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The starting field for Saturday’s Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards race is set following Friday’s qualifying session at Daytona International Speedway. Defending race winner James Buescher will lead off Saturday’s 43-car starting field after earning the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell with a 49.575 second/181.543 mph lap around the 2.5 mile speedway.

The ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards officially opened on-track activity for the stock car portion of Hershey’s Milk and Milkshakes Speedweeks 2010 with a practice session that lasted just shy of five hours on Thursday.

In a massive coup for the Gold Coast, the biggest annual event in Queensland will be entirely re-branded and transformed into a massive ‘Gold Coast SuperCarnivale’ weekend.

When Richard Petty looked at what Chrysler was offering as race fodder for 1969, and then looked over at the long-nose Ford Torino Talladega, King Richard opted to put Petty Blue and the number 43 on a Ford for the year.

By the mid-Seventies the Detroit manufacturers had cooled in their enthusiasm for NASCAR—the country seemed to be more concerned with fuel economy than high performance. But then, when no one was looking, Chevrolet introduced the Laguna Type-S3 version of its midsize Chevelle and began dominating the premier series.

Brazilian Felipe Massa insisted on Monday he felt no fear as he returned to the track after being seriously injured in an accident at last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix by setting the fastest time in pre-season testing.

If ever there was a car shaped to go fast it was Ford’s 1987 Thunderbird. From the point of its slick beak to the slightly elevated trunk lid, the ‘87 T-Bird was shaped like a perfect projectile — three - quarters bullet and one-quarter B-1B wing.
Even more than two decades later, Bill Elliott’s T-Bird is [...]

Ford’s ‘83 to ‘86 Thunderbird presented a special challenge for NASCAR. It was clearly more aerodynamic than any car in General Motors’ race-eligible stable.

Nelson Piquet driver had initially planned to contest the Free State 500 stock car event on the Phakisa oval prior to his US racing debut but will now head straight to Daytona.

Question: What do you get when you cross a fledgling Formula One team with a dead Formula One team?

Number six on the list of Daytona’s best stock cars had a four year reign and ushered in both one of today’s biggest, most successful stars and was part of arguably one of NASCAR’s most emotional winner’s circle of all time.

The 1966 NASCAR season was marked by the re-introduction of Chrysler’s legendary Hemi engine and Ford’s departure from the sport. With less competition and more power than ever, Chrysler was a frequent visitor to the winner’s circle early in the season, though Ford’s boycott took a big bite out of attendance.

In the last few weeks speculation and mostly fueled by Bernie “The Gnome” Ecclestone two of the new F1 teams, USF1 and Campos Meta wouldn’t see the Starters Flag in Bahrain as the World’s Championship season opens.

Back in 1955, NASCAR stock cars were still virtually indistinguishable from true stock production vehicles. Sure, there was some rudimentary safety equipment aboard and race numbers on the doors, but the race cars themselves often still had license plates and real headlights.

Daisy Ramirez Chief Operating officer of BeBevCo and CEO and founder of Potencia Energy Drink will throw her hat in the ring as a new team owner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Richard Petty may have earned his legend driving blue Plymouths in the ’60s, but the car he drove the longest in competition was actually the 1971 to 1974 Dodge Charger.

When lifelong NASCAR fan Joshua Mabe of Louisville, Ky., heard that driver Travis Kvapil was without a sponsor he vowed to use his business skills to negotiate a sponsorship deal to keep the much-loved Kvapil racing.

The second of three political tsunamis that have swept America in recent months brought in conservative and Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who was sworn in this past week.

Forgive the too cute by half headline, but when someone files a discrimination lawsuit against NASCAR’s Diversity Program claiming he’s “too white” to be in a sport pilloried for being “all white” it brings out the best, or worst in me take your pick.