May 18, 2012 Most people rightly associate NASCAR with fast action, high speed bumper to bumper action or if you're Polly Wogg, hot drivers. However NASCAR is also a highly active contributor to a number of charitable causes, something that NASCAR Day is designed to highlight. There are a number of ways NASCAR fans can join in the celebration including one called "Pin It Forward".
March 1, 2012 The news gets worse for NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson following the early race crash at Daytona. The 48's Crew Chief, Chad Knaus and car chief, Ron Malec have been suspended for six races, fined a hundred grand and docked 25 car and owner points. What did they do?
February 28, 2012 While most of the talk about last night's Daytona 500 is about the delays and Montoya's Spectacular Crash; New York native, Regan Smith was running with the big dogs for a large part of the night.
February 27, 2012 There is a first time for everything and now for the first time in its 54 year history The Daytona 500 was cancelled Sunday due to rain. NASCAR officials tried to wait out the storm but by 5pm it was obvious that there would be no racing at Daytona International. More rain is expected today but officials are hoping to wave the green flag at noon today. Needless to say the drivers are as anxious as anybody to get underway.
February 25, 2012 The 54th running of NASCAR's signature event, The Daytona 500, will kick off the NASCAR racing season Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Carl Edwards will have the pole position with Greg Biffle beside him followed by Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth in row two. The field of 43 includes fan favorites Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jr, Jeff Gordon and Danica Patrick. Check out the full list of qualifiers.
February 20, 2012 Race car fans take note - today legendary race car drive Bobby Unser celebrates his 78th birthday. The Unser name is to auto racing as Manning is to football.
February 11, 2012 The answer to that question depends on who you ask? We asked Big Frog 104's Facebook Fans and compared the answers to the odds makers picks. Vote for your pick here, click read more to check out the results of our poll.
January 21, 2012 Rome's Richie Evans the winningest Modified driver of all time was posthumously inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Friday night. Joining Evans in the class of 2012 were drivers Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, crew chief Dale Inman and owner Glen Wood. According to USA Today the induction ceremony Friday night was a mixture of remembrance and good humor. Richie's widow Lynn accepted the induction for Richie.
August 12, 2011 The cry of "Gentlemen, start your engines" will echo through Watkins Glen this weekend as NASCAR's Helluva Good! Sour Cream Dips At the Glen road race takes place Sunday at Watkins Glen International. Last years winner Juan Pablo Montoya will be back to defend his title against a field that includes 5-time winner Tony Stewart and 4-time winner Jeff Gordon.
July 26, 2011 Pastor Joe Nelms of Nashville's Family Baptist Church was asked to give the prayer before NASCAR's Saturday night Nationwide Federated Auto Parts 300 something that is a regular part of the racing circuits program. What the drivers and spectators got was anything but "regular". According to The Sporting News Pastor Joe had the crowd in stitches with his humorous invocation.
July 6, 2011 Martina McBride, who sang the National Anthem at last weekend's Coke Zero 400 in Daytona Beach, has debuted the video for her song "One Time" on NASCAR.com. Martina says she feels a connection to racing - maybe it's because Dale Earnhardt Jr. once asked for her autograph before a race.
Yesterday marked one of the best-named sporting events of our time, “The Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 NASCAR Sprint Cut Race” at the Michigan International Speedway. The entertainment didn’t stop there: during the post-race interviews, a TV cameraman positioned behind Kyle Busch mimed slapping around the third-place finisher in his lens. You know, like when you close one of your eyes and pretend to squish the head of someone in the distance. Cameraman stuff. If only we could see it from his perspective.
