NASCAR Podcast
This weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will debut its much-anticipated lower downforce 2016 aerodynamics package.
The package is similar to the ones used at Kentucky and Darlington last year.
Lowering the downforce on a car makes it harder to drive, which puts more emphasis on driver skill and increases the potential for more passing. Continue reading “NASCAR Debuts Lower Downforce Aero Package At Atlanta”
Race Weekend Guide
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Race: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
Place: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Date and Time: Sunday, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. ET
Tune-in: FOX, PRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90
Distance: 500.5 miles (325 laps)
What to Watch for: Denny Hamlin attempts to join Matt Kenseth (2009) as the second driver since 2000 to win the first two races of a season. … NASCAR debuts its 2016 lower downforce aerodynamics package. … Hometown favorite Chase Elliott returns to Georgia to make his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. … Jimmie Johnson tries to tie Dale Earnhardt for seventh on the all-time list with his 76th career victory. … Ty Dillon will start in the No. 14 Chevrolet as the substitute for Tony Stewart. … Joey Logano goes for his first national series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway where he starred in grassroots racing as a youth. Continue reading “2016 Atlanta NASCAR Racing Weekend Guide, TV and Radio Schedule”
Joe Gibbs Racing’s sizzling performance in the second half of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season looks like it’s carried over to 2016.
The Huntersville, North Carolina-based racing team placed three drivers in the top five of the Daytona 500 – winner Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch (third) and Carl Edwards (fifth). Matt Kenseth (14th) led 40 laps until Hamlin forced him up the track on the race’s final go-around. Martin Truex Jr. of JGR technical partner Furniture Row Racing finished second. Continue reading “Joe Gibbs Racing Roars To Atlanta”
The following are the 20 nominees for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s 2017 class, listed alphabetically:
Buddy Baker, won 19 times in NASCAR’s premier (now Sprint Cup) series, including the Daytona 500 and Southern 500
Red Byron, first NASCAR premier series champion, in 1949
Richard Childress, 11-time car owner champion in NASCAR’s three national series
Ray Evernham, three-time NASCAR premier series championship crew chief
Ray Fox, legendary engine builder, crew chief and car owner
Rick Hendrick, 14-time car owner champion in NASCAR’s three national series
Ron Hornaday, four-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion
Harry Hyde, 1970 NASCAR premier series championship crew chief
Alan Kulwicki, 1992 NASCAR premier series champion
Mark Martin, 96-time race winner in NASCAR national series competition
Hershel McGriff, 1986 NASCAR west series champion
Raymond Parks, NASCAR’s first champion car owner
Benny Parsons, 1973 NASCAR premier series champion
Larry Phillips, only five-time NASCAR weekly series national champion
Jack Roush, five-time car owner champion in NASCAR’s three national series
Ricky Rudd, won 23 times in NASCAR’s premier series, including the 1997 Brickyard 400
Ken Squier, legendary radio and television broadcaster; inaugural winner/namesake of Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence
Mike Stefanik, winner of record-tying nine NASCAR championships
Waddell Wilson, won three NASCAR premier series championships as an engine builder
Robert Yates, won NASCAR premier series championship as both an engine builder and owner
The five nominees for the 2017 Landmark Award, listed alphabetically, are as follows:
H. Clay Earles, founder of Martinsville Speedway
Janet Guthrie, the first female to compete in a NASCAR premier series superspeedway race
Raymond Parks, NASCAR’s first champion car owner
Ralph Seagraves, formed groundbreaking Winston-NASCAR partnership as executive with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Ken Squier, legendary radio and television broadcaster; inaugural winner / namesake of Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence
The Final Lap Weekly 