NASCAR Celebrates Five Years In Las Vegas With Action-Packed Schedule Of Events
For the fifth-consecutive year, NASCAR returns to Las Vegas for the start of the postseason NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week™, a star-studded, entertainment-filled celebration for the series champion and fans, culminating with one of NASCAR’s marquee events, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards™. Since 2009, the awards have been held at Wynn Las Vegas and have grown in stature and prestige with each passing year. Continue reading →
Michael Waltrip Racing announced today it has contracted Jeff Burton to test and drive in a select number of races during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season in the No. 66 Toyota Camry.
Sneak Peeks showcase nine of the new exhibit’s 18 historic stock cars.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame is unveiling a complete makeover of one of its signature exhibits – Glory Road – in January. To mark the occasion, the Hall is providing exclusive sneak peeks of artifacts included in the newly revamped exhibit via in-person and social media unveils. Continue reading →
Buz McKim hails from Hackensack, N.J. and was born into the sport of auto racing with a father who owned cars which competed in the NASCAR Sportsman and NASCAR Modified Divisions on northeastern race tracks in the early 1950’s. While still in high school McKim attempted a driving career, but, as a natural-born artist, found it was more profitable to paint the numbers on the cars instead.
He pursued a career in commercial art, creating many pieces of work used in Indianapolis 500 yearbooks of the mid-1970s and also designed many paint schemes for cars in NASCAR’s premier series during the 1970’s including the 1975 and 1976 Daytona 500-winning cars of Benny Parsons and David Pearson, respectively. McKim was commissioned by Anheuser-Busch to paint the official portrait of 1997 NASCAR Busch Series champion Randy Lajoie and 1998 champ Dale Earnhardt Jr. McKim later developed a line of limited-edition racing prints dealing with historical NASCAR moments from the careers of Richard Petty, Mark Martin and NASCAR legend Fireball Roberts. Continue reading →
