Tag: Motorsport in the United States

FedEx Racing Express Facts – Virtual Bristol Motor Speedway

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Views: 6 Virtual Race Info: Race: Food City Showdown Date/Time: Sunday, April 5/1 p.m. ET Race Distance: 150 Laps Track Length: 0.533 miles Track Shape: Oval Banking: 24-28 degrees eNASCAR Texas Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 24th in Sunday’s iRacing Pro Invitational Series virtual NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway, after a late-race speeding penalty put him back in the running order followed by an on-track incident in the closing laps. Timmy Hill was the race winner. Hamlin qualified 17th and decided to fall to the back of the field at the start to avoid wrecks near the front.…

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On This Day in NASCAR History….

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Views: 12 Sunday, April 2, 2000 – On this day in history, NASCAR Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first series career race at Texas Motor Speedway in his rookie season after leading a race most 106 laps. It was the first of his 26 NASCAR Cup Series career wins. And did so in dominating fashion beating second-place finisher Jeff Burton to the line by 5.92 seconds.  

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Drivers Justin Bolton and Dylan Duval Ready for First Short Track of 2020 eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Season

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Views: 8 Details:   • Event:  eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series (Round 4 of 20) • Time/Date:  9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 31 (TONIGHT) • Location:  Virtual Bristol Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval) • Distance:  250 laps (133.25 miles)   Where to Watch:   • eNASCAR.com/live • Facebook.com/NASCAR • YouTube.com/NASCAR • Twitch.tv/iRacing   Overview:   • This is the first time in 2020 that the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series will compete on a short track. All of the series’ previous races have come at tracks 1.5 miles in length or longer.   • This is the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series’ fourth visit to the virtual Bristol…

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FedEx Racing Express Facts – Virtual Texas Motor Speedway

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Views: 14 Denny Hamlin #11 “Thank you FedEx team members” Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing   Virtual Race Info: Race: O’Reilly Auto Parts 125 Date/Time: Sunday, March 29/1 p.m. ET Race Distance: 125 laps/187.5 miles Track Shape: Oval Track Length: 1.5 miles Banking: 24 degrees Express Notes: eNASCAR Homestead Recap: Denny Hamlin took the FedEx Express Toyota to a virtual Victory Lane for the first time Sunday, winning the inaugural eNASCAR Pro Invitational event at a simulated Homestead-Miami Speedway. A barefoot Hamlin, who logged hours of practice time for the work-from-home event, started the race ninth from the seat…

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KYLE BUSCH eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Homestead Advance

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Views: 15 Details:   • Event: O’Reilly Auto Parts 125 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series • Time/Date: 1 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 29 • Location: Virtual Texas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) • Distance: 125 laps (187.5 miles)   Where to Watch:   • FOX network •  Announcers: Jeff Gordon, Mike Joy and Larry McReynolds, with in-race commentary from Clint Bowyer. • FS1 (DIRECTV Channel 219 and Dish Channel 150) • FOX Sports Go app • FOX Sports Racing for fans in Canada   Overview:   • The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series is an exhibition esports series featuring a collection of actual racecar drivers from…

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NASCAR is keeping racing in perspective, all while planning to get back on the track

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Views: 12 (by Bob Pockrass for Fox Sports) That was fun Sunday. A great distraction. The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race on Sunday, won by Denny Hamlin, was cool to see, a great way to spend a couple hours and to try to forget the nervousness of a country plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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No. 41 Haas Automation Ford Mustang: Cole Custer Folds of Honor 500 Race Advance

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Views: 65 KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (March 11, 2020) – Cole Custer and the No. 41 Haas Automation Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) will compete at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday in this season’s second event at an intermediate track. Custer will make his first career NASCAR Cup Series start at the 1.54-mile track in Sunday’s Folds of Honor 500.   Custer heads to Atlanta coming off of his best career Cup Series finish, ninth, earned at Phoenix Raceway. The young driver was also the highest finishing 2020 Rookie of…

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Brandon Jones Returning to KBM for Four Races in the No. 51 Tundra

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Views: 67 MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 11, 2020) – Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that Brandon Jones, the most recent winner in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, will return to the organization for four races in the No. 51 Tundra during the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season.

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Cherry Vanilla Coke Racing: Daniel Suárez Folds of Honor QuickTrip 500 at Atlanta Preview

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Views: 45 MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (March 11, 2020) – Daniel Suárez and the iconic Coca-Cola brand have enjoyed a fun and flavorful relationship dating back to the Mexican driver’s first full season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2015. They celebrated an Xfinity Series championship together in 2016, and their partnership has grown to be as strong as ever through what is now Suárez’s fourth season in the top-tier NASCAR Cup Series.   This weekend, Suárez will help introduce a brand new flavor combination when he gets behind the wheel…

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