Nine up-and-coming drivers have been named to the 2018 NASCAR Next class. This year’s group includes five new drivers revealed Tuesday, joining four returning members from the previous year. Since the inaugural class was unveiled in 2011, 38 of the 51 drivers who have participated in the program have gone on to compete at […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Forty wins and 124 top-10s in 148 NASCAR starts during their 2016 and 2017 seasons, to date. … Three series champions, two of whom are the youngest in their respective NASCAR touring series. … The 2016 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Rookie of the Year and the 2015 Snowball Derby runner-up. […]
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Preparations for the 2017 Short Track Draft presented by PFC Brakes on Speed51.com are underway. The ballot was recently revealed and sent out to a panel of industry experts to determine the top 51 short track racing prospects in North America. As we prepare for the draft, we’ll be taking a look at a handful […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two are following in the footsteps of their former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driving fathers. One is a long-time racer who competed on the reality television show “Survivor,” and later added a degree from Stanford University. Another is one of the fastest rising stock car drivers in the Midwest. There is […]
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Those who live on the West Coast call it the “Best Coast,” and for good reason. Many of the best stock car racers we’ve ever seen have hailed from the left side of the United States. But in order to take the next step up the racing ladder those drivers often have to move to […]
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Five of the six NASCAR K&N Pro Series race winners in 2015 are 21 years old or younger. The championship points leaders in both the East and West are 17 and 16, respectively. And a 17-year-old just became the highest-finishing female in the 61-year history of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. […]
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LOUISVILLE, KY – The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East returned to Iowa Speedway (IA) on Friday, August 1st, for the second East-West combo event of the 2014 season. 17-year-old Louisville, Kentucky, native and East division championship points leader Ben Rhodes was looking to go to victory lane in the “Autolite Iridium XP 150” race and […]
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Third generation NASCAR driver, Jesse Little, returns to Langley Speedway aiming for consecutive top-10 runs on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Fresh off a solid sixth place effort at Five Flags Speedway, Little’s NASCAR Technical Institute Chevrolet has been stout on the short tracks of the K&N East and West series. “Last weekend we knew […]
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The early-season road has been bumpy for Kenzie Ruston, but the second-year NASCAR Next driver is primed for a stretch run. The El Reno, Oklahoma driver started the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season with a pair of sixth-place runs at Florida tracks – New Smyrna Speedway and Daytona International Speedway – and returns to […]
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