Auto Racing News
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NASCAR star Elliott has leg surgery after snowboard accident
NASCAR superstar Chase Elliott had successful surgery for an unspecified injury to his left leg Friday night, hours after a snowboarding accident in Colorado. He will miss this weekend’s NASCAR race at Las Vegas. Team owner Rick Hendrick told The Associated Press that Elliott was “just out of surgery” and “it went well.” Hendrick gave no additional details about Elliott’s condition or the accident. Hendrick is NASCAR’s winningest car owner and Elliott is NASCAR’s most popular driver. Josh Berry will drive the No. 9 Chevrolet on Sunday in place of Elliott. Elliott would need a waiver from NASCAR to be eligible for this year’s playoffs because he’s missing a race.…
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What to know about this week’s IndyCar St. Pete Grand Prix
Festivities for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg begin today in downtown and culminate with Sunday’s IndyCar Series season opener at the 1.8-mile, 14-turn street course. Here’s what you need to know about this year’s version of one of the area’s biggest annual sporting events. It’s bigger than usual The first turn will have more cars vying for space than ever this year. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times (2021) ] The field for the headlining IndyCar Series is expected to feature 27 cars. That’s the most in Grand Prix history (there were 26 entrants last year and in 2012). The event has also been able to resume the Thursday night 5K…
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Fontana start time, TV, live stream, lineup
Prepare to get a little nostalgic. Sunday marks the last NASCAR race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, until at least 2025. And when (or if) the series does return, the facility will look dramatically different. Plans had been in place to transform the 2-mile oval located in California’s Inland Empire into a short track though the timetable has been delayed. New reports surfaced this week that NASCAR has closed on a major real-estate sale of dozens of acres of land on the site. The only certainty is that next year there will be no race at the track formerly known as California Speedway for the first time since it…
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Meet the American who created NASCAR: Bill France Sr., Daytona speed demon and racetrack pioneer
Bill France Sr. was born with a mind for business, a gift for people — and a need for speed. He turned those passions into a nationwide obsession with stock car racing. France founded the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing — NASCAR — 75 years ago this week, on Feb. 21, 1948, in Daytona Beach, Florida. NASCAR has grown into the world’s premier stock car racing circuit. “Big Bill,” as he was known, is the unquestioned godfather of the autosport. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUGHT AND BLED AT THE ALAMO BUT LIVED TO TELL ITS HEROIC TALE: SLAVE JOE “His story is a great American success story,” NASCAR…
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AUTO RACING: Historic start and a surprise winner for NASCAR
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Pala Casino 400 Site: Fontana, California. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 2:05 p.m., and qualifying, 2:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Auto Club Speedway. Race distance: 200 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Austin Cindric won after starting fifth. Last race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the longest Daytona 500 in history in the second overtime and under caution after a race-ending crash. Fast facts: Stenhouse’s third career victory came at the same track as his last one, the summer race in 2017. … Reigning series champion Joey Logano finished second, followed by Christopher Bell. … Pole-sitter Alex Bowman finished fifth, the first time the pole…
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Why Brad Keselowski’s Bittersweet Daytona 500 Finish was Sweet for RFK Racing
Icon SportswireGetty Photographs In accordance to studies, Brad Keselowski was offered a agreement extension to stay with Staff Penske past 2021. It is thought he reported no since he would nearly undoubtedly in no way become a section-proprietor of the Penske racing firm. Keselowski went on to sign a deal to turn out to be driver and element operator of RFK Racing. It was about 15 months ago that previous NASCAR winner Brad Keselowski ended his 13-yr relationship with Team Penske and signed on as part-proprietor and complete-time driver for the Ford-based mostly Roush-Fenway Racing group. Keselowski had produced his title with Penske—34 Cup Sequence victories and the 2012 championship—so…
