NASCAR Daytona International Speedway

596 posts

Kyle Weatherman Poised for Championship Run in First Full Season of ARCA Competition

Kyle Weatherman at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 19, 2016  Photo - ARS
Kyle Weatherman at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 19, 2016
Photo – ARS

Kyle Weatherman is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Kyle Weatherman made a name for himself in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards last season. Driving for Cunningham Motorsports, Weatherman competed in 15 of the 20 races on the series’ schedule and earned his first series victory at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Weatherman also recorded runner-up finishes at Salem, Iowa, Springfield, DuQuoin and Kansas en route to earning the 2015 SCOTT Rookie of the Year award and the Calypso Lemonade Short Track Challenge championship.

Weatherman changed teams during the off-season, singing with Lira Motorsports to pilot the team’s No. 58 Ford and compete for the championship. Continue reading

NASCAR Announces 2017 National Series Schedules

Logo NASCAR

NASCAR Announces 2017 National Series Schedules

Unprecedented Industry Collaboration Triggers NASCAR’s Earliest Schedule Release

NASCAR today announced the 2017 schedules for its three national series, giving fans and stakeholders a significant head start in planning for next season’s thrilling slate.

A credit to unprecedented industry collaboration, specifically the five-year sanctioning agreement between NASCAR and its tracks, the sanctioning body finalized its 2017 schedules months ahead of previous years’ release.

The result: Three unique schedules featuring race tracks that have hosted record-setting races already this season, with the majority of the slate still remaining. Continue reading

Gus Dean Scores First ARCA Win in the General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway

Gus Dean at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, May 2, 2016 Photo - Courtesy of Talladega Superspeedway
Gus Dean at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, May 2, 2016
Photo – Courtesy of Talladega Superspeedway

Gus Dean is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 8:40 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

Driver of the No. 98 GREE Chevrolet for Mason Mitchell Motorsports (MMM), Gus Dean earned his first career ARCA win in the General Tire 200 at the 2.66 mile Talladega Superspeedway.

The Bluffton, South Carolina native selected the outside line for the afternoon’s final restart coming with four to go. Veteran Tommy Hessert gave Dean a big push down the backstretch pulling him even with Josh Williams. A wreck behind the leaders would end the race and send the ARCA officials to the video monitor which declared Dean as the race winner. Continue reading

#NASCAR XFINITY Series driver at JD Motorsports, Garrett Smithley

Garrett Smithley at 9:05 pm ET on Monday, April 18, 2016 Photo - JDM
Garrett Smithley at 9:05 pm ET on Monday, April 18, 2016 Photo – JDM

Garrett Smithley is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 9:05 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Starting his racing career in 2007, Garrett Smithley raced Bandoleros at Atlanta Motor Speedway earning Rookie of the Year honors and several championship series wins. He then advance to the US Legend Car Series where he showcased his talent at tracks throughout the southeast, gaining fans, victories and more championships.  Continue reading