NASCAR® and Monster Energy have signed an agreement that will extend the entitlement sponsorship of NASCAR’s premier series. The extension keeps NASCAR and Monster Energy partners through 2019. As part of the agreement, the brand also continues as the Official Energy Drink of NASCAR.
It's back! The famed No. 43 will again carry the STP colors this weekend during Sunday's Food City 500 at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The Bubba Wallace-designed scheme will make its return to the track after a disappointing finish in the STP 500 at the Martinsville (Va.) Speedway earlier this year.
Bristol Preview: The Series makes its way to “Thunder Valley” for Sunday’s 500-lap event around the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway. In his last five starts at the concrete short track, Hamlin has collected three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes. During the Series’ visit to Bristol last spring, Hamlin lined up second for the race’s final restart with 32 laps remaining, but the less-preferred groove prevented him from advancing forward and he was forced to settle for a 10th-place finish.
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 NOVELTY OF BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY: “Bristol Motor Speedway is one of those short tracks that I’ve been racing at for 10 or 11 years now," Allmendinger said. "When I walk into the place, it still takes my breath away. I always tell people, if they’ve never been to Bristol, or a NASCAR race, that’s the track to go to. It’s a tough race. I like a lot of short tracks, and I look at Martinsville (Speedway) and Bristol the same way. You know you’re in it for 500 laps. Читать дальше...
Bristol Stats: Gallagher will make his third NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) start at Bristol Motor Speedway. Best Finish: 18th (Spring, 2017)
It doesn’t get any easier for Martin Truex Jr. after experiencing an unexpected, race-ending problem in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Ford comes into this weekend’s Bristol Motor Speedway doubleheader still flying high in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series. The Blue Oval has won four of the first seven Cup events and four of the first six XFINITY races, including each of the last three. Here’s a look at some of Ford notes and highlights at BMS through the years.
Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Bristol Motor Speedway ... In 167 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins - seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton - three pole awards, 34 top-five and 68 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, North Carolina-based organization has led 3,679 laps at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile
With the return of Roush Fenway Racing driver Trevor Bayne to his home state and home track this weekend, the No. 6 Ford Fusion will carry familiar colors with AdvoCare as the primary partner when NASCAR rolls back into Bristol for what usually proves to be one of the most wild and exciting races of the season.
It seems only fitting that an artist with the song “Hey Mama” would be a part of Kansas Speedway’s May race weekend. After all, it is Mother’s Day weekend. And Michael Tyler, who hails from Thayer, Mo, will sing the National Anthem for the Kansas 400 at his “home” track on Saturday night, May 12.
If you are going to watch ‘em race in Texas, you better have a PVR in your hand. My God, that was boring. I mean, with more than half the field lapped in the opening segment and more than 12 seconds between first and second, we were sure not talking about racing wheel to wheel.
