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NASCAR’s Touring Series’ Give Drivers Their Moment to Shine

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Sunday's Whelen Season Opener 150 will be the 49th all-time event for the Whelen Southern Modified Tour at Caraway. Photo - Pixelcrisp for NASCAR

Sunday’s Whelen Season Opener 150 will be the 49th all-time event for the Whelen Southern Modified Tour at Caraway.
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10 Years Of The Whelen Southern Modified Tour

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour will have a milestone weekend when the 2014 season takes the green flag on Sunday at Caraway Speedway in Sophia, N.C. The Whelen Season Opener 150 will launch the 10th season of competition for the Whelen Southern Modified Tour, which held its inaugural event at Caraway on March 26, 2005. George Brunnhoelzl III is a two-time winner of the Caraway opener, and will look to Sunday’s event as an opportunity to launch a potentially historic fourth consecutive championship season. His Whelen Season Opener 150 triumphs in 2011 and 2012 both led to eventual titles. Continue reading →

Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk – Monday, March 3, 2014

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Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30pm to 10pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk! 

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Listen to our round table panel discussion with drivers, crew, and other racing personalities.

This episode begins with our Fan4Racing panel discussion about the races at Phoenix International Raceway, including season openers for K&N Pro Series West, and Mexico Toyota Series. Then the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series new qualifying format, their races over the weekend and more!

Next, Brennan Newberry, Camping World Truck Series and K&N Pro Series driver joins the conversation about his second-place finish in the K&N West season opener at Phoenix.

Then, Jeff Motley, Vice President of Public Relations at Las Vegas Motor Speedway joins the discussion previewing the upcoming NASCAR races at the track this weekend.

Before coming to Las Vegas, Motley was the communications manager for NASCAR, responsible for all on-site media relations for their top-two series. A graduate of Virginia Tech, Motley’s journalism career includes an internship at The Washington Post, and as a sportswriter and editor in Lynchburg, VA, until joining NASCAR.

Motley has also worked as a college football correspondent for FOX Sports Net, hosted his own daily sports talk show in Virginia and has been a contributing writer for numerous publications including several books.

Call 347-996-5176 during the Live Broadcast to join the conversation about the hottest topics leading up to the next race.

ALSO, listen to the Podcast of our show, TSC Saturday Night – NASCAR & Race Talk, from Saturday, March 1st. 

This episode begins with our guest Fan4Racing panel including Dontae Allen, from Marketing & Promotions at Atlanta Motor Speedway, plus he’s a Journalist/Public Relations student at Georgia State University and Kristen Schneider the wordsmith behind Up Top the Pit Box website, contributor to Skirts and Scuffs, Popular Speed, and The ISN.

We’re talking about NASCAR’s hottest topics, including the our favorite drivers this season, our hopeful underdogs, NASCAR’s new rules package, knock out qualifying and more!

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Suárez Overcomes Penalty to Grab Fourth Consecutive Victory

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Daniel Suárez, front left, battles for the lead en route to his fourth consecutive win, with a victory in the Toyota 120 at Phoenix Photo - Getty Images

Daniel Suárez, front left, battles for the lead en route to his fourth consecutive win, with a victory in the Toyota 120 at Phoenix
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After a pit road mistake, Daniel Suárez comes back with a last lap pass to win the Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway.

After starting from the outside pole position, Suárez wasted no time in racing around pole sitter Rubén Pardo and holding the lead until his stop for fuel on lap 46. That’s when Suárez was speeding on pit road, with a resulting pass-through penalty placing him at the end of the field.  Continue reading →

Wendell Scott Decal Sported by Four NASCAR Series at Phoenix

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Since 2010, NASCAR has designated the first race weekend in March as a time to commemorate Wendell Scott’s first career start. Scott is the only African- American driver to win a Grand National (now Sprint Cup) Series event in NASCAR history.

Cars in all four NASCAR series competing at Phoenix International Raceway (NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series) will sport a commemorative decal.

The decals will be applied to the B or C post of each vehicle during the inspection processes throughout the entire weekend.

Car Placement of Wendell Scott Decal

Drive For Diversity Wendell Scott Profile

K&N Pro Series West & Mexico Toyota Series Gearing Up their Season at Phoenix

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tsr_75_4c-011NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West will kick off their 2014 season with the Talking Stick Resort 75 with a 7pm MT start on Thursday, February 27th at Phoenix International Raceway. It’s the fourth consecutive season for the Arizona track to host the opener and 11th overall.  Continue reading →