Feb 11, 2018 | NASCAR, Touring Series News
Last to First: Brad Keselowski Charges Through Field to Win Advance Auto Parts Clash;
Alex Bowman Takes Pole for 60th Annual DAYTONA 500
- Bowman Puts Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Former Team in Familiar Territory at the ‘World Center of Racing’
- 2016 DAYTONA 500 Champion Denny Hamlin Qualifies Second
- Danica Patrick 28th in Qualifying for Final DAYTONA 500 Start
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2018) – Brad Keselowski won Sunday’s Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway with a dominating last-to-first run over the course of the 75-lap event.
The Advance Auto Parts Clash (run in segments of 25 and 50 laps), a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series non-points, invitation-only battle, is always a highlight of Speedweeks. The 17-driver field featured 2017 pole winners, former Clash champions, former DAYTONA 500 pole winners who competed full-time in 2017 and drivers who qualified for the 2017 Monster Energy Series playoffs.
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Feb 11, 2018 | NASCAR, Touring Series News
Double Overtime: Michael Self Wins Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire;
‘Luck of the Draw’ Gives Advance Auto Parts Clash Pole Position to Austin Dillon
- Lucas Oil 200 Polesitter Natalie Decker Finishes 5th in Historic Start
- DAYTONA 500 Qualifying Presented By Kroger Joining Clash in Sunday Afternoon Doubleheader
- Kyle Busch and William Byron Top Practice Sessions for 60th annual DAYTONA 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2018) – Michael Self won the action-packed Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, after two “overtime” shootouts.
The Lucas Oil 200 opened the season for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards. The race’s first overtime followed a multi-car backstretch incident on Lap 80 – the scheduled final lap – that necessitated a red-flag period. The first overtime lap went awry on the final turn on the 2.5-mile tri-oval, as several front-running cars got tangled up, bringing out another red flag. ARCA rules mandate a green-flag race finish, thus, a second OT.
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Feb 11, 2018 | NASCAR, Touring Series News
DANICA PATRICK, NO. 7 GODADDY CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed competing in her final Daytona 500, what she will be doing after Sunday is complete, her thoughts on her new team and many other topics.
AS A FORMER POLE WINNER FOR THIS RACE AND HAVING SOME HIGHS…
“Being a former pole winner and watching myself not out there in Clash practice you mean?”
ARE YOU RELAXED GOING INTO YOUR FINAL RUN?
“Yeah, I feel good. I think that if there is anything that I hope to feel when I get in the car in a couple of hours is familiar. It should all be familiar, but it’s a new team and it is new stuff to sit in. It should all be really, really, close, but hopefully it feels familiar and I slip right into it. In fact, this is not a different start than I had last year. This is the identical same start to the season I had last year. I never got in the car between the last race in Homestead and the first practice in Daytona here. The only thing that would have been different is I would have been out in Clash practice, but other than that it is all the same.” (more…)
Feb 9, 2018 | NASCAR, Touring Series News
2018 Stage Lengths Set for All Three NASCAR National Series
NASCAR to Build on Strong Debut with Familiar Format Lengths
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2018) – NASCAR today announced the 2018 stage lengths for its three national series, looking to build on last season’s successful debut of the race format.
In the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, all 2018 stage lengths will remain consistent with 2017. The race and stage lengths for the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course race in the Playoffs will be announced at a later date. (more…)
Feb 9, 2018 | NASCAR, Touring Series News
NASCAR Launches All-New Fantasy Game for 2018 Season
NASCAR Fantasy Live enhancements inspired by stage racing format
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 5, 2018) – Following a successful first season of stage racing, NASCAR® today announced a new fantasy game inspired by the competition format that has created closer, side-by-side racing and even more dramatic moments throughout races.
Accessible via NASCAR.com and the NASCAR Mobile app, the all-new NASCAR Fantasy Live follows the NASCAR official scoring system, allows players to make in-race driver substitutions and features incentives for correctly predicting stage wins, race wins and more.
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Feb 3, 2018 | NASCAR, Touring Series News
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1:
FASTEST TWO DAYS IN A ROW, FASTEST OVERALL, DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO GAIN SOME MORE GOOD DATA TODAY?
“Yeah, I felt like and I don’t get too involved in the changes they are making, but I felt like whenever we made our long runs, the stuff that we would do on our three and four-lap runs we were able to learn some stuff to be able to put together a good set-up for the long runs that we did. I was happy about that and felt like we had good speed, especially on the last long run I made. Our qualifying trim run we did was obviously really fast compared to everybody else here. You never know how it will be with everyone here, but I felt good about it and nice to get back in a stock car after a couple of months.”
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