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Dec 18 2013 - 11:28pm

Ken Schrader Racing hires Martinsville (Va.) Speedway president as driver

Ken Schrader Racing will field a fulltime entry in 2014 in the Automobile Racing Club of America series and owner Ken Schrader has hired Martinsville (Va.) Speedway president Clay Campbell to drive two races for the team. Schrader will drive the...

Dec 17 2013 - 2:37pm

NASCAR delivers 2014 competition rules package to teams

Press release NASCAR delivered the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rules package to race teams today, following collaborative development by the industry. “It was important to get the final pieces of the rules package to teams as quickly as...

Dec 17 2013 - 2:21pm

Bobby Labonte, Phoenix Team Up

We haven't seen the last of Bobby Labonte.Phoenix Racing announced that the 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion will drive a second car for the team in the Daytona 500 on February 23, 2014 at Daytona International Speedway. The move reunites Labonte...

Dec 17 2013 - 1:42pm

New '14 Rules Sent to Teams

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR delivered the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rules package to race teams today, following collaborative development by the industry. “It was important to get the final pieces of the rules package to teams as quickly as...

Dec 16 2013 - 4:29pm

Bill France Sr.'s great-grandson will be a fulltime NASCAR driver in 2014

Team release MOORESVILLE, N.C. (December 16, 2013) – Turner Scott Motorsports is pleased to announce the addition of Ben Kennedy to its 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series roster. The 21-year-old will drive a fulltime campaign while...

Dec 16 2013 - 2:38pm

Quiet Time Again

By Ron Lemasters Jr.The engines have stopped roaring, the tires have stopped squealing and the fans have quit cheering--or booing, if you want to know the truth. It's the offseason in NASCAR.Now, that means that they aren't racing right now. The shops...

Dec 16 2013 - 9:50am

What were Joe Gibbs Racing's Top 5 NASCAR moments of 2013?

Joe Gibbs Racing decided to rank its own Top 5 moments of the 2013 NASCAR season. Here's its list: 1. Matt Kenseth's first win with JGR, at Las Vegas in March. 2. Darrell Wallace Jr.'s first NASCAR victory, which came in the fall Truck...

Dec 13 2013 - 8:03pm

James Buescher is changing teams and NASCAR series in 2014

RAB Racing announced on Friday it had signed 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion James Buescher to a multi-year deal to compete fulltime in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in the No. 99 Toyota. Buescher has competed fulltime in the...

Dec 13 2013 - 3:03pm

iNSIDE SCOOP: Test for the Future

At Charlotte earlier this week, 30 car/driver combinations took to the track in an effort to find a cure for the raceability of their machines.It’s also, when you get right down to it, for the future of NASCAR.If NASCAR can find a way to make it so the...

Dec 11 2013 - 2:44pm

TEST TO DETERMINE 2014 RULES PACKAGE

By Ron Lemasters Jr.CONCORD, N.C. – As 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race cars in various stages of paint and primer circulated the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway on Wednesday, NASCAR officials were filling pads with notes and checking off boxes as...