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NASCAR News

Virtual racing brings success, complications for sponsors
The popularity of virtual motorsports racing on television has come with surprising success stories and occasional complications as race teams scramble to create value...
6:00AM ( 4 years ago )
Motor racing great Stirling Moss dies aged 90
Stirling Moss, a daring, speed-loving Englishman regarded as the greatest Formula One driver never to win the world championship, has died. He was 90.
10:52AM ( 4 years ago )
Michigan provides thrills in IndyCar's 1st virtual race on an oval
IndyCar's virtual return to Michigan International Speedway mimicked the U.S. 500 at the start, when the current open-wheel racing stars mismanaged the green flag and triggered a spectacular crash.
8:00AM ( 4 years ago )
Pagenaud scores IndyCar iRacing victory at Michigan
Simon Pagenaud used a combination of smarts, speed and strategy to win Round 3 of the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge on Saturday, the Chevrolet 275 at Michigan International Speedway.
7:49PM ( 4 years ago )
Virtual racing puts NASCAR, IndyCar ahead in sports shutdown
Get this: Some 1 million people have tuned in to watch professional racers play a video game on national television. Seriously. The mind-boggling success of virtual racing over the past month...
6:00AM ( 4 years ago )
NASCAR Acceleration Nation offers at-home STEM learning
Earlier this year, as Denny Hamlin piloted his No. 11 FedEx Toyota Camry to his third career Daytona 500 victory, fundamental concepts of aerodynamics were at play as his car surpassed 200 miles per hour...
2:00PM ( 4 years ago )
IndyCar iRacing Challenge heads to Michigan Saturday
In a series in which the only predictable trait has been unpredictability, the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge could get even wilder during Round 3 on Saturday, April 11.
6:00AM ( 4 years ago )
Jimmie Johnson mulls future in red-flagged farewell season
Jimmie Johnson, seven-time NASCAR champion and all-around Everyman, has added home-schooling elementary teacher to his resume.
7:00PM ( 4 years ago )
Earnhardt, Jr. to race in IndyCar iRacing Michigan event
The eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series may have Easter weekend off, but that’s not keeping Dale Earnhardt, Jr. from being behind the “virtual” steering wheel.
2:16PM ( 4 years ago )
F1 puts some staff on furlough, execs take pay cuts
With nearly half of the season already altered by the coronavirus pandemic, Formula One said Wednesday it will furlough half of its staff until the end of May and senior executives will take pay cuts.
6:00PM ( 4 years ago )