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October 18 Set as Date for NASCAR Aquisition of ISC

October 9, 2019

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – International Speedway Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: ISCA; OTC Bulletin Board: ISCB) (“ISC”) has delivered a written communication to NASDAQ stating that it has called a special...

Storied Late Model Race at Martinsville This Saturday

October 5, 2019

Miscellaneous

MARTINSVILLE, VA - When the green flag falls at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday night for the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway, the storied Late Model Stock Car race will write a new chapter and team...

Pollard to Drive JR Motorsports Entry in Martinsville Late Model Race

September 24, 2019

Miscellaneous

Bubba Pollard, perhaps the top short track driver in North America in the past couple years, will drive a car out of the Dale Earnhardt Jr.-owned JR Motorsports (JRM) in the Valley Star Credit Union 300 late ...

Catching Up With Ernie MacLean, by Ken MacIsaac

August 26, 2019

KenZone, Regional

Anyone who has been around the Maritime motorsports scene for any length of time either knows of or knows, Ernie MacLean, sometimes called the "godfather" of Maritime motorsports. He and his wife Winona have w...

Dale Jr. & Family Safe After Scary Plane Crash En Route to Bristol

August 15, 2019

NASCAR

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. his wife my and 15-month-old daughter Isla were involved in a crash Thursday afternoon when his private plane skiffed off the runway after landing in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The Earnhardt ...

“The Night Before the Oxford 250” Promises to be Best Yet

August 15, 2019

Miscellaneous

NAPLES, ME - In less than two weeks, the eyes of the short track racing world will be firmly focused on Maine's Oxford Plains Speedway. On Sunday, August 25, the biggest single day racing event of the year wil...

NASCAR Strikes Deal to Buy ISC, Will Gain Control of 12 Tracks

May 23, 2019

NASCAR

NASCAR announced the $2 billion purchase of International Speedway Corp. on Wednesday, an aggressive move to gain control of key racetracks and set itself up for sweeping changes that could save America’s most...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Loses Mom to Cancer

April 23, 2019

NASCAR

MOORESVILLE, NC -- Brenda Jackson, a longtime employee at JR Motorsports and mother of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller, has passed away following a battle with cancer. She was 65 years old. K...

Darrell Waltrip to Retire From Broadcast Booth in June

April 5, 2019

NASCAR

It will be one to go at the line for NASCAR Hall of Fame driver and FOX NASCAR analyst Darrell Waltrip when he hits the air from Sonoma Raceway in June. The three-time champion, a member of the original FOX...

Earnhardt Jr. Joins Indy 500 Broadcast Team

April 4, 2019

Miscellaneous, NASCAR

STAMFORD, CT - Dale Earnhardt Jr., one of racing’s most popular personalities and an NBC Sports motorsports analyst, will attend his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 26, as a member of NBC Sports’ broadca...