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Saxton Resigns PR Position With Grandview
After 47 years, Ernie Saxton has resigned his public relations position with Grnaview Speedway. “I was trying for 50 years at Grandview but we (my…
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AMRA Sanctions Princeton Full Time
The American Motor Racing Association (AMRA) has announced the signing of Princeton Speedway to a full time AMRA modified sanction in 2014. …
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NASCAR Announces Format Change For The Chase
NASCAR announced a new championship format today that will put greater emphasis on winning races all season long, expands the current Chase for the…
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Mazak Distributor Northwest Machine Opens New Building
Mazak distributor Northwest Machine, serving Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Western Wisconsin, will host a special grand opening for its…
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ASCS Spec Head Rule Among Updates For 2014
The rules package for the American Sprint Car Series (360cid and 305cid) 2014 season has been updated. Included among the updates is a change to the…
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Belt Drives Ltd Acquires Blower Drive Service
Blower Drive Service (BDS), the Southern California manufacturer and distributor of superchargers and supercharger components, has been acquired by…
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Talladega Superspeedway Chairman Grant Lynch Receives NMPA Joe Littlejohn Award
Talladega Superspeedway Chairman Grant Lynch was presented with the coveted Joe Littlejohn Award at the 2014 National Motorsports Press Association (…
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RCR Racing, ECR Engines Partner With Lucas Oil
Richard Childress Racing has entered into a long-term partnership with Lucas Oil Products, effective immediately. This marks a return to the NASCAR…
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Eric Boullier Appointed Racing Director
McLaren Racing announced that Eric Boullier has been appointed to the position of Racing Director, effective Monday, February 3. Boullier has…
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Borgeson's 100th Year In Business
In 2014, Borgeson Universal Company enters its 100th year in business. The company began manufacturing universal joints for lathes and milling…
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King Of America IV Early Entry Deadline Feb. 1
The King of America IV Modified Nationals is set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 27-29, as more than 100 of the nation’s elite open-wheel…
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Force Earns AARWBA's Titus Award
The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Ass’n has announced its annual All America Team. A group of special drivers representing multiple…
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Three-Day Driver Safety Training At Le Mans
In addition to rapid extrication (in particular in the case of fire), the different teams trained in numerous procedures and learned the usual…
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Infiniti Red Bull Reveals RB10
Infiniti Red Bull Racing has revealed its 2014 Formula One race car, the RB10. Unveiled in the pit lane at the Jerez Circuit ahead of the first day…
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USAC Eastern HPD Midgets Schedule
The 2014 USAC Eastern HPD Midget calendar features 30 dates from April through November, encompassing more than a dozen venues in five states. The…
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HoF Of America Adds Seven
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will induct its 26th class of racing legends Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 at Detroit’s historic Fillmore Theater…
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Jarrett Reaches HoF With Second Chance
Dale Jarrett was watching NASCAR’s 1990 spring Cup race at Darlington, S.C., on television from his Catawba County home when Neil Bonnett’s car…
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Bondurant School, IMSA Form Partnership
The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving has entered a unique partnership with the International Motor Sports Ass’n (IMSA) and the new…
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HoF Of America Moves To Daytona
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, motor racing’s Cooperstown, has announced that it will move its operations and collection of historic racing…
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Hurley Haywood Receives Phil Hill Award
Hurley Haywood, winner of more endurance classics than any other driver in racing history, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2014…
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Double File Starts Coming To ARCA
Officials from the Automobile Racing Club of America have announced the adoption of a revised double file restart procedure for the ARCA Racing…
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McLaren Unveils MP4-29
McLaren has unveiled its 2014 Formula One race car, the MP4-29. Force India and Williams had already shown computer-generated images, but McLaren’s…
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NASCAR Reinstates MWR Executive Ty Norris
Ty Norris, the Michael Waltrip Racing executive who took the blame for orchestrating a team orders scandal last September at Richmond International…
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DIRTcar Sets Northeast Schedules
Another action-packed year of DIRTcar Racing is set to kick off soon, with the Northeast’s premier traveling series taking on the region’s most…
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NASCAR Makes Changes To Qualifying Rounds
NASCAR on Wednesday officially unveiled its qualifying format changes for 2014, switching to a group “knockout” qualifying process in its three…
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