DENVER, N.C. (January 3, 2018) – JGL Racing officials announced today that Dylan Lupton will return to the organization’s ‘Young Guns’ program for the 2018 NASCAR XFINITY Series season. After making 14 starts this past season in the team’s No. 24 entry, Lupton will compete in at least 21 races this coming season in JGL Racing’s No. 28 Ford Mustang. Continue reading
For Ryan Reed, there’s magic in the air at the Birthplace of Speed.
Reed went to Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway in February 2015 and hadn’t won since—until Saturday night, when he held off Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series veteran Kasey Kahne in overtime to claim victory in the Powershares QQQ 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series season opener.
With the race going four laps past its scheduled distance of 120 laps, and with the series running NASCAR’s new three-stage event format for the first time, Reed blocked Kahne in turn two on the first of two overtime laps and stalled his momentum. Continue reading
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Creative to Debut During 2017 DAYTONA 500
Following a season highlighted by some of the closest, side-by-side racing NASCAR® fans have seen in years, NASCAR today announced the return of its 2017 season launch marketing campaign, Ready. Set. Race.
The new integrated campaign, including television creative promoting the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series™, will launch during the 2017 DAYTONA 500® on Feb. 26 (2 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Continue reading
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JGL Racing is proud to announce that Scott Lagasse Jr. has joined the organization for the NASCAR XFINITY Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Lagasse Jr., a native of St. Augustine, Florida, will pilot the No. 24 Toyota in the running of the PowerShares QQQ 300 at the “World Center of Speed”. Continue reading
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This year’s Daytona 500 (Feb. 26) will feature two 60-lap stages followed by a final 80-lap stage, with points available in all stages.
Under NASCAR’s 2017 race structure, the top-ten drivers in the first two stages will earn points, with the stage winners also earning one playoff point. The race winner gets 40 points, as well as five playoff points which can be carried forward until the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The PowerShares QQQ 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race will consistent of two 30-lap stages followed by a 60-lap final stage.
The NextEra Energy 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race (Feb. 24) will feature two stages of 20 laps each followed by a final stage of 60 laps.
A race will be considered official after the first two stages are complete. The season-opening Daytona 500, for example, will be official after 120 of 200 laps, not after the halfway point as in the past.