Jeb Burton Camping World Truck Series Rookie Contender

Jeb Burton, will drive full-time in the Camping World Truck Series and contend for 2013 Rookie of the Year honors

Jeb Burton, will drive full-time in the Camping World Truck Series and contend for 2013 Rookie of the Year honors

In the footsteps of his father, 2002 Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton, and his uncle, current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Burton, Jeb Burton started his racing career at Virginia’s South Boston Speedway. The young talent began racing in motocross and go-karts and quickly moved his way into Limited Late Models and Late Models. Continue reading

Three Bold Predictions for the Cup Series in 2013

Kyle Busch #18, Martin Truex Jr, #56, Kasey Kahne #5 and Brad Keselowski #2, wait on pit road during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona International Speedway Jan 11, 2013  Photo - Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Kyle Busch #18, Martin Truex Jr, #56, Kasey Kahne #5 and Brad Keselowski #2, wait on pit road during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona International Speedway Jan 11, 2013
Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images

With the new Gen 6 car in 2013, anything can happen on the race track. We could see things happen that we haven’t seen happen in years. We may also see new and never-before-seen things occur. That’s what makes predicting the upcoming season so fun. Anything could happen, right? So why not throw out the possibility of my three bold predictions coming true? These three bold predictions for this year could create some interesting racing if they were to come true. Anything and everything will occur this season and maybe even the guesses I take now will come true by November. Continue reading

Fan Perspective – 2013 Sprint Cup Series Predictions

crystalPrediction is an interesting word, because in reality no one can really predict what will happen in the future.

But what’s interesting is that for NASCAR fans, this time of year brings on a strong urge to give an opinion about what you think will or will not happen in the upcoming season.

Well, this year is no different and our Fan4Racing team is accepting the challenge, by pulling out our crystal ball and providing our 2013 predictions for the Sprint Cup Series via seven questions.  We’d love hearing your predictions too, so go ahead and indulge yourself by using your own crystal ball and share your responses by commenting with your 2013 predictions to the seven questions below: Continue reading

Sprint Cup Testing at Daytona Notes & Quotes

Notes-QuotesSCSLogo333x250With the Daytona’s Preseason Thunder Gen-Six testing underway there’s already a lot of enthusiasm from drivers, teams and fans!

The much anticipated testing of NASCAR‘s Generation-Six car at Daytona brings a rush of excitement and leaves everyone anxious for more as we contemplate the beginning of the season in February. In fact, the word of day has been “excitement,” from every corner of the NASCAR arena.

Notes & Quotes from Daytona offers fans, bits and quips of the sights and sounds from the World Center of Racing and Worthy of Note commentary to keep you in the loop with all the flurry of action and reactions from on and off the track. So stay tuned for updates for each day.  Continue reading

Daytona Preseason Thunder Testing – Day One

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See both the morning and afternoon test session results from Day One Preseason Thunder testing of NASCAR’s Gen-Six cars at Daytona International Speedway

2013 Daytona Preseason Thunder Day One Morning Test Session Summary

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams kicked off their three-day test session at Daytona International Speedway today as the first on-track step this year for drivers and teams to prepare for the 2013 season. Continue reading