NASCAR Podcast
SHOW #264 – Guest: Riki Rachtman – We recap Chicaoland NNS, Truck Series on Eldora dirt, discuss the massive NBC TV deal, a full Indianapolis Motor Speedway preview, fantasy racing and more. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.
(47:47 mins)
CREDITS:
Hosts: Kerry Murphey & Toby Christie
Executive Producer: Kerry Murphey
Music: Russell Nash Radium Sound
Voice Over: Thomas Moog
You could say Chevrolet has run the table at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in recent years – 10 years to be exact. The last non-Chevrolet to win at the Brickyard was Ray Evernham’s Dodge, driven by Bill Elliott, in 2001. A General Motors product has won 15 of the 19 races held at the Brickyard. Ford’s third and most recent victory was recorded by 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Dale Jarrett in 1999. Toyota, which joined NASCAR Sprint Cup competition in 2007, notched its best finish at Indy last year with Kyle Busch’s runner-up performance.
Via Monster Jam Facebook account:(https://www.facebook.com/mjonline) From champion to champion! NASCAR star, Tony Stewart, poses with 4-time Monster Jam World Finals champion Grave Digger at Eldora Speedway in Ohio. Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam will make its first-ever appearance at Eldora Speedway Aug. 2-3! Get your tickets here: http://shout.lt/kwPk
July 24, 2013
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
ROSSBURG, Ohio — Austin Dillon returned to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series the same night NASCAR returned to dirt.
Racing in the series for the first time since winning the 2011 championship, Dillon pulled away during a green-white-checkered-flag finish to win Wednesday night’s CarCash Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, the first dirt-track race in any of NASCAR’s top three series since Richard Petty triumphed at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 30, 1970.
But the real winners were those who took the leap of faith to stage a mid-week race on dirt, those who came to rural Ohio to see it and those who consumed it through broadcast media.
Continue reading “Austin Dillon Holds Off Kyle Larson To Win NASCAR’s Return To Dirt”
Roger Penske has won a record 15 Indianapolis 500s. But the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship owner remains winless at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a stock car. He’s come close; frustratingly close. NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace finished second three times between 1995 and 2002. Penske isn’t the only top-tier NSCS owner without a Brickyard victory. Roush Fenway Racing has gone 0-for-19 with runner-up finishes by Mark Martin (1998) and Matt Kenseth (2003, 2006) its best. Michael Waltrip Racing and Stewart-Haas Racing also are among top teams seeking their first Brickyard victory.
The Final Lap Weekly 