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NASCAR Names Miller as Senior Vice President of Competition

December 3, 2015

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - NASCAR announced today that Scott Miller has joined the organization as Senior Vice President of Competition, responsible for managing all competition efforts related to technology, inspecti...

Pemberton Leaving NASCAR Competition Post

December 2, 2015

NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - NASCAR announced today that Senior Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton will leave the organization at the end of 2015. With a racing career that has spanned five decades, Pember...

NASCAR Concludes 2015 Season With Growth in Key Areas

December 2, 2015

NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - The sport fittingly crowned a first-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Kyle Busch, in what was a transformational season that saw the championship format produce a series of records, mi...

Petty Partners With Ford to Release Limited Edition 727 HP Mustang

October 24, 2015

Miscellaneous

Featuring up to 727 horsepower, the new Petty's Garage 2016 Mustang GT King edition means that Ford's pony will be hell for some cats. Petty's Garage - the in-house speed shop of NASCAR legend Richard "The K...

Florida Georgia Line To Headline Daytona 500 Pre-Race Show

September 26, 2015

NASCAR

Award-winning country music duo Florida Georgia Line, comprised of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard, will perform the DAYTONA 500 Pre-Race Show prior to the start of the 58th annual DAYTONA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup ...

NASCAR Legend Buddy Baker has Passed Away

August 10, 2015

NASCAR

Baker’s NASCAR Career as Driver and Broadcaster Spanned Parts of Seven Decades Elzie Wylie “Buddy” Baker Jr., the 1980 Daytona 500 champion and famed NASCAR commentator, has died after a battle wi...

Remembering Adelard Cormier, by Ken MacIsaac

July 28, 2015

KenZone, Regional

The Maritime racing community lost one of its legends this past weekend with the passing of Adelard Cormier; he was 84. During a racing career that spanned from the late 60s to mid 80s Adelard Cormier won mo...

Kenny Wallace to Close NASCAR Career at Iowa

July 15, 2015

NASCAR

MOORESVILLE, NC - The August 1st U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway will be Kenny Wallace's third NASCAR Xfinity Series start of 2015. The ever-popular Wallace announced today that after what will be a series-r...

Byrnes Named Fifth Squier-Hall Award Recipient

July 5, 2015

NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Popular FOX Sports broadcaster Steve Byrnes has been named the recipient of the 2016 Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence. Byrnes most recently served as the play-by-play announcer ...

NASCAR VP Lesa France Kennedy on CBS Sunday Morning

May 8, 2015

NASCAR

Losing her father and husband within a month of time made 2007 the "toughest year" of her life, NASCAR Vice Chairperson and International Speedway Corporation Chief Executive Officer Lesa France Kennedy tells M...