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With a week off from racing action in NASCAR’s top-three series, just thinking about the action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway just has to get every fan excited. So for this Throwback Thursday, I’m taking a few moments to recall some milestones and memories throughout the history of the Lone Star track. Continue reading
Check back for more updates as the days wind down to events at Texas Motor Speedway in April 2015. During Race Weekend, look for more updates posted here.
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Obaika Racing is making history as the first African-owned NASCAR national series team. The team owner is Nigeria native, Victor Obaika, who is an attorney by profession, but also is an entrepreneur in logistics, business advisory consulting and advertising.
Obaika describes NASCAR as the ‘ultimate entrepreneur’s dream’ with a successful business and marketing platform that is known virtually across the world. His love for motorsports has fuelled his enthusiasm to own a NASCAR team. Continue reading
Which drivers are hot, hotter and hottest in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as teams head into Texas Motor Speedway for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series prides itself as the series ‘where driver’s names are made’ and that is clear when you look at the top-five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points; three of the top-five are former Xfinity Series champions, including two-time series champions Kevin Harvick (2001, 2006), Martin Truex Jr. (2004, 2005) and Brad Keselowski (2010).
So who in the Xfinity Series is standing out through the first five races of the season. Take a look at the hottest championship contending drivers in 2015: Continue reading
Crew chief Greg Erwin (L) talks to Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, during qualifying for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 28, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
NASCAR Xfinity Series Crew Chief Greg Erwin Tops the Owner Point Standings for Team Penske
With five races in the books the teams that are the ones to beat have risen to the top, but they can’t get there without the leadership of a good crew chief. Take a look at the crew chief that has his team leading the Xfinity Series owner point standings:
Greg Erwin replaced Jeremy Bullins this season at the top of the pit box for Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford with drivers Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney. Erwin has worn many hats in the NASCAR world from engineer to competition director, but this season his talents are toward bringing Roger Penske his third consecutive owner title in the Xfinity Series. So far this season the No. 22 team is on the right track, as they lead the owner standings by eight points over JR Motorsport’s No. 88 team. Erwin has led his trio of drivers to one win, four top-fives and two poles in the first five races of the season. Continue reading