There wasn’t supposed to be a lot of news emanating from this week’s annual NASCAR media tour in North Carolina. So Kyle Busch, as he is wont, created some.
Motor Sports
For somebody who is supposed to be semi-retired from big time auto racing, Brendan Gaughan is keeping busy.
Danica Patrick is teaming with Premium Motorsports for next month’s Daytona 500, the final race of her NASCAR career.
Auto racing legend Dan Gurney, who died Sunday at age 86, competed in the lone Indy car race at defunct Stardust International Raceway in Las Vegas.
Nearly every day brings a new experience for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who spent the first 42 years of his life living in a bubble that consisted of NASCAR and not much else.
Rodgers split from actress Olivia Munn in 2017 after three years of dating. Patrick in late November ended a five-year relationship with fellow NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Bubba Wallace is much more happy being the only African-American driving in the NASCAR Cup Series than the only African-American driving in Xfinity or Trucks.
The short off-season for promising teenager Riley Herbst of Las Vegas has ended. He was on an airplane for Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, and then it’s on to Daytona where he will test the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 ARCA Toyota.
After winning his first NASCAR Truck Series race, this is what teenager Noah Gragson said upon being presented a grandfather clock trophy: “What the hell do you do with that thing, honestly? They don’t teach kids anymore how to tell time like that.”
Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. have split as a couple after nearly five years.
If Miami of Ohio is the “Cradle of Coaches,” then Kyle Busch Motorsports is well on the way to becoming the “Crib of Drivers” on the fast track to NASCAR stardom.
It was announced Tuesday that Kurt Busch of Las Vegas will return for another season with the high-profile Stewart-Haas Racing team after he and the team agreed to a one-year contract extension.
Formula One Licensings has filed trademark applications for merchandise and other items related to a proposed Las Vegas Grand Prix. Similar documents were filed for potential races in New York and Miami.
The first NASCAR K&N Pro Series race on dirt will kick off the second of Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s two NASCAR race weekends in 2018, according to a source close to the series.
When Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced his retirement in April, an anecdote was shared about him being the only NASCAR driver who would go to the media center without having to be told.