As Virginia Tech and No. 17 Tennessee prepare to set college football‘s all-time attendance record when they play Saturday’s Battle at Bristol, the staff at Bristol Motor Speedway is finishing the monumental job of turning a racetrack into a football field. Workers had 19 days to build a field, gut two infield buildings, construct locker rooms, add thousands…
The start times for this year s 20 Formula 1 races have been confirmed. 2017 s Melbourne curtain-raiser is a week later than last year and takes place on Sunday, March 26 - the day the clocks go forward in the UK for British Summer Time. That means that 2016 s UK start time of 5am becomes 6am for 2017. The Australian GP is live only on Sky F1 in the UK and Ireland…
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kurt Busch remains the active leader in NASCAR Monster Energy Cup wins at Bristol Motor Speedway along with brother Kyle as both drivers boast five career triumphs at the track. Past success, however, is becoming quite distant for the elder Busch, who hasn’t won at Bristol since 2006. Busch’s success at BMS came under the old bump-and-bang setup…
While Ryan Blaney can now be scratched off the list, Erik Jones is still searching for his first career NASCAR Cup win. And judging by Sunday’s Pocono 400 and his Cup career- and season-best third-place finish, Jones could potentially be the next to follow Blaney as a first-time winner in NASCAR’s premier series. “I was hoping to get side-by-side like the 21…
The Corvette Racing team is recovering from its third fire-related incident from five IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship events this year. The latest fire, suffered on pit lane at Circuit of The Americas at the conclusion of the afternoon practice session, was quickly extinguished, but not before damage to the rear of the No. 3 Corvette C7.R was suffered…
General Manager Steven Sewell announced Lime Rock Park’s 2017 major spectator event schedule this morning, noting that it models 2016. “Feedback from the fans was overwhelmingly positive with regard to having Pirelli World Challenge over Memorial Day weekend and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in July, ” Sewell said. “The long-running Historic Festival…
BRISTOL, Tennessee — Drivers walked out of Bristol Motor Speedway after Monday’s Cup race smiling. No fisticuffs. No frowns. No frustrations. Bristol isn’t back to what it once was — a single-groove, shove-your-mother-out-of-the-way track — and may never be, but its two-lane racing left many drivers as wide-eyed as children. The question now is did fans enjoy…
Miami has seen a lot of history made in a lot of different sports over the years. But nothing quite like this. Nothing like the odd, nearly bizarre spectacle that unfurled Saturday at Marlins Park. A diamond covered with asphalt. Race cars moving like fastballs. A hairpin turn in front of the home team’s dugout. A finish line where the shortstop would be settling…
The epic Wednesday night doubleheader is back. First, the brawlers of the Whelen Modified Series hit the high banks for the Bush s Beans 150 with high speeds and high expectations before giving way to the largest, most dramatic Camping World Truck Series Event on the circuit, the UNOH 200. With tickets starting at just $30, there s no reason to miss a minute…
Address Commerce Drive Warwick, Rhode Island 02886 USA About Racer s Equipment began in 1967 as a performance parts retail store in East Providence, R.I. By 1975, the business had grown to incorporate distribution as well as retailing. As of April 2008 Racers Equipment has moved into a new 60, sq ft facility and greatly expanded inventory! As the overall performance…
Rain continued to plague NASCAR drivers and fans at Bristol, Tennessee, on Sunday as officials were forced to postpone the Food City 500 to Monday. That led NASCAR officials to postpone Sunday’s race until Monday at 1 p.m. EDT. NASCAR reports that this is the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race to be impacted by the weather this year. A fan walks along…
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Formula racing refers to a class of motor sport defined by open-wheeled , single-seat race cars. Open-wheeled cars have their wheels outside of the car s body, unlike normal cars and stock cars, whose wheels are under the fenders. As its name implies, Formula One is the pinnacle of formula racing, featuring the best drivers in the most powerful, technically…
Facebook Tweet Pinterest The complexion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship Four is halfway put together now that Carl Edwards took a rain-shortened victory on Sunday night at Texas Motor Speedway. The Joe Gibbs Racing veteran earned his third victory of the season by leading when weather moved in shortly before 11 p.m. local time in the Lone Star State…
Share Facebook Tweet Pinterest Denny Hamlin, winner of Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 at the Glen, entertained a sold-out grandstand with a celebratory burnout that trailed a plume of smoke the entire length of the frontstretch at Watkins Glen International. But Hamlin’s smoke show—with a bad back, no less—paled in comparison to the fireworks that preceded the checkered…
Not only has Ford won the first two NASCAR Cup races of the season, but the new-and-improved manufacturer has led more laps (389) than Chevrolet (116) and Toyota (20) combined. As NASCAR heads west for the start of a three-race weekend swing, Ford will look to continue its dominance at another 1.5-mile track — Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Like Atlanta, drivers will…
By: Pete Pistone - @PPistone | MRN.com on February 14, 2017 | 1:50 P.M. EST Tony Stewart’s ambitious 2017 sprint car racing schedule may be modified after only a handful of races. (Photo: Getty Images) Share: Tony Stewart’s ambitious 2017 sprint car racing schedule may be modified after only a handful of races. Stewart participated in last week’s Arctic Cat All…
A 1.5-mile D-shaped oval with 20-degree graduated banking, Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosts NASCAR’s top stock car series, and has been a venue for top-tier open-wheel competition and sports car racing. A state-of-the-art motorsport facility, its nickname, “the Diamond in the Desert, ” is well deserved. Las Vegas Motor Speedway has the polished brilliance that…
Advance Prices Friday $23.00 Saturday $45.00 Sunday $5.00 (Royals Garage Car Show: All proceeds go to charity.) Weekend $60.00 Note: The tickets are organized on the right side of the Pirelli World Challenge 2017 ticket page top-down by date. The first day of the event is at the top of the list (as are weekend-long tickets, ) and as you go down the list you go…
2016’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park is going to be terrific. Instead of two WeatherTech SportsCar classes, there will be three – including what many consider the most exciting IMSA divisions, GT Le Mans (GTLM) and GT Daytona (GTD). The Northeast Grand Prix starting field will be the very exciting mix of Prototype…
