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By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer Switching teams from one season to the next can be a daunting task. It can be more daunting when you’re going from having one teammate to having multiple teammates. Further daunting would be joining the most successful team in the Verizon IndyCar Series. That’s what Josef Newgarden has done for 2017, leaving the comfort of Ed Carpenter Racing and stepping up to the big time and with it, a whole different team structure. At Ed Carpenter Racing, the 2011 Indy Lights championRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer This coming weekend the Verizon IndyCar Series hold its most prestigious event of the year, The Indianapolis 500. Race day is scheduled for May 28, 2017. About the Race The Indianapolis 500 is round six of seventeen for the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2017. The event is held on a paved oval track, one of six such events in 2017. The defending race winner is Alexander Rossi. The Andretti Autosport driver won the 500 as a rookie, and it is was his first IndyCar careerRead More

After squeaking out the fastest lap in the second round of Thursday night’s knockout qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kevin Harvick left no doubt when it counted. Touring the 1.5-mile track in 27.918 seconds (193.424 mph) to post the fastest lap of the day in the final round, Harvick claimed his first Coors Light Pole Award for the Coca-Cola 600 and his second overall at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet will lead the field to green in NASCAR’s longest race on Sunday afterRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – To most, the Coca-Cola 600 is just another race. 2017’s marks the third annual 600 Miles of Remembrance for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Every driver’s windshield banner will display the name of a United State military veteran who sacrificed everything. Families are not only invited to the race as guests, but are also honored in a ceremony in which miniature windshields with the name of their loved ones are presented to them. On Kyle Busch’s M&M’s Red, White, and BlueRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule was finally unveiled during the 10 Days of NASCAR Thunder. One of the more notable changes is that the October playoff race at Charlotte Motor Speedway will change from using the 1.5-mile oval configuration to the 13-turn, 2.4-mile ‘roval’ configuration. One driver who will not compete on the roval but is interested to see how the racing turns out is Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Earnhardt announced his retirement from full-time competition earlier this season. TheRead More

After ceding top spot in the opening practice session in Monaco to Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by just under two tenths of a second, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel went quickest in the second session, outpacing his main title rival by over a second as Mercedes appeared to lose their way in afternoon. Vettel’s time of 1:12.720, set on ultrasoft tyres midway through the 90-minute session is the fastest ever lap of the Circuit de Monaco and the four-time champion finished the session 0.487 seconds clear of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo. Third placeRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – So far, the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season has not lived up to the expectations of many for Sunoco Rookie of the Year (ROTY) contender Erik Jones. 11 races into the season, Jones has just one Top 10 finish, an eighth at Phoenix Raceway, and three DNFs at Daytona, Richmond, and Talladega. The first practice for the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was a bright spot for Jones and his No. 77 5-Hour ENERGY Extra Strength Toyota CamryRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – As the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series enters Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2017 Coca-Cola 600, many drivers look to be successful in NASCAR’s endurance race. One driver that has found success in the 600 is Seven-Time Champion Jimmie Johnson. Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS team has four wins in NASCAR’s longest race. Meanwhile, eight of his 82 career wins have come at Charlotte Motor Speedway alone. Johnson has the second-best average finish at Charlotte, 12.58, among active drivers,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – Under two weeks before the 2017 Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR announced that the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race would have four stages instead of the typical three seen all season long. At the end of each stage, the stage winner receives one Playoff Point and the Top 10 earns additional Championship points. One driver that is happy with the extra stage is Wood Brothers Racing driver Ryan Blaney. Blaney is coming off his second top five of the season, fourth at Kansas,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  For the 10th race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, teams will roll into Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Hisense 4K TV 300. One driver who is coming off his best finish of the season is Matt Tifft after a sixth place finish at Talladega in early May. Tifft has had several sponsors adorn his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry, and this week he will be piloting the No. 19 Brain Tumor Awareness Month Toyota Camry. This is the second time this season thatRead More