by RacingNews | Feb 12, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (Feb. 11, 2015) – It was all there. The trademark mischievous grin. The perfectly timed wisecrack. The twinkle in the eye. It was vintage Tony Stewart, and it was on display a few weeks ago during the annual Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Media Tour.
It’s Stewart’s state of being as the driver of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS begins his 17th year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, where his aim is a return to the championship form he displayed in 2011 when he scored his third Sprint Cup title.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR
Concord, NC (Feb. 10, 2015) – HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi announced today they have partnered with DC Solar Solutions as primary sponsor for multiple races in the NASCAR XFINITY Series on the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro for the 2015 season. Brennan Poole, 23, will pilot the No. 42 DC Solar Solutions Chevrolet Camaro in 15 races in 2015. The Texas native will make his NASCAR XFINITY Series debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 7.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Touring Series News
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Feb. 10, 2015) – Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Budweiser/Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS, enters Budweiser Speedweeks at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway for the first time as the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion.
As he heads to Daytona, Harvick will begin the defense of his title in earnest at the 2.5-mile superspeedway while also hoping to accomplish a feat not duplicated since 2007, which also happens to be the same year Harvick scored his first and only victory in the Daytona 500. Harvick wants to win three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points-paying races in a row.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (February 10, 2015) – – After two seasons of competition in the CARS Pro Cup Series, Reid Wilson (@Reidwilson66) will graduate to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKPSE) this season in a limited schedule.
Since 2013, the 18 year-old Huntersville, North Carolina native competed in 20 races on the CARS Pro Cup Series tour earning seven top-fives and 17 top-10s including a career-best finish of second at Tri-County (N.C.) Speedway last year. The second youngest CARS Pro Cup pole winner (behind NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano) also found himself in contention for the championship, but a late-season injury sidelined the likable driver for two races forcing a sixth place finish in the overall championship standings.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 10, 2015) – For Kyle Busch and M&M’s Crispy, 2015 is the year of the comeback.
In January, Busch’s primary backer M&M’s listened to the fans and launched the highly anticipated return of M&M’s Crispy. Just one month later, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fans are also looking forward to another highly anticipated return – the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season, which kicks off with Saturday night’s Sprint Unlimited exhibition race and culminates Feb. 22 with the 57th Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
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by RacingNews | Feb 11, 2015 | NASCAR, New smryna, Touring Series News
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 10, 2015) – JR Motorsports announced today the addition of Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup to its 2015 partner lineup in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Made and marketed by the same Wisconsin family since 1928, Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup will be featured as primary sponsor of Regan Smith’s No. 7 Chevrolet in races at Charlotte Motor Speedway (May 23) and New Hampshire Motor Speedway (July 18).
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