Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Food City 500
The Place: Bristol Motor Speedway
The Date: Sunday, April 15
The Time: 2 p.m. ET
TV: FOX, 1:30 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 266.5 miles (500 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 125),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 250), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 500)
NASCAR Champ Bobby Labonte to Race for NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Title
First American NASCAR Champion to Compete Full-time in the International Series
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 9, 2018) – The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is about to get some American flavor.
Bobby Labonte, the first driver to win championships in two different NASCAR national series, will compete fulltime in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in 2018 in hopes of adding an international title to his Hall of Fame-worthy career. Labonte will drive the No. 18 Yacco Toyota for RDV Competition.
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RGS Products 125 Rescheduled For Sunday, March 18 At Caraway Speedway
Due to forecasted weather for this weekend and teams traveling a long distance to participate in the RGS Products 125, Caraway Speedway and series officials have made the decision to reschedule this Sunday’s race. The event will be made up next Sunday, March 18th at 2:30pm.
“With rain forecasted Saturday night and into Sunday, we think it’s in our best interest to reschedule this race to next weekend,” Caraway Speedway General Manager Renee Hackett said. “There’s a lot of teams traveling to Caraway Speedway this weekend and we think it’s important that we save them money with such a questionable forecast.”
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Mark Martin made history when he captured the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 20 years ago. Ford Performance caught up with the NASCAR Hall of Famer earlier this week to relive that inaugural event in which the new Taurus registered its first series win and 13 of the top 14 finishers, including the top 7, were Ford drivers.
MARK MARTIN, NASCAR Hall of Famer – WHAT DO YOU RECALL ABOUT THAT INAUGURAL LAS VEGAS CUP RACE? “It was no surprise that Jeff Burton ran really well there. Jeff was definitely on his game at the time, and that was the first year Jeff and I were housed in the same shop and Jeff was stepping up my game as well. The two of us racing out of the same shop was a great year for both of us. For Jimmy (Fennig) and I, we were kind of on a hot streak. We were really solid on the mile-and-a-half race tracks and it kind of being a jump ball with that being the first race, Jimmy and I were pretty quick to adapt and maybe got our cars tuned in a little bit quicker than the competition did at being the first race.”
THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR TAURUS AND ITS THIRD RACE. WHAT WAS THE FEELING ABOUT THAT CAR AT THE TIME? “The Taurus showed through in that race because the bigger the race track, the more downforce and we had certainly all done our homework over the winter and were making some serious downforce with our new Taurus. At that point in time, it was the first true smackdown for the other manufacturers that we put on them.”
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The Date: Sunday, March 4
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: FOX, 3 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 400.5 miles (267 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 80),
Stage 2 (Ends on lap 160), Final Stage (Ends on lap 267)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Boyd Gaming 300
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The Date: Saturday, March 3
The Time: 4 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 miles (200 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on lap 200)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Next Race: Stratosphere 200
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The Date: Friday, March 2
The Time: 9 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 8:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 201 miles (134 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 30),
Stage 2 (Ends on lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on lap 134)
