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
Category: NASCAR Cup Series
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
Jim France to Be At Michigan NASCAR Weekend
Jim France NASCAR interim Chair & CEO Jim France is expected to be at track as soon as this weekend’s action at Michigan, according to a source, as he tries … Read More
Final Weekend TV Ratings
It looks like NASCAR fans prefer road racing and they prefer network TV over cable TV as ratings were up big this past weekend, instead of being down double digits … Read More
Brian France DUI Arrest makes headlines on network news
Brian France's mugshot NASCAR Chair & CEO Brian France’s DUI arrest found its way into the opening segment of two network news shows last night. CBS’ “Evening News" teased the … Read More
Gordon, Waltrip & McReynolds on Chase Elliott’s Win
Chase Elliott Chase Elliott, NASCAR’s most popular driver, finally broke through for his first career MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES win Sunday at Watkins Glen International. Below, FOX NASCAR analysts … Read More
With Dale Jr. gone, NASCAR hoping to ride Chase Elliott’s coattails
With all the big names retired, NASCAR needs Chase Elliott to be the next 'hero' so they can ride the coattails of e and his father Chase Elliott yesterday won … Read More
NASCAR Watkins Glen Monster Cup Post-Race Q&A
(Due to technical difficulties, the video cuts out in the final five minutes, but audio remains) Race winning driver Chase Elliott, crew chief Alan Gustafson and NASCAR Hall of Famer … Read More
Leavine team to expand to two cars, switch to Toyota
Christopher Bell up to Cup with Leavine and Toyota? Bob Leavine may be setting up his backmarker NASCAR Monster Cup team for a manufacturer change. That also would mean a … Read More
Leavine Family Racing leaving RCR technical alliance
McDowell in the #95 Chevy Car owner Bob Leavine confirmed Sunday that Leavine Family Racing will leave its technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing after this season. The move was … Read More
Watkins Glen announces fourth consecutive sell-out for Cup
Up the esses in front of packed grandstands Watkins Glen International was proud to announce that reserved grandstand tickets for Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen Monster Energy NASCAR Cup … Read More
NASCAR teams have found yet another way to cheat
Cheating has been ingrained in the NASCAR culture since it began NASCAR confirmed Saturday it sent a memo to teams this week about paint schemes intended to reduce the scan … Read More
NBCSN Presents New Series ‘Glory Road’ for its ‘Pet’ Racing Series
IndyCar has a much longer history than NASCAR, but NBCSN would never do a series like this for IndyCar. They are good at delivering IndyCar minuscule TV numbers however Glory … Read More