Courtesy of Texas Motor Speedway Media Relations FORT WORTH, Texas – Jeff Gilliam sat anxiously in the waiting room at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. His 18-year-old son, Brock, was undergoing his third open-heart surgery since the age of three and Jeff wanted to come up with a father-son project for the two of them to work on after Brock’s recovery. Little did the two know that a fire red 1957 Volkswagen Bug would change their lives forever. “When it came up for sale, I was trying to figure out how I was going to break the news to my wife…
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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Kyle Larson reveals one of the secrets to his consistent speed BROOKLYN, Mich. – Throughout the bulk of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, Kyle Larson has been the fastest of the Chevrolet drivers. Larson may have a secret weapon that accounts for his speed—former NASCAR competitor Josh Wise. Now an athletic trainer for Chip Ganassi Racing, Wise is perhaps most famous for his stunning upset of heavily favored Danica Patrick in the 2014 NASCAR All-Star Race fan vote, after the Reddit community on the Internet mobilized behind him. But Larson credits…
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich. – Fourteen races into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, Brad Keselowski concedes he’s frustrated he hasn’t hoisted a winner’s trophy yet. By the time he arrived at his hometown track, Michigan International Speedway, last summer he had already won twice and would win again in the Fall Talladega race. That the 2012 Cup champion hasn’t won on his home state high banks surprises him as much as his many hometown fans. But after a good tire test here last month, an impressive opening practice session on Friday (he was fourth fastest)…
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It’s a big weekend for 24-year old Ryan Blaney, returning to Pocono Raceway ready to defend his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup victory in Sunday’s Pocono 400 race (at 2 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Blaney has moved from the Wood Brothers to Team Penske this season, driving the No. 12 Ford. It’s often been a season of all-in or all-out for the young and hugely-popular talent – who has three top-five and six top-10 finishes through the opening 13 races of the season. These…
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – As Kyle Busch excitedly climbed out of his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the minutes following his dominant victory late Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he had already mentally checked off that last box on his “to-win” list of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup venues to conquer. He has now won at every single track where the Cup Series currently races – the only driver in history to accomplish such a feat. “I think everybody in this sport and everybody that follows the support, I think everybody realizes how…
By Dr. Michael C. Johnson INDIANAPOLIS – Over 300,000 people will stream into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend to watch the world’s greatest auto race, the Indianapolis 500. Chances are ninety-nine percent of the crowd will never notice or see 15 tiny little houses on wheels in the middle of the infield or the small tents near them. Tucked away next to a lake on the golf course of the historical 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, these boutique style tiny houses and camping tents are ready to host some very lucky residents for the Greatest Spectacle in…
INDIANAPOLIS – A photographic look at the Verizon IndyCar Series practice on Wednesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All photos are provided courtesy of photographer Michael C. Johnson. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]