Motorsports is one of the most successful sports businesses in the world, a business that has created some of the biggest personalities in sports. Forbes reports the average value of a NASCAR team is more than $143 million, but many legends of the track come from the all across the spectrum of motorsports. Here is a brief history of just some of the living legends of the track, as well as what they are up to now. Continue reading
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Daytona International Speedway to be New Home of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
Two of the greatest names in racing soon will share the same address. The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, motor racing’s Cooperstown, announced today that it will move its operations and collection of historic racing machines and memorabilia from the Detroit area to the ”World Center of Racing,” Daytona International Speedway by January 2016. Continue reading
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To his legion of fans, Edward Glenn Roberts Jr. was known as “Fireball.” His friends, however, simply called the pioneer NASCAR premier series racing star “Glenn.”
Legend has it that Roberts, the 1962 Daytona 500 winner, acquired his nickname as a fastball-throwing baseball pitcher. Others, including Roberts’ family, disputed the story, noting that the teen’s alleged American Legion baseball team – the Zellwood Mud Hens – never existed. Fellow competitors said the moniker mirrored the Daytona Beach, Fla., driver’s devil-may-care approach to stock car racing. Continue reading
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Today, sponsorship is the only way a race car driver can move their career forward. There are so many drivers with a wealth of talent, and they’re all vying for the same sponsorship dollars which are limited. The result means that many drivers are looking for unique ways to raise the money needed to race from one week to the next. It’s a process that is never-ending, until a major sponsor jumps on their bandwagon allowing them to rise to the next level. Continue reading