Bruton’s Big Bonus Gives Drivers One Million Reasons to Win All-Star Race

Miss Sprint Cup Brooke Werner, left, and Jaclyn Roney wait to unveil the Bruton's Big Bonus race car during a press event on Feb. 26, 2013, announcing changes to the format for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Miss Sprint Cup Brooke Werner, left, and Jaclyn Roney wait to unveil the Bruton’s Big Bonus race car during a press event on Feb. 26, 2013, announcing changes to the format for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Bruton’s Big Bonus Adds One Million More Reasons For Drivers To Get Up on the Wheel in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

When the money’s on the line, NASCAR’s best drivers better keep their feet on the gas.

With a $1 million payday, the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway already offers the richest per-mile winner’s purse in motorsports at more than $7,400 for each mile raced. But this year, the pot gets even sweeter with the introduction of Bruton’s Big Bonus. When NASCAR’s best take to the high banks of the legendary 1.5-mile superspeedway, drivers will have a million more reasons stay up front from the first green flag until the checkered falls. If one driver wins all four 20-lap segments and bests the field in the final 10-lap shootout, he will double his winnings and take home Bruton’s Big Bonus of an additional $1 million. Continue reading

Annual Media Vote Picks Johnson to Win it All in 2013

2013-Jimmie-Johnson-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Series-head-shotAustin Dillon, James Buescher Nab Most Votes In Their Respective Series

Better safe than sorry. That may have been the mindset of voters in the annual preseason NASCAR Media poll that tapped five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson as the favorite to win the 2013 title.

Despite a two-year championship drought – an eternity for the El Cajon, Calif. native – Johnson has qualified for the “postseason” Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in each of its nine seasons. His 22 Chase wins are more than any other driver.

So, as they say, you have to be in it to win it. Continue reading

Daytona 500 Preview

The final restart at 2012 Daytona 500 with Matt Kenseth in the lead.  Photo - Getty Images

The final restart at 2012 Daytona 500 with Matt Kenseth in the lead.
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It has been over three months since Brad Keselowski was crowned champion during the 2012 season finale at Homestead-Miami.

Come Sunday, the wait for Sprint Cup cars to begin their next season will come to an end. The 2013 season has arrived. The Daytona 500 is always the biggest race of the year but, this year, with the Gen 6 cars, it is likely the most anticipated Daytona 500 ever. The Gen 6 cars will be out on the track for their first real test on Sunday and all of the team’s off-season work will be shown. Daytona is here. Continue reading

July NASCAR Nationwide Series Race at DIS Renamed Subway Firecracker 250 Powered By Coca-Cola

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The July NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Daytona International Speedway will bear a legendary name in 2013 – the Subway Firecracker 250 Powered By Coca-Cola.

Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III, SUBWAY® Famous Fan Carl Edwards and Jared the SUBWAY® guy joined Coca-Cola in announcing the rebranding at a press conference at the Daytona International Speedway Infield Media Center. Continue reading

Did The Sprint Unlimited Tell Us Anything?

Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Budweiser Chevrolet, leads the pack during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Photo - Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Budweiser Chevrolet, leads the pack during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Saturday night the NASCAR season unofficially kicked off. Nineteen drivers ran in the Sprint Unlimited as the new Generation Six car made its debut under the lights.

Many people who watched the race came away with mixed reviews. Fans were unsure of the racing they saw on the race track. The new cars look amazing, that is a given. But what about the thing that really matters – the racing? Continue reading