NASCAR Suspends Chase Elliott For One Race Following Coke 600 Incident
DAYTONA BEACH, FL. –Sean Gardner/Getty Images Photo — NASCAR suspended Chase Elliott through the next Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway, officials announced Tuesday. In this week’s penalty report, officials ruled Elliott intentionally crashed Denny Hamlin on Lap 186 of Monday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, turning left into Hamlin’s right-rear quarter […]
Jimmie Johnson Chasing Another Coke 600 Victory
CONCORD, N.C. – HHP / Chris Owens Photo — Jimmie Johnson admits he’s bringing a different mentality to the track now than earlier in his career. Now 47, and a rookie team owner with Legacy Motor Club, his focus has shifted to what’s best for his organization, and not necessarily what will benefit him the […]
Bowl Cut vs Melon Man: Chastain’s Slackjaw Stunner
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Photo Credit: Outsider.com — NASCAR Cup Series rookie Noah “Bowl Cut Bandit” Gragson decided he’d had enough of “Melon Man” Ross Chastain after Chastain made contact with him for the second straight race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday. When the race was over, the 24-year-old Legacy Motor Club racer confronted Chastain, grabbed […]
STOCK CAR CLASSICS CARS REPRESENT NASCAR HISTORY AT THE MITTY
BRASELTON, Ga. — Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) will present one of America’s oldest and most revered historic race events this weekend, as the 45th edition of The Mitty takes place at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. With this year’s race being a part of NASCAR’s 75th Anniversary celebration, the southeast-based STOCK CAR CLASSICS […]
BLOG: Wallace Suspended; NASCAR Needs Consistency
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Photo Credit: NASCAR/Getty Images — NASCAR announced Tuesday that they have suspended Bubba Wallace for intentionally crashing Kyle Larson in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, per an article on NASCAR.com. Wallace was suspended for one race after he crashed Larson at Lap 94 of the South Point […]
Logano, Allmendinger Claim ROVAL Poles at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. – Joey Logano’s bid for a first Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 win and a second NASCAR Cup Series championship received a major momentum boost on Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Logano, the 2018 series champion, is in contention to advance into this year’s Playoffs Round of 8. He claimed his first ROVAL™ pole and the 25th of his Cup Series career with […]
Zane Smith Returns To Front Row Motorsports In 2023
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Zane Smith, the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Regular Season Champion, will return to Front Row Motorsports (FRM) in 2023 to compete in a dynamic schedule that will include defending his regular season championship with the No. 38 team in the NASCAR Truck Series. In addition, Smith will make his Daytona […]
Darlington Welcomes Stock Car Classics Group
DARLINGTON, SC — Tom Baker Photos — Darlington Raceway, known as “The Lady In Black”, welcomed the STOCK CAR CLASSICS group to the facility for a day of lapping the track and raising funds for the Humane Society of Darlington County. There were 13 cars in attendance, spanning four decades of NASCAR racing from the […]
Legendary Businessman, Philanthropist And NASCAR Hall of Famer Bruton Smith Passes Away
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CMS/HHP Photo — A visionary and transformative figure in both business and entertainment, Ollen Bruton Smith, the founder and executive chairman of Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH), Speedway Motorsports and Speedway Children’s Charities died today of natural causes. He was 95. Born March 2, 1927, Smith was the youngest of nine children and grew […]
COLUMN: Hamlin Makes History To Cap Off Exciting Three-Race Sunday
CCONCORD, N.C. — Column/photos By Tom Baker — For a motorsports fan, the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend is one of, if not the biggest racing weekends of the year. When I was young, that day meant going to see short track modifieds and supermodifieds in the Port City 150 at the Oswego Speedway and […]