Derek Kraus, 23, will make his first NASCAR Cup Series start of the year this weekend, competing in NASCAR’s longest race — the 66th running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kraus will pilot the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet with sponsorship from Western States Flooring. This Sunday’sContinue Reading
William Byron has signed a contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports that will keep him at Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) through the 2029 season.The 27-year-old is already a two-time winner of the Daytona 500 and currently sits second in the championship standings. When Byron won the 500, he became the youngest multi-timeContinue Reading
Jack Perkins, 38, has over 150 starts in Australian Supercars, winning the 2015 Gold Coast 600 Race #2 as a co-driver to James Courtney. He is a veteran of 19 Bathurst 1000s, earning a podium result there in 2019. His father, Larry Perkins, is a six-time winner of the iconicContinue Reading
When it comes to iconic NASCAR races, the 2005 running of NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 is up there as one of the wilded and most bizarre. It was May 29th, 2005, a few hours after Dan Wheldon had won his first Indianapolis 500 earlier in the day.43 drivers took part inContinue Reading
Attempting to complete 1,100 miles in a single day of racing is quite the challenge (unless you’re an endurance racing driver), but it’s even more daunting when you’re doing it in two wildly different race cars and at two race tracks that are multiple states apart.That is what it meansContinue Reading
The voting panel had to choose two names from the Modern Era Ballot and one from the Pioneer Ballot on Tuesday, ultimately deciding on the following individuals: Kurt Busch (Modern), Harry Gant (Modern), and Ray Hendrick (Pioneer).Busch and Gant both received 61% of the Modern Era ballot votes. Jeff BurtonContinue Reading
It’s a bit strange to think that inexperienced drivers seem to shine in this grueling five-hour marathon, but it’s happened enough for it to become notable. At 600 miles, no other NASCAR race gets close to the length of the Coca Cola 600.Born from the minds of Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner, theContinue Reading
For the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500, NASCAR will reach 40 entries for a Cup Series race. Along with the usual 36 charted teams, four open entries will take part in NASCAR’s longest race on Memorial Day Weekend.Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and four-time Coke 600 winner JimmieContinue Reading
The third edition of the North Wilkesboro All-Star Race was a good one with a record number of lead changes and plenty of action from start to finish. The field of 23 included race winners from the previous year, former All-Star winners, and Cup champions. Carson Hocevar and John HunterContinue Reading
All-Star Race winner Christopher Bell was surprised to hear that Joey Logano took issue with the way he was raced for the win in the closing laps of NASCAR’s annual exhibition race.Bell leaned on Logano and forced him up the track as he cleared him for the race lead withContinue Reading