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NASCAR has seen many greats come and go, but there may not be a greater rivalry of the modern era than Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon. A new documentary will explore the relationship and history of both star drivers when it debuts next month. Unrivaled: #EarnhardtVsGordon. Thursday, February 14 on FS1! pic.twitter.com/NsWW4P7oYB — FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) January 22, 2019 "Unrivaled: Earnhardt vs. Gordon" will debut on Fox Sports 1 after coverage of The Duels at Daytona, and it will take a never-before-seen look at both drivers' careers, and the moment Gordon began to steal thunder...
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2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 to pace Daytona 500
For the first time, a pickup truck will serve as the official pace car for the Daytona 500. Chevrolet announced Wednesday that its redesigned 2019 Silverado 1500 will serve as the official pace vehicle for the race, with none other than Dale Earnhardt Jr. behind the wheel. Earnhardt Jr., himself a...
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Watch a late model Stock Car race around the Nürburgring
Dale Lomas knows every inch of the Nürburgring. As a founder of the website BridgeToGantry, Lomas has covered all sorts of 'Ring events, shuttled folks around in Ring Taxis, and raced in many VLN and other 'Ring racing events. So to see him surprised by a certain vehicle that appeared recently...
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Pony up: 2019 Ford Mustang NASCAR cup racer is ready for the track
Hot on the heels of the 10 millionth Mustang built is the Ford Mustang NASCAR cup racer. The Blue Oval on Thursday revealed the cup racer ahead of its competition debut in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series, where it will fill the shoes of the Fusion. Ford Performance and the design team's goal was to...
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Here's the new Toyota Supra heading to NASCAR next year
A week before our peek at the new Toyota Supra all the way in the U.K., race fans in America got their first look at the Toyota Supra heading to NASCAR. Toyota on Thursday took the wraps off its new Supra heading to a NASCAR Xfinity Series groove near you next season. The NASCAR Xfinity Series sits...
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Win a Chevy Camaro SS and have BBQ with NASCAR legend Richard Petty
NASCAR fans, open your ears and pay attention. Omaze is offering fans the chance to win a customized Chevrolet Camaro SS and a day with NASCAR legend Richard Petty. It'll cost you at least $10 to enter for your chance to win, but the proceeds go to charity. Omaze is the same online fundraising...
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Toyota is no stranger to motorsports. Both on-road and off, Toyota serves up racing products that compete strongly all over the globe. Here in America, the premier road-racing series has a somewhat unconventional, conventional Toyota entry: the Camry. Toyota has raced a Camry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Monster Energy Cup Series (including previously titled race series) for more than a decade. That could change next year because Toyota is reportedly prepping the Supra for battle on America's favorite ovals. Moving its NASCAR offering to the new, far sportier two-door Supra makes more...
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Ford Mustang to replace Fusion in NASCAR in 2019
Automakers have been racing sedans in NASCAR for decades. Sure, a number of coupes have battled for left-turn supremacy, but it's typically an arena filled with four-door bodies reminiscent of their production-car cousins. For Ford, that's set to change for the 2019 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup racing...
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NASCAR is reportedly finalizing an eSports venture
In an effort to appeal to a younger generation of fans, NASCAR is reportedly finalizing a venture into "eSports" for video game tournaments. The tournaments would potentially take place at NASCAR events and could potentially start as early as the 2018 season. Sources told Sports Business Journal...
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Jeff Dunham's 1970 Plymouth Superbird visits Jay Leno's Garage
The Plymouth Superbird is basically the king of all muscle cars. Many other muscle cars sold in greater numbers, and many are more revered by fans. But the Superbird and it's cousin the Dodge Daytona shout so aggressively with their design and accomplished so much on the racetrack. That's why they...
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Danica Patrick to retire from motorsports after 2018 Indy 500
Next year, NASCAR will see another high-profile retirement following Dale Earnhardt, Jr's final race, which took place yesterday. Danica Patrick announced she will retire from motorsport following two final races. She'll run NASCAR's season-opening Daytona 500 and one last race at the 2018...
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Budweiser created touching tribute to Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
At the end of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup season, the motorsport will lose one of its greats as Dale Earnhardt, Jr. announced his retirement this past April. To toast Earnhardt, Jr.'s legacy, Budweiser created a touching tribute to the decorated NASCAR driver. Earnhardt, Jr. drove the...
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The 2017 NASCAR Cup Series will be Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s final season after he announced his retirement earlier this year. Through Earnhardt Jr.'s 18 seasons and more than 600 races, the star racer clinched two Daytona 500 wins in his career. So, what's a proper retirement gift for someone of Earnhardt Jr.'s stature? How about his father's old race car? At Talladega Superspeedway, the track operators presented Earnhardt Jr. with Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s former No. 2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The senior Earnhardt drove the car in 1979 in his rookie Cup season and won his first championship with it in...
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Travis Pastrana thought NASCAR was boring, learned it's intricate
Travis Pastrana has been pretty damn good at nearly everything he tries. He's best known for being a pioneer of freestyle motocross and winning motorsports events on two wheels, but he's also quite skilled on four wheels. He has four Rally America championships to his name, the record time for a...
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Rick Hendrick takes delivery of the first 2018 Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE
Team Chevy NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick has added his latest toy to an expansive collection of cars by taking delivery of the first-production 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE. Hendrick scored the winning bid for very first Camaro ZL1 1LE at Barrett-Jackson's Palm Beach auction, where it was widely...
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Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to be next year's NASCAR Cup car
In a break from the traditional sedan, Chevrolet today announced that the Camaro ZL1 coupe will be its car of choice for the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series starting next season. Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson joined Mark Reuss, executive vice president of GM product development, to...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. owns a secret race car graveyard
Junkyards have long been the resting place for nearly all vehicles, but NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a different idea for crashed out and wrecked race cars. Deep in the backwoods of Dirty Mo Acres, a secret race car graveyard resides. It's the final resting place for dozens of NASCAR race...
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Watch a 2006 Dodge NASCAR race car rocket down a highway at 243 mph
The internet is a strange place. Like a high school yearbook, some things are found only after flipping through a couple pages for a second, third, or fourth time. This video, which features a 2006 Dodge NASCAR race car, is from 2012, but seems to have only recently caught on. The video was shot at...
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If you're in the market for a Toyota Camry and have around $30,000 to spend, you have two choices. A brand new Camry XLE with a few options... or this 2008 Toyota Camry NASCAR race car with its 700-horsepower V-8. We know which one we'd choose. Auctions America will sell off the Camry NASCAR race car, which is one of the first stock car implementations of the "Car of Tomorrow" body style. The body style came with major safety improvements at the expense of some potential flaws. Specifically, the rear wing has since been deleted from the latest generation of the body style in the NASCAR Cup...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves to reality TV post retirement
It seems Dale Earnhardt Jr. is trading in his racing suit for a tool belt. Following the well-known racer's retirement at the end of this year, Earnhardt Jr. is slated to star in a new DIY Network series where he and his wife, Amy Earnhardt, will renovate historic homes. Specific details...
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to retire from NASCAR
After 18 seasons and more than 600 races, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will bring his NASCAR Cup Series driving career to a close at the end of the 2017 season. Earlier today, the famed son of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. shared the news with members of his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team. The...
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2018 Toyota Camry gets prepped for NASCAR duty
Toyota unveiled its all-new 2018 Camry at this year's Detroit auto show. It rides on a new platform, offers up a trio of powertrains, and wears some much sharper bodywork than versions that have come before it. It's also already set to go racing. That's because Toyota has a NASCAR Camry that rips...
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Carl Edwards steps away from NASCAR
Carl Edwards announced today that he is stepping away from NASCAR and Joe Gibbs Racing. The 37-year-old driver wouldn't use the word retirement, but has no plans to get behind the wheel. Edwards said he would like to devote the time he spends on racing to the people that are important in his life...
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. got married on New Year's Eve
He may be the darling of NASCAR, but she is his darling. That may sound schmaltzy, but schmaltzy is OK when it comes to nuptials. On New Year's Eve, 14-time NASCAR most popular driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. married his long-time girlfriend Amy Reimann. The ceremony took place in a tent at Childress...
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