NASCAR Steve Phelps

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NASCAR President Steve Phelps Lauds Heightened Competition Under 2019 Cup Rules

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – JULY 07: Alex Bowman, driver of the #88 Valvoline Patriotic Chevrolet, races Parker Kligerman, driver of the #96 TRD 40th Anniversary Toyota, and Ty Dillon, driver of the #13 GEICO Military Chevrolet, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 07, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Perhaps the most visible hallmark of the first half of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season has been the quality of racing at 1.5-mile intermediate speedways, an assertion bore out by statistics and emphasized by NASCAR president Steve Phelps during a meeting with reporters at the sanctioning body’s headquarters on Friday.

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NASCAR Tribute to Fallen Servicemembers Takes on Personal Meaning for JTG Daugherty Engineer

HAMPTON, GA – OCTOBER 30: Team race engineer Brian Burns reviews data with Dario Franchitti, driver of the #40Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge during NASCAR testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway on October 30, 2007, in Hampton, Georgia. Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Each Memorial Day weekend NASCAR Salutes introduces the sport and its fans to a long and esteemed list of fallen heroes – servicemen and servicewomen who have given their life while protecting our country.

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NASCAR President Steve Phelps Sees Exciting Days Ahead for the Sport

Photo – Jared C Tilton/Getty Images

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – With a new rules package coming in 2019 for NASCAR’s foremost series, with significant schedule changes under consideration for the year after that, and with a groundswell of new corporate interest in the sport as a marketing vehicle, NASCAR President Steve Phelps was upbeat when he took questions from reporters on Sunday morning before the Ford EcoBoost 400 (at 3 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90) at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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