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Daytona unveils new pedestrian crossover gate:

Daytona International Speedway will use a redesigned crossover gate for the Daytona 500 after a crash during a Nationwide race last year scattered debris injuring at least 28 fans. Track president Joie Chitwood stressed the gate was in development for several years...

Brian Keselowski to run #92:

Brian Keselowski reports on his Twitter that he will officially run the #92 in 2014. Keselowski says he will have news about a new partnership starting this year and a new name for the race team soon.(1-10-2014)...

Sad News – Ernie Derr:

Ernie Derr didn't need to brag about his racing career. He let his records in racing speak for himself. Derr helped put Keokuk (Iowa) on the map with his accomplishments. He was a 12-time International Motor Contest Association champion and is the winningest driver...

Changes Coming to Nationwide qualifying:

The Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series each will change its qualifying format this season, doing away with single-car runs, NASCAR confirmed Friday. Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition, announced the change but would not reveal details. He said that...

WESCO renews sponsorship of Ty Dillon:

WESCO International, Inc. and Richard Childress Racing announced their primary sponsorship of Ty Dillon's #3 Chevy Camaro during the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. WESCO is a leading provider of electrical, industrial and communications MRO and OEM products, ...

Nationwide Series Preseason Thunder At Daytona Entry List

#2-Brian Scott (Richard Childress Racing) #3-Ty Dillon (Richard Childress Racing) #6-Trevor Bayne (Roush Fenway Racing) #7-Regan Smith (JR Motorsports #9-Chase Elliott (JR Motorsports #11-Elliott Sadler (Joe Gibbs Racing) #13-Carl Long (Carl Long) #16-Ryan Reed (Roush...

Jeffrey Earnhardt joins JD Motorsports for full season:

Jeffrey Earnhardt will take another big step in his stock car racing career in 2014, teaming with JD Motorsports with Gary Keller to run the full Nationwide Series schedule for the first time. Earnhardt and veteran Nationwide Series owner Johnny Davis announced the...

Blake Koch joins TriStar Motorsports for 2014:

Entering their fifth season of NASCAR Nationwide Series competition, TriStar Motorsports announced the addition of Blake Koch to its full-time driver roster for the 2014 season. Koch, a native of West Palm Beach, Florida, is fresh off an impressive 11th place finish...

Ragan to drive for Biagi-DenBeste at Daytona:

David Ragan, a race winner in NASCAR's Sprint Cup and Nationwide series, will make his return to Nationwide racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing in the DRIVE4COPD 300 Feb. 22 at Daytona International Speedway. Making his 100th career Nationwide start, Ragan will drive...

Ellis to test with Rick Ware:

Ryan Ellis will be starting the 2014 season off with a two day test of Rick Ware Racing's, NASCAR Nationwide Series, Chevy Camaros at Daytona International Raceway on January 11 and 12. The test is part of a broader agreement where Ellis anticipates a substantial 2014...

Camping World Truck Series Preseason Thunder At Daytona Entry List:

#07-Jimmy Weller/Michel Disdier/Todd Peck (SS Green Light Racing) #4-Jeb Burton (Turner Scott Motorsports) #10-Jennifer Jo Cobb (Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing) #13-Ross Chastain(ThorSport Racing) #17-Timothy Peters (Red Horse Racing) #19-Tyler Reddick (Brad Keselowski Racing...

2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Broadcast Schedule released:

All 22 events of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be televised on FOX Sports 1 with the exception of one race: the October 18 event at Talladega Superspeedway, which will air on FOX at 3:30 p.m. ET. The entire 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be...

Kennon joins NTS:

Hearing that Gere Kennon joined NTS Motorsports as crew chief in place of Bruce Cook. Kennon last served as director of competition and crew chief at Sharp-Gallaher Racing, which recently shut down. Kennon is said to have brought with him numerous crew members of the...

Ford Racing discusses new Ford nose:

NASCAR got the 2014 season underway in earnest Thursday at Daytona International Speedway with the annual preseason testing. While mother nature delayed the start of the day, Ford Racing caught up with NASCAR program manager Pat DiMarco and Ford Racing aerodynamcist...

Fans To Vote On Race Format For The 2014 Sprint Unlimited At Daytona:

For the second year in a row, fans will decide upon a number of competition elements for the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, the 75-lap, non-points race that kicks off the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing season on Saturday, February 15. Starting today [Jan. 9, 2014...

NBC Sports Group adds Crew Chief Steve Letarte to NASCAR Broadcast Team:

NBC Sports Group's upcoming NASCAR coverage continues to take shape as another prominent figure from the sanctioning body's elite series joins NBC and NBCSN's expanding broadcast team. Current Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Steve Letarte, who once stood at the helm...

Letarte Heading For TV Booth In 2015 UPDATE:

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will have a new crew chief in 2015. GodfatherMotorsports.com has learned that crew chief Steve Letarte will relinquish his spot atop the #88 team's pit box at season's end to accept a new position as a television analyst with NBC and NBC Sports ...

NASCAR Names Richard Buck NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Managing Director:

NASCAR has named Richard Buck as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series managing director. Buck will serve in the role held the past 12 years by John Darby, who will remain at NASCAR as managing director, competition. Buck and NASCAR's two other national series managing directors...

Disabled Vietnam vet gets a new van from Darrell Waltrip and Toyota:

Charlie Harvey wept. 'I get to go see my mom,' the retired Army Corporal and Vietnam vet said, wiping away tears as he accepted his new 2013 Toyota Sienna SE van with VMI Access360 Northstar In-floor Conversion. Harvey, who has suffered three strokes in the last 16...

Chip Ganassi changes team name, drops Earnhardt from NASCAR operation:

When Sprint Cup testing begins Thursday morning at Daytona International Speedway, there will be one well-known NASCAR name missing among the list of team owners. Earnhardt. The #1 and #42 Sprint Cup teams, which were run the last five years under the Earnhardt Ganassi...