NASCAR announced today that the season-opening 75-lap Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 14, will be split into two segments. A competition caution at lap 25 will separate the segments in the non-points event, scheduled for an 8:15 p.m. ET start (live on FOX, Motor Racing Network Radio, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
New this year, select fans will be paired with each crew chief for a random drawing to determine starting and pit road positions. The drawings will take place on Friday, Feb. 13 at the FDOT Main Stage inside the Sprint FANZONE beginning at 3:30 p.m. Continue reading →
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NASCAR Announces Chad Seigler as Vice President, Business Development
Industry Veteran to Provide Senior Leadership of Key Department
NASCAR today announced the appointment of Chad Seigler as Vice President, Business Development reporting to NASCAR Senior Vice President & Chief Sales Officer Jim O’Connell. The appointment of Seigler follows his promotion to Vice President, Team Marketing Services in 2014 and the recent departure of Sean Downes, NASCAR’s Managing Director, Business Development. Continue reading →
1960: Chevrolet driver Rex White was the 1960 NASCAR Cup Series champion, after posting six wins and 35 top tens in 41 starts. Photo – Getty Images Archive
Rex White, a NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, speaks to the media during a press conference prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25, 2014 -Photo – RanierEhrhardt/Getty Images
Inductee Rex White looks on during the announcement of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2015 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 21, 2014 Photo – Ranier Ehrhardt/Getty Images
1959: Rex White of Spartanburg, SC, ran in 233 NASCAR Cup races during his career, winning 28 times and taking 163 top 10 finishes. White was the 1960 NASCAR Cup champion. Photo – Getty Images Archive
Rex White entered 233 NASCAR Cup races from 1956 through 1964, scoring 28 wins and the 1960 Cup championship. Photo – Getty Images Archive
1961: Rex White is shown at speed in his 1961 Chevrolet NASCAR Cup car during a race. White, the 1960 Cup champion, started 47 Cup events during the year, winning seven times, taking 38 top-10 finishes and second in Cup points. Photo – Getty Images Archive
April 16, 1961: Driver Rex White (L) and his crew chief Lewis Clements (R) hold their trophies in victory lane at North Wilkesboro Speedway after White won the first Gwyn Staley Memorial NASCAR Cup race. Photo – Getty Images Archive
1960 NASCAR Premier Series Champion Earns Sport’s Top Honor
Note: This release is part of a series in advance of the 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Jan. 30, broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Bill Elliott, Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Joe Weatherly and Rex White are the five 2015 inductees.
Over the years, NASCAR premier series champions have come in all shapes and sizes – tall, short, muscular and lean. The single constant? It’s impossible to judge a book by its cover.
Based upon first impressions, Rex White – at 5 feet 4 inches, weighing just 135 pounds and with his right leg withered by childhood polio – might have seemed the unlikeliest championship contender of all.
White, however, was tough as nails fearing neither competitor nor track conditions. He won the 1960 premier series title and posted 28 victories over five seasons, finishing among the top five in nearly half of his 233 starts. Continue reading →
