by RacingNews | Jul 8, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Ducks Unlimited Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), finished 14th in the rain-delayed Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday night at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
Persistent showers dampened the 2.5-mile superspeedway, pushing the race into the night by more than three hours. When the race finally did start at almost midnight, Stewart and Co. took a conservative approach to the annual Fourth of July contest.
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by RacingNews | Jul 8, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), finished fourth in the rain-delayed Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on Sunday night.
The reigning Sprint Cup champion started 34th and managed to race his No. 4 Chevrolet into the second position just before the halfway point of the race, which had begun nearly three hours late due to rain. Harvick ran near the front of the pack for the majority of the second half of the event and put the team in contention for the win late in the race.
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by RacingNews | Jul 6, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 3, 2015 – Staff and patients at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center received a special surprise on July 2: a visit from NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray.
McMurray, driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, will be competing in this weekend’s 57th annual Coke Zero 400. McMurray is one of the most successful drivers in Daytona International Speedway history. He has claimed victory in three of the biggest races at the Speedway, winning the 2007 Coke Zero 400, 2010 Daytona 500 and the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona; he is the only driver to have ever won all three races. McMurray also joins racing legends AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti as the only drivers to ever win both the Rolex 24 at Daytona at the Daytona 500. Additionally he is one of three drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year.
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by RacingNews | Jun 30, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
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SALEM, IN, June 29 – Racing returns to Salem Speedway Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery on Saturday, July 4th, as the Firecracker 200 presented by the Scott County Visitors Commission continues a holiday tradition on the famed southern Indiana high banks.
The 26th annual Lucas Oil Great American Stock classic, paying $5,000 to win, also includes the Freedom 50 for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Pure Stocks and the Independence 50 for the Portland Recycling Front Wheel Drive Stocks.
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by RacingNews | Jun 27, 2015 | Connecticut, NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Stafford
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the Valenti Modified Racing Series in the house for the 5th Annual VMRS 80. Taking down weekly feature wins on the night were Keith Rocco in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, Tom Fearn scored in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Joey Ferrigno in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Andrew Hayes in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, Tyler Trott in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature, and Devin O’Connell was the winner of the 20-lap Legend Cars feature.
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by RacingNews | Jun 27, 2015 | NASCAR, New England Motorsports South, New Hampshire, Sprint Cup
Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park fit inside New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s 1.058-mile oval. On July 19, Super Bowl champion Rob Ninkovich and two-time American League All-Star Rico Petrocelli will celebrate the speedway’s 25th Anniversary by serving honorary roles during pre-race festivities for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series New Hampshire 301.
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Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Ducks Unlimited Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), finished 14th in the rain-delayed Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday night at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
