The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is preparing to auction off an assortment of strange items it has acquired over the years. Betsy Smith is the director of the nonprofit foundation that runs the museum.
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Keselowski steals Atlanta win after Harvick caught speeding
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No transition for Stewart-Haas Racing after switch to Ford
Kevin Harvick stands in Victory Lane after winning the pole for the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., Friday, March 3, 2017. Kevin Harvick stands in Victory Lane after winning the pole for the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., Friday, March 3, 2017.
No transition for Stewart-Haas Racing after switch to Ford HAMPTON,…
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Hamlin upsets Junior’s return
Hamlin charged past Dale Earnhardt Jr. with one lap remaining Thursday night to deny Earnhardt a victory in a 150-mile qualifying race that Earnhardt dominated. Earnhardt led 53 of the 60 laps in the second qualifying Duel, but couldn’t hold off a Hamlin charge at the end.
Danica Patrick says she has gotten numerous concussions during her career
… a hard collision with the wall at Homestead-Miami Speedway in her rookie IndyCar season in 2005, telling USA TODAY Sports in 2015, “I got knocked out, probably, for a second. I got out of the car, and I don’t remember anything, and I stumbled …
The Latest: Hendrick ‘can’t sit still’ despite Turn 4 issues
Jimmie Johnson hits the inside wall after losing control of his car coming out of Turn 4 during a NASCAR Clash auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Jimmie Johnson climbs out of his car after hitting the inside wall when he lost control of his car coming out of Turn 4 during a NASCAR Clash auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.
NASCAR America to Celebrate Countdown to ‘The Great American Race’
… Dale Jarrett (@DaleJarrett) and Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte (@SteveLetarte) will contribute from NBC Sports Group’s NASCAR AMERICA studio in Charlotte N.C. and Burton’s Garage in Huntersville, N.C. Veteran NASCAR driver Greg Biffle …
Hamlin Could Become 4th Repeat Daytona 500 Champion
Denny Hamlin rode the escalator to a stadium concourse and spotted his Daytona 500 championship show car on display and wrapped to resemble its appearance moments after the race. Confetti stuck to the window.
Bowyer out to revive NASCAR career as Stewart’s replacement
Clint Bowyer hasn’t won a race since 2012, hasn’t made the playoffs in three years and is coming off an embarrassingly bad season. The worst of his career.
Daytona Rising fuels boost in revenues for Intl. Speedway Corp.
DAYTONA BEACH - International Speedway Corp. on Thursday reported increases in revenues and net profits for both the fourth quarter and full year for fiscal 2016, which ended Nov. 30. Helping to fuel that increase was its completion in January of last year of the $400 million Daytona Rising makeover of Daytona International Speedway. ISC had expected the completed project would provide an “immediate incremental lift” in revenues in the first year of $20 million.
NASCAR’s Carl Edwards does not rule out US Senate run in ’18
… on Financial and Contracting Oversight that the armed forces were “wasting a bunch of money on a very expensive sports sponsorship.” McCaskill narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Jim Talent in the 2006 election, then won handily in 2012 against …
The Rolex’s time has come
Healthy numbers of fans - certainly by test-day standards – and, in the garage, a variety of international motorsports machinery from an ever-increasing variety of international manufacturers, along with a wide array of international driving talent, has rebuilt the Rolex 24 At Daytona into a world-class event. “It’s pretty dramatic if you think of where we’ve come from,” says Wayne Taylor, former sports-car racer, Rolex winner and current team owner.
Jerry Jones saved the NFL from extinction
… Rousey . The Danica Patrick of MMA was paid $3 million to get knocked out in 48 seconds in UFC 207’s main event. Fox Sports did the math and concluded she made $62,500 per second. Speaking of which, Patrick debuted her now “Warrior” clothes line …