Posts Tagged ‘Daytona International Speedway’

Subaru Runs Strong in GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Opener

Facing a 40-car field in the Grand Sport class of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Championship racing series, Subaru Road Racing Team’s (SRRT) drivers ran as high as third place in their 4-door #35 Subaru WRX STI at the season-opening race held at the world-famous Daytona International Speedway. Subaru driver Andrew Aquilante, Phoenixville, PA, [...]

Daytona Ifs, Ands And Buts

In about two weeks, Sprint Cup engines will be fired in anger for the first time this season as practice begins for the Feb. 18 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Although the Shootout has considerable status of its own, perhaps more so than in recent years it will be an extended and important test [...]

Start Times Finalized For Speedweeks 2012 Events

For the third straight year, the 54th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 26, NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race, is scheduled for a 1 p.m. ET start time. Start times for the other remaining events of Speedweeks 2012 at Daytona International Speedway are as follows: • The 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 At [...]

Corvette DP Turns First Laps

Spirit of Daytona driver Antonio Garcia had the honor of turning the first laps for Chevrolet in the brand new Corvette Daytona Prototype Wednesday morning in GRAND-AM Rolex Series testing at Daytona International Speedway. Garcia — a factory Chevrolet driver — took to the track midway through the morning’s first session and shook down the [...]

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Press Conference

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 88 NATIONAL GUARD BY TRADITION/AMP ENERGY Chevrolet) conducted a press conference at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed 2012, the addition of Kasey Kahne, Daytona Testing along with other topics. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING THIS WEEKEND AT TEXAS? “Pushing in the middle in one and two and snap the back off at [...]

Mark Martin wins 50th Career Pole

Mark Martin will the Coke Zero 400 from the front row. In qualifying at Daytona International Speedway  Mark out ran young gun Trevor Bayne. This will the 50th time in Mark Martin’s sure Hall of Fame career  he will start first. But will Mark start on the inside row or outide row? Mark’s teammate Jeff Gordon will start [...]

Coke Zero 400 Preview

It’s fourth of July weekend. There’s a few thing that go long with this weekend. Remembering those who paid the price for us to have this great country. Family, cookouts, fireworks,and racing at Daytona International Speedway. Like all other Americans I look forward to celebrating the birth of my country.  But on this Saturday night [...]

Cassill Looks Towards Daytona 400

After a one-week hiatus to let Boris Said tackle the Sonoma road course, Landon Cassill will return behind the wheel of the No. 51 Security Benefit/Thank A Teacher Today Chevrolet for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). This week’s event will mark the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native’s first Sprint Cup Series event [...]