NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction, Driver Appearances, Q&As, Gen-6 Car Featured
A long winter’s wait is over. NASCAR Acceleration Weekend 2013 rolls into Charlotte, N.C. Friday through Sunday signaling the beginning of the new season.
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Tag Archive: Jeff Burton
Feb 07
NASCAR Acceleration Weekend 2013 previews new season
Jan 17
Seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Champions headline NASCAR preview 2013
NASCAR Hall of Fame induction, autographs, Gen-6 Car part of season kickoff
Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski and fellow titleholders Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte are among more than 60 drivers from three NASCAR national series set to participate in NASCAR Preview 2013 on Saturday, Feb. 9.
Jan 08
NASCAR preseason thunder rolls Into Daytona
Sixth-Generation NASCAR Sprint Cup car to make debut at The World Center of Racing
NASCAR fans will get their first glimpse of the new sixth-generation NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars on the storied Daytona International Speedway for three days this week at Preseason Thunder, the unofficial on-track start of the 2013 NASCAR season.
Jan 01
Crew chiefs staying with driver a thing of the past
Just three current pairings have been together for more than 100 races
Jake Elder got the nickname “Suitcase” for the sheer number of jobs he held during his tenure as a NASCAR crew chief. In an era when drivers and crew chiefs stayed together season after season, Elder’s lengthy and varied resume was considered unusual.
Just like Juan Pablo Montoya and Sam Hornish Jr, Jacques Villeneuve dreamt of racing the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Speedway after the famous Indy 500 during their open wheels racing career.Nov 15
NASCAR: Johnson rolls at Phoenix, ups Chase lead to 108
Jimmie needs to finish 25th or better at Homestead to win title
From his fiasco in Fort Worth, Jimmie Johnson rose like a phoenix in — where else? — Phoenix. A week after teasing his Chase for the Sprint Cup competitors with a 38th-place finish at Texas — his worst of the season — Johnson regained control of his championship run by winning Sunday’s Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
There’s some telling history between Atlanta Motor Speedway about every driver around the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup top-12 bubble. 
NASCAR introduced its change to double-file restarts at two wide, forgiving tracks – Pocono and Michigan – with negligible effect of the outcomes of the two most recent Sprint Cup races. 
The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season has had some wild swings of its own, and it’s precisely this volatility that can offer hope to those who have yet to get their groove back. 
Team owner Curtis Key has announced. 
It was meant to be a moment of levity at an otherwise serious event. 