Reed Sorenson is getting “xtreme” for the 2015 Daytona 500 as he joins John Cohen’s Team Xtreme Racing. Sorenson joins the team after competing full-time with Tommy Baldwin Racing in 2014. Heading into the sport’s most prestigious race of the season, Team Xtreme Racing is also proud to welcome Golden Corral onboard as primary sponsor of the #44 Chevy. Returning to the organization to resume crew chief duties will be 20-year NASCAR veteran Peter Sospenzo. “The 44 team has been hard at work over the offseason,” said owner John Cohen. “We have made some big steps to further our efforts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and it all begins at Daytona. Hiring Reed Sorenson to drive for us at the 500 was the right move for our team, he excels at restrictor plate racing and we are excited to get to Daytona.”(140 BUZZ)(2-9-2015)
UPDATE: The Golden Corral is a one-off deal for Xtreme Motorsports. The sponsor will rejoin Tommy Baldwin Racing for the other three restrictor plate races on the #7 Chevy with driver Alex Bowman.(Motorsport)(2-10-2015)
DiBenedetto to run some races for BK Racing: Matt DiBenedetto tweeted Monday, “I can announce that I have been signed with @BKRacing_2383 to run select races in the 83 Sprint Cup car! Blessed to have this opportunity.” DiBenedetto ran 29 NASCAR XFINITY races last season, mostly with The Motorsports Group. He was previously a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing.(2-10-2015)
NASCAR partners with SportsData to distribute Live Timing & Scoring Data: NASCAR announced a partnership with sports content provider SportsData, the U.S. subsidiary of global market leader Sportradar, to distribute its live timing and scoring data to third-party digital outlets. SportsData, which has a customer base that includes Google, Facebook, Twitter and Bleacher Report, will be the first content provider to go to market with data from the NASCAR timing and scoring feed for an entire race weekend. The real-time data will be available for all three national series (NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series) and allow digital outlets to develop enhanced NASCAR digital products, such as:
– Live race leaderboard, including driver position, caution data, lap number and more
– Practice and qualifying leaderboards
– Official post-race race results
– Official post-race points standings
– Weekly entry lists
“Real-time data is imperative to today’s sports fan,” said Colin Smith, NASCAR Vice President, Digital Media. “While we will continue to offer live timing and scoring and other data sets on NASCAR.com, this partnership with SportsData will extend NASCAR’s reach and allow an array of digital platforms to service sports fans more accurately and completely.”(NASCAR)(2-10-2015)