NASCAR Podcast
SHOW #398 – Guest: Tim Duerr from Ford Performance – We preview The Great American Race, The Daytona 500, Recap the Sprint Unlimited, Fantasy Racing includes a year membership to this years 2016 TFLW Fantasy Champion for iRacing.com, News of the Week and Toby tries to make this show his garage sale. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie
( Roughly 48:00 mins)
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
Chase Elliott may be the youngest Daytona 500 pole winner in NASCAR history, but that doesn’t mean he’s moved up the pecking order at Hendrick Motorsports.
If an HMS driver happens to have an opportunity to participate in a Goodyear tire test during an off week in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, Elliott already has been “volunteered” for the job—by teammates Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne. Continue reading “Chase Elliott – Low Man On The Totem Pole”
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
Don’t bet against Ty Dillon replacing injured Tony Stewart in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet for a number of Bass Pro Shop-sponsored races.
Though Dillon acknowledged discussions with SHR about that very possibility, he said talk of a done deal at this point are “premature.”
“Unfortunately, it kind of stinks that we even have to talk about this down here,” Dillon said on Tuesday at Daytona. “I think everybody, including myself, wants to see Tony go out the right way and run every single race.
“It would be an honor to drive Tony’s car in his last year and hopefully do good for those guys. Nothing has been announced, and I haven’t signed anything yet. We’ve been in talks, obviously. Hopefully, we’ll have some news sooner or later.
“It’s a slow process. There are a lot of different things going on. Hopefully, we’ll have some news later on. Nothing is set in stone, and I don’t like to say anything until pen hits paper.”
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Danica Patrick has 118 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts to her credit.
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
She has no victories, no top fives.
But as Patrick starts her fourth full season in Sprint Cup, paired with new crew chief Billy Scott, she points to her ability to get up to speed more quickly in practice as a source of confidence that the results will be better this year. Continue reading “In fourth Sprint Cup season, Danica Patrick is more confident, comfortable”
Auto-Owners Insurance Joins Furniture Row Racing Partnership Team
Fortune 500 company will have primary sponsorship
on the No. 78 Toyota Camry at three Sprint Cup races
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 17, 2016) – Furniture Row Racing announced today at Daytona International Speedway that it has formed a partnership with Auto-Owners Insurance. Continue reading “Auto-Owners Insurance Joins Furniture Row Racing for three races”
The Final Lap Weekly 