport’s Illustrated, SI.com, Speed Sport Magazine, AthlonSports.com and author will join our Fan4Racing team discussion.

  • Introductions – Inspiring stories
  • Q&As with CE Falk III 
  • Q&As with Dustin Long 
  • NASCAR‘s hot topics – Daytona Speedweeks
    • NextEra Resources 250
    • Drive4COPD 300
    • Daytona 500
  • Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk for next week
  • Tell us what you want to talk about

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Johnson Wins His Second Daytona 500

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Jimmie Johnson driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb 24 2013 Photo - Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Jimmie Johnson driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb 24 2013
Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images

A late race surge helped Jimmie Johnson remain in the front of the pack and allowed Johnson to hold off his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr for the Daytona 500 win. This is Johnson’s second Daytona 500 win; he won the 500 for the first time in 2006. A very strung out raced featured lots of great racing and Johnson played the game perfectly to hold up his second Daytona 500 trophy.

Johnson did not get to the front early but, he got there at the end which is all that mattered. Johnson’s teammate Jeff Gordon led the race on lap one and Gordon stayed out front for much of the first portion of the race. The first caution of the race came out on lap 26 for debris on the backstretch. Gordon held the lead after the pit stops under the caution but, Jimmie Johnson got his first glance at the lead on lap 32. Johnson’s lead was brief since the second yellow-flag came out one lap after he took the lead. Continue reading →

Daytona International Speedway Proposes Big Changes

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Daytona International Speedway is going to look different in the future. Joie Chitwood, track president of Daytona, announced new changes coming to the speedway pending approval from senior management of the International Speedway Corporation (ISC).

The new proposed changes to the famous “World Center of Racing” include changes to the front stretch, concession stands, the entrance to the speedway and more. Chitwood presented media members and NASCAR industry leaders a three-dimensional video of the new changes Friday.

The goal of the changes is to improve “the complete fan experience.” The changes start with five new, expanded and redesigned entrances called “injectors”.

All entrances lead to escalators that will bring people to a three-story concourse. Each escalator will drop off fans at different levels. There will be over 40 escalators included in the new entrances. The concourse will include 11 different “neighborhoods.” Each neighborhood will be the size of a football field with an “open-sightline” so fans can socialize and not miss any of the on-track action during the races.

Seats on the front stretch will also be improved. The first row of seats will be raised with the goal of providing a better sight line for fans. Along with those changes, every seat will be replaced and improved to provide more comfortable seating for fans.

Daytona International Speedway will also add and update restrooms and concession stands to better accommodate fans.

The speedway hopes that if they spends $250 million, legislation will allow the track to receive incentives that other Florida sports teams get for their facilities.

A timetable on how long the renovation would be completed has not been released and the new plans are still pending approval.

Potential benefits of the renovation as said by Chitwood, “Who knows, maybe a BCS National Championship game is in our future.” Daytona International Speedway is looking to make things bigger and better, these proposed plans accomplish that.

To see video and photos … Continue reading →

Daytona 500 Preview

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The final restart at 2012 Daytona 500 with Matt Kenseth in the lead. Photo - Getty Images

The final restart at 2012 Daytona 500 with Matt Kenseth in the lead.
Photo – Getty Images

It has been over three months since Brad Keselowski was crowned champion during the 2012 season finale at Homestead-Miami.

Come Sunday, the wait for Sprint Cup cars to begin their next season will come to an end. The 2013 season has arrived. The Daytona 500 is always the biggest race of the year but, this year, with the Gen 6 cars, it is likely the most anticipated Daytona 500 ever. The Gen 6 cars will be out on the track for their first real test on Sunday and all of the team’s off-season work will be shown. Daytona is here. Continue reading →