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Suarez, McDowell get into shoving match during Phoenix qualifying

Daniel Suarez threw Michael McDowell to the ground and both drivers had to be forcibly restrained Friday after they were eliminated while jockeying for position in the first round of qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series race at ISM Raceway. Just about everybody waited...
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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...
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Cup Series Awards Banquet moving to Nashville

Nashville is the new host city for Champion’s Week and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Awards, the annual postseason celebration that sees drivers, industry luminaries and celebrities alike strut the red carpet and formally crown the series champion. The Awards...
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Atlanta to take later spot in 2020 season?

Sport Business Journal's Adam Stern tweeted Wednesday that NASCAR is evaluating a possible change to the start of the 2020 season that would see the series go straight to its West Coast swing following the Daytona 500, a move that would shuffle Atlanta further back...
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Kyle Petty Charity Ride route finalized

The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America has announced its official route and celebrity riders for this year’s motorcycle journey to raise funds for the Victory Junction Camp. The charity ride will celebrate its 25th anniversary with its longest route yet, starting...
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Las Vegas post-race penalties

NASCAR issued penalties to two teams in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for lug-nut vilations at Las Vegas. #95-Matt DiBenedetto and #41-Daniel Suarez each had one loose lug nut after Sunday's race. Crew chiefs Mike Wheeler and Billy Scott were each fined $10....
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NASCAR comment on rules package at Las Vegas

A NASCAR executive saw signs of better racing with the new rules package at Las Vegas Motor Speedway but also said “we can continue to improve on that.” Joey Logano beat Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski by less than a quarter of a second. The race featured aero...
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Inaugural eNASCAR Heat Pro League Draft to be held at Phoenix

NASCAR, 704Games and the Race Team Alliance announced the first-ever eNASCAR Heat Pro League Draft will take place at ISM Raceway on March 10 at 8:45am/mt. The inaugural draft will be conducted in Gatorade Victory Lane inside the newly designed INfield at ISM Raceway...
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Marcos Ambrose happy away from racing

Marcos Ambrose has no desire to make a racing return following a special one-off demonstration in a 2019 specification NASCAR at the Superloop Adelaide 500. The two-time Supercars champion made a rare appearance back on track after stepping away from competitive motorsport...
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Mars, Kyle Busch sign extension with Joe Gibbs Racing

Mars, Incorporated announced a multi-year extension to its partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing, that will see the confectionery giant continue to serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 18 M&M’S® Toyota in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The relationship, one of...
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Transportation Impact to sponsor Bubba Wallace at Las Vegas

Richard Petty Motorsports Announced that Transportation Impact is continuing its relationship with the organization in 2019. Richard Petty Motorsports and Transportation Impact will renew their fourth season together with the company reaffirming its commitment with...
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Atlanta TV ratings UPDATE

According to Sport Business Journal's Adam Stern, Sunday's Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway earned Fox a 3.0 overnight rating, off slightly from a 3.1 for last year's race. The Cup race was top-rated sports event for the second straight weekend.(2-25-2019...
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DC Solar accused of operating Ponzi-scheme to defraud investors

An affidavit buried among hundreds of pages of bankruptcy documents for former NASCAR team sponsor DC Solar reveals a complicated corporate structure that utilized new investors to pay off old investors in what FBI agents have described as an $800-plus million Ponzi...
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Smithley would welcome more Cup race; none currently planned

Garrett Smithley’s start with Spire Motorsports Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway was a one-race deal at this time, the driver confirmed to The Racing Experts. Smithley said he got the call to drive the No. 77 Chevrolet last Monday afternoon. The 27-year-old driver ...
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Crew member injured at Atlanta

Hendrick Motorsports: Anthony Pasut, fueler assigned to JTG Daugherty Racing (No. 37 team), suffered a broken fibula, torn ACL and other injuries to his right leg during a pit road incident Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Timeline for return not determined. (Bob ...
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Atlanta penalties

NASCAR issued penalties to two teams in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and one Gander Outdoors Truck Series team for lug-nut violations at Atlanta. #95-Matt DiBenedetto and the #43-Bubba Wallace were each had one loose lug nut after Sunday’s race. Crew chiefs...
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Casey Mears Returns to NASCAR for the Daytona 500 in the No. 27 Rim Ryderz Camaro ZL1

Casey Mears is making his return to NASCAR in this weekend’s Daytona 500. He will pilot the No. 27 Rim Ryderz Camaro ZL1 for Germain Racing, built and staffed in collaboration with Premium Motorsports. After locking himself into the race based on his qualifying speed...
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NASCAR’s Newest Team is XCI Racing

Xtreme Concepts Inc., a worldwide leader in turnkey security solutions, is augmenting its existing sponsorship of Joe Gibbs Racing by forming an alliance with the team that will see Xtreme Concepts Racing field its own racecars in two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series...
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Winn-Dixie to sponsor Cody Ware in Daytona 500

With the 61st annual Daytona 500 six days away, Rick Ware Racing (RWR) announced today the addition of Winn-Dixie as the primary sponsor of the team’s second chartered Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) entry driven by Cody Ware...
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2021 the target for Gen-7 race car

Discussions and development of a next-generation stock car are well underway for NASCAR’s competition arm and the racing departments of the sport’s three participating manufacturers. As the goals for a seventh-generation racer become clearer, so has the target launch...