Category: NASCAR Cup Series
Final weekend TV Ratings
NBCSN deals NASCAR and IndyCar massive losses Network Event Location Day TotalViewers 18-49Viewers 2018Rating 2017Rating % Chg NBCSN NASCAR Cup race (L) Bristol Sat 2,326,000 542,000 1.39 2.25 -38.2% NBCSN … Read More
Bristol Speedway Statement on Kyle Busch incident
NASCAR Bubba tries to harm Kyle Busch UPDATE Added video of incident below. Listen as the NASCAR Bubba's shout Kill him, Kill him referring to Kyle Busch. 08/21/18 Bristol Motor … Read More
Stewart-Haas’ Tony Gibson recovered after suffering stroke last month
Tony Gibson tweet Stewart-Haas Racing production manager Tony Gibson announced Monday that he has returned to work after a six-week recovery from a stroke. Gibson said from his personal Twitter … Read More
Oscar Mayer to sponsor #6 Roush Fenway Ford
The #6 Oscar Mayer Ford Oscar Mayer continues to go to great heights and great lengths to feed people’s love of meat. And now, Oscar Mayer is going to new … Read More
NASCAR Bristol TV Rating
Winner Kurt Busch Saturday's Bass Pro 500 NASCAR Monster Cup Night Race on NBCSN earned a 1.4 rating and 2.3 million 'overnight' viewers, down 37.8% from last year's 2.25 rating … Read More
Kasey Kahne Calling It A Career In NASCAR (Update)
Kasey Kahne is done – the backmarker is hanging it up UPDATE Just how serious is Kasey Kahne about stepping away from NASCAR? Apparently, very. Not only did Kahne turn … Read More
NASCAR reality show ‘Racing Wives’ set for 2019
Scene from Wives of NASCAR The wives of NASCAR drivers are about to become the center of attention for a change. CMT (formerly known as Country Music Television) announced Wednesday … Read More
Kasey Kahne To Retire From Full-Time Competition After 2018 Season
Kasey Kahne NASCAR Cup Series driver Kasey Kahne announced on his Twitter feed on Thursday that he would be retiring from full-time racing in NASCAR following the end of the … Read More
It’s Bristol, Baby – SHR Preview NASCAR’s Bristol Night Race
Bristol Bristol Motor Speedway is one of the loudest tracks on the NASCAR calendar, with drivers going wheel-to-wheel on a small, banked oval, overlooked by a fearsome, 162,000 capacity stadium. … Read More
Dale Jr. To Drive Camaro ZL1 Pace Car at Big Machine Vodka 400
How many fans will buy tickets to watch Dale Jr. drive the pace car? NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Pace Car to lead … Read More
Elliott Sadler Ending Full-Time NASCAR Career
Elliott Sadler Perennial NASCAR Xfinity Series contender Elliott Sadler announced Wednesday that he is ending his run as a full-time driver after the 2018 season. The veteran of more than … Read More
NASCAR Michigan TV Rating (Update)
The hits just keep on coming UPDATE The final Monster Cup TV rating on NBCSN was a 1.6 (2.54M viewers), down 19.1% from last years 1.98 final rating (3.16M viewers) … Read More
Jim France Seen As Right Leader For NASCAR In Interim CEO Role
Jim France should remain NASCAR CEO – period. NASCAR interim Chair & CEO Jim France is a "little bit of a stabilizing force" for the organization after Brian France's DWI … Read More
NASCAR takes six Cup cars to wind tunnel after Michigan
In the wind tunnel NASCAR will find just how bad the Chevy Camaro is aerodynamically and why the Chevy teams are out to lunch NASCAR has taken six Cup cars … Read More
Civil trial against Greg Biffle underway (2nd Update)
Greg Biffle – Cameras were to catch his wife having an affair UPDATE A North Carolina jury found former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle guilty of invasion of privacy Monday. According … Read More
Jim France Likely To Finish Season As Interim Chair & CEO
Jim France The "soft-spoken" 73-year-old Jim France will "likely finish out this season in his interim role" as NASCAR Chair & CEO, according to Godwin Kelly of the Daytona Beach … Read More
NASCAR Michigan Monster Cup Post-Race Q&A
Third-place finisher Kyle Busch (No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota), second-place finisher Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Discount Tire Ford), Global Director of Ford Performance Mark Rushbrook, race winning crew chief Rodney … Read More
Jones tops fog-shortened NASCAR practice
Erik Jones Erik Jones topped Saturday’s fog-shortened, early morning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Michigan International Speedway. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota … Read More
Hamlin over 200 MPH in opening practice
Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing driver Toyota ace Denny Hamlin was fastest in the only Friday practice session at Michigan International Speedway with a lap of 202.230 mph. Hamlin’s Joe … Read More
NBA Legend Ben Wallace to drive pace car for the Consumers Energy 400
Ben Wallace The start of the Consumers Energy 400 will showcase three individuals who know about the adrenaline of being in high energy moments. NBA Legend Ben Wallace will be … Read More
Brian France to be suspended, could spend year in jail (3rd Update)
Calls for Brian France to step down UPDATE Under New York law Brian France may face a one-year suspension of his driver’s license and up to a year in jail … Read More
Bill Elliott To Join Trans-Am Series At Mid-Ohio
Bill Elliott (R) NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott will join the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s TA2 class for the First Energy Muscle Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports … Read More