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NASCAR will take another look at qualifying UPDATE

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Managing Director Jay Fabian responded strongly to Friday’s three-round group qualifying session at Texas Motor Speedway, one which was marked by a lack of activity in the opening round that saw some drivers eliminated earlier than ...

Texas penalties announced UPDATE

#10-Almirola's team was fined $10,000 for a missing lugnut following the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. In the Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driver Austin Wayne Self was suspended indefiniedly for violating NASCAR"s Substance Abuse policy.(NASCAR...

Crew member suspended UPDATE

NASCAR crew member Jeffery W. Merritt was isused an indefinite suspension from NASCAR for violation of Section 2.11.aof the NASCAR rule book.(NASCAR) The rule states, "Any NASCAR Member charged with any violation of the law (misdemeanor and/or felony) shall notify...

Martinsville TV ratings UPDATE

Fox Sports 1 earned a 1.5 overnight rating for yesterday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville. No direct comparison to last year because that race got postponed to a Monday, but it got a 0.8.(Sports Business Journal's Adam Stern)(3-25-2019...

GEICO named Official Insurance Partner of NASCAR

NASCAR and GEICO announced a multi-year agreement designating the blue-chip brand as the “Official Insurance Partner of NASCAR®” and expanding its presence across the sport. GEICO’s involvement in NASCAR spans more than a decade through a partnership with International...

NASCAR announces changes to qualifying

NASCAR announced Monday in a memo to teams a host of qualifying procedure updates, including additional deterrence measures, for all three NASCAR national series ahead of the upcoming race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Starting at Texas, any driver that does not...

Martinsville penalties

Lug nut penalties were issued to the Cup teams of #3-Dillon, #36-Tifft, and #47-Preece, as well as the Truck Series team of #51-Kyle Busch, following the NASCAR races at Martinsville Speedway. Click here for the full report.(3-25-2019)...

Auto Club XFINITY TV ratings

NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from Fontana (Ca.) delivered a 0.6 rating and 993,000 viewers on FS1 last Saturday, down 19% in ratings and 16% in viewership from last year (0.8, 1.19M) and down 34% and 32% respectively from 2017 (0.9, 1.46M). All five Xfinity Series ...

Auto Club TV Ratings UPDATE

.@FoxTV earned 4.18 million viewers for Sunday's #AutoClub400 @ACSupdates, up 4% from 4.03 million for last year's race.(Sports Business Journal's Ada Stern)(3-19-2019...

Auto Club penalty

#11-Denny Hamlin received a penalty for one loose or missing lugnut following the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.Click here for the full report.(3-18-2019)...

Phoenix XFINITY TV ratings

NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from Phoenix delivered a 0.7 rating and 1.06 million viewers on FS1 last Saturday, down 22% in ratings and 26% in viewership from last year’s rain-delayed coverage on FOX (0.9, 1.43M), and down 42% and 43% from 2017, also on FOX (1.2, 1...

Changes coming to Cup qualifying

NASCAR plans to make changes to qualifying within the next two weeks after all 12 Cup drivers failed to complete a lap before time expired in the final round, making what one series executive said was “a mockery out of the qualifying.” Scott Miller, senior vice president...

Phoenix TV Ratings UPDATE

Per Sports Business Journal's Adam Stern, Fox earned a 2.8 overnight rating for yesterday's race at ISC Raceway, up 4% from a 2.7 for last year's race. The event was the top-rated sports event of Sunday and marks third overnight uptick so far this season out of four...

Pit road speed limits in force for qualifying

NASCAR will begin enforcing pit road speeds during qualifying starting this weekend at Auto Club Speedway. NASCAR announced the change today in a memo it sent out to teams. The memo, sent by Senior Vice President of Competition Scott Miller, dictates how teams will...

NASCAR announces nominees for NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2020, Landmark Award

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 13, 2019) — NASCAR today announced the 20 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020, as well as the five nominees for the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR...

ISM Raceway penalties

There were 3 lug nut penalties issued following the races at ISM Raceway. #18-Busch had one lug nut loose after the Cup race. #8-Ryan Truex, and #74-Mike Harmon each had one loose after the XFINITY race. Busch's crew chief was fined $10,000, the XFINITY chiefs were...

Las Vegas XFINITY TV ratings

Last weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race from Las Vegas delivered a 0.7 rating and 1.16 million viewers on FS1, down a tick in ratings and 7% in viewership from last year (0.8, 1.26M) and down 30% and 28% respectively from 2017 (1.0, 1.62M).(Sports Media Watch)(3-...

Personnel changes at 704Games

704Games, NASCAR's esports licensee on Xbox One and PlayStation4, announced new personnel and an organizational restructuring as the company poises for future growth and realigns to further focus on esports, development, and competitor and fan engagement. Colin Smith...

eNASCAR Heat Pro League draft completed

A total of 13 NASCAR race teams from the RTA and JR Motorsports were on-hand to draft 28 drivers for the new esports league whose races will debut in May. The eNASCAR Heat Pro League, a collaboration between 704Games, RTA, and NASCAR, is played on NASCAR Heat 3, the...

Las Vegas TV ratings UPDATES

Sports Business Journal's Adam Stern tweeted that overnight TV ratings for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway were a 2.9 rating, up 4% from a 2.8 for last year's race. That should make the race the highest-rated U.S. sports event of the weekend for the third...