Sprint Cup drivers trying to adjust to the G6 cars
By Lou Modestino
Saturday night’s Sprint Unlimited didn’t really answer any questions about the new G6 car. As a matter of fact, we may not know what the verdict is until after the Thursday Duels and Sunday’s 500. In the meantime, Kevin Harvick seemed to have it all down pat, for now at least, when he held off Greg Biffle coming down to the end of the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway.
Harvick had this to say in victory lane: “I was nervous about the 20 and 14. Rather than talking about being a Lame Duck at RCR, my guys want to win all of the time.” Harvick will leave the RCR Team at the end of the season. In the process, Harvick gave RCR it’s 8th win in the Sprint Unlimited event. Let’s see if he can carry it over into Thursday’s Duels or better still into Sunday’s 500. By the way, Kevin had to be pushed to victory lane because something happened to the car when he was doing those victory donuts! (more…)
NASCAR fans are going to get their first 2013 racing fix when the flag officially drops on FOX Sports’ 2013 Speedweeks coverage with the newly named SPRINT UNLIMITED AT DAYTONA. It will be live and in prime time on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET, followed by live coverage of DAYTONA 500 QUALIFYING, Sunday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. ET.
There’s a prevailing feeling that the 2013 NASCAR season is going to pivotal year for the Daytona based sanction. The person doing the steering at the helm of NASCAR is Brian France. To date Brian has reversed all of the changes that he made, over the years. It’s now back to square one and pretty much what we had before the shopping bag of changes took place. We have to give Brian some credit for making those changes that the fans complained about the most. In the process, France had to reverse just about everything he thought would grow his product. (more…)
Proctor Tops Devil’s Bowl Speedway Champions Celebration Track promoter Mike Bruno wins inaugural John Bruno Award
RUTLAND, VT – A sold-out room of more than 230 stock car drivers, team members, sponsors, and fans honored the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champions from the 2012 season at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, February 2. The Devil’s Bowl Speedway Banquet of Champions was held at the Holiday Inn Rutland-Killington in Rutland, VT.
Ron Proctor of Charlton, NY collected his second-straight championship in the Bond Auto Parts Modified division after a sterling season that saw him tally three victories and finishes of seventh or better in all 18 regular-season events. Car owners Debbie Eddy and Ron White of Fair Haven, VT were also honored for their title, and Marcy Proctor accepted the team’s UNOH Ultimate Mechanic Challenge award. (more…)
This Week Inside Sim Racing Late January 2013. This is part 1 of a show that was so long we broke it into 2 parts. The first half of the show covers the “Big Five” in the PC sim racing world right now. Those sims are: RFactor 2, Project Cars, Assetto Corsa, Raceroom Experience and iRacing. Each of these sims have seen changes last year, we look at that and also talk about future coverage of these sims on the show.
The 2013 racing season is off and arunnin’, yet we’ll have to wait until the Super Bowl is over before we see any NASCAR action. When Bill France, Sr., erected Daytona International Speedway in 1958 for stockcars, he also had built an infield road course. His intention was to host world class road races for drivers and cars from all industrialized nations, hence the 24 Hours of Daytona now known as the Rolex 24 which was just held. The late Bill France, Jr., continued along the same course.
Senior was a man of vision. Over the years, this particular road race has developed into a 24 hour endurance event, and, true to his vision, famous drivers from all over the globe have participated in this annual race. Now with the American LeMans Series merging with Grand Am in 2014, the 24 Hour grind should be really something next year. Thanks to the efforts of Jim France, Bill, Jr’s., brother, this race continues to make further strides on the world racing front. (more…)
