Auto Racing News
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NHRA Camping World Series Leaving Bandimere Speedway in Colorado after 2023 Race Weekend
The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series schedule will have a new look to its schedule next year after it was announced on Friday that the 2023 Dodge Power Brokers Mile-High Nationals will be the last event at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colo., near Denver. Bandimere Speedway opened in 1958. The Bandimere family is selling the current property and is working with investors on a possible new track and facility location, and one day returning to the NHRA calendar. The last Mile-High event at Bandimere is slated for July 14-16. The event will mark the NHRA’s 43rd Mile-High Nationals. The loss of Bandimere coupled with the loss of Phoenix from…
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April 16, 2023 (NASCAR Cup Series)
NASCAR race results from Martinsville Speedway The NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the grid in Martinsville, Virginia. The half-mile paperclip of Martinsville Speedway is set to host the NOCO 400. View Martinsville race results for the NASCAR Cup Series below. Martinsville MenuTruck: Prac/Qual | RaceXfinity: Prac/Qual | RaceCup: Prac/Qual | Race Martinsville TV Schedule Chase Elliott suffered a broken leg several weeks ago. Today, the driver of the No. 9 makes his return to racing following the injury. Ryan Preece and Daniel Suarez set the front row. 400 laps of stock car racing are up next… Martinsville RaceStage 1 – Report MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – APRIL 16: Ryan Preece, driver of the #41 HaasTooling.com Ford, leads the field…
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NASCAR drivers know everyone wins when Elliott is racing
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — NASCAR drivers don’t need to be reminded what Chase Elliott’s return to racing on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway means to those associated with the sport. When Elliott is racing, everyone wins. Voted NASCAR’s most popular driver the past five seasons — a title inherited after Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s retirement — Elliott and his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports car have become the face of the sport. When he’s competing, more stock car racing fans are watching. And when he’s not, fans seem be tuning out in big numbers. It’s like stock racing’s version of the Tiger Woods effect. The dramatic drop in TV ratings in the six races Elliott…
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Chase Elliott missed by NASCAR TV ratings pre-Martinsville
Apr 15, 2023; Martinsville, Virginia, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Elliott (9) talks with NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace (23) on pit road before practice and qualifying at Martinsville Speedway. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports John David Mercer John David Mercer-USA TODAY Spor RIDGEWAY, Va. The last time Alex Bowman was in Martinsville Speedway on a weekend when the NASCAR Cup Series came to town, he announced that he was returning from a concussion in time for last season’s finale. His return announcement was a big deal, surely. But Bowman was under no illusion on Saturday: The return of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott this…
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Kyle Larson, Ryan Preece wreck puts NASCAR in tough spot
Apr 9, 2023; Bristol, Tennessee, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson (5) leads the first lap at the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Course. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports Randy Sartin Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports BRISTOL, Tenn. For a while on Sunday, it seemed like one particular instance of contact was going to be chalked up as inconsequential. That all changed in Stage 3, though. And now, it looks like NASCAR has another decision to make. The late-race drama this weekend revolved around Kyle Larson and Ryan Preece. The two tangled twice on Bristol Motor Speedway’s slick dirt track on Sunday. The first of the two times came in…
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NHRA Summit Racing Series Championship set to return to Las Vegas
An additional thrilling period of racing in the NHRA Summit Racing Series, the world’s major motorsports program when it comes to racer participation, is established to acquire spot in 2023, as motorists will yet again contend for their likelihood to race for an NHRA Summit Racing Sequence Nationwide Championship in Las Vegas. Extra than 75,000 motorists contend at NHRA member tracks across North The us in the Super Professional, Professional, Sportsman, Motorcycle, and Street Authorized EV classes, racing for occasion wins, divisional titles, and, ultimately, the chance to race for countrywide glory on the “Road to Vegas.” They will race for championships in each and every of the 7 NHRA…
