NASCAR Talladega Superspeedway

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Brandon Jones Joins Venturini Teammates Kimmel and Coughlin at Talladega

Brandon Jones at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, April 27, 2015 Photo - BrandonJonesRacing.com
Brandon Jones at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, April 27, 2015 Photo – BrandonJonesRacing.com

Brandon Jones is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, April 27, 2015 at 8:40 pm ET. Call 714-202-9918 or Tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala your questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

It’s been a unique season for Venturini Motorsports. After several seasons of fielding at least one full-time driver for the series championship, the team focused its efforts on fielding its flagship No. 25 Ansell-Menards car in a split season for ten-time ARCA Racing Series champion Frank Kimmel and Richard Childress Racing Development Driver, Brandon Jones. Both drivers were originally scheduled to split the 20-race ARCA schedule at ten races each. Continue reading

Superspeedway Qualifying Format Updated for Talladega, Daytona

2012-NASCARLogoSuperspeedway Qualifying Format Updated for Talladega, Daytona

New Structure to Feature Two Rounds to Determine Pole Winner 

NASCAR today unveiled modifications to the qualifying format at superspeedways across all three national series. The updated format will take effect at Talladega Superspeedway for the NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next month.

Qualifying for May’s Talladega Superspeedway races, as well as the July events at Daytona International Speedway, will consist of the following: Continue reading

Keselowski Keeps Sprint Cup Title Hopes Alive with Dramatic Win at Talladega

In a must-win situation at Talladega Superspeedway, Brad Keselowski did exactly that, preserving his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship hopes with a victory in Sunday’s GEICO 500.

With the right side of his car damaged in the wreck that brought out the first caution flag of the afternoon, Keselowski persevered, taking the lead during the first attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish and winning the race in the second overtime—after a wreck that ended the title run of Keselowski’s former boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Timothy Peters Holds on for Truck Series Victory in Wild Race at Talladega

 

Holding off all challengers in a race that went four-wide on the final two laps, Timothy Peters won the Fred’s 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Peters arrived at the finish line .143 seconds ahead of second-place starter and finisher Tayler Malsam. Spencer Gallagher ran third, followed by Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney, who trimmed 13th-place finisher Matt Crafton’s lead in the series standings to 17 points with four races left in the season. Continue reading