Leavine Family Racing's starting spot in the DAYTONA 500 will likely depend on a top-15 finish in the first of Thursday's Budweiser Duel qualifying race. In the season-opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, driver Michael McDowell does not have a guaranteed spot. However, if you ask the team, Leavine Family Racing is not worried.
James Buescher comes into the opening race of the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season with a lot of changes, including running for RAB Racing. During the off-season, RAB Racing and Buescher have teamed up with support from Rheem and Toyota, and are looking to make a run at the 2014 NNS championship.
RAB Racing has made an addition to its competition department with veteran crew chief Matt Lucas taking over the crew chief responsibilities for the No. 29 Toyota Camry for the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season. Lucas brings over 16 years of racing experience to RAB Racing, also winning two races in 2013 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with driver Matt Kenseth at Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR).
When the engines fire at Daytona, not only will it mark the start of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, it will kick off the fourth year that NASCAR star Greg Biffle is helping put good dental health for kids on the fast track.
Auto Club Speedway is offering a special ticket package for the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 race at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, March 23 that includes a scheduled question and answer session with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet.
"The Daytona 500, obviously, is the biggest Great American race. It is what stock car racers dream about. I am thrilled to death to be making my debut with a company like Shore Lodge and Whitetail with ECR Engines under the hood.
Dating back to 1976, Richard Childress Racing has won 12 poles and collected five points-paying victories at the most-storied race track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit. RCR owns two Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt - 1998, Kevin Harvick - 2007), three Coke Zero 400 trophies (Earnhardt - 1990, 1993 and Harvick - 2010) and 14 qualifying races, including 10-consecutive victories with Earnhardt (1990 - 1999).
Dakoda Armstrong will make his first NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Daytona International Speedway this weekend with Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM). The team announced in December that Armstrong, along with sponsor WinField, would be joining RPM to compete in the NNS full-time in 2014.
“We’ve got a really fast race car which is great. The guys worked really hard on our Fastenal Ford and we have increased our speed a lot since testing. I’m really excited about the race. Now we just have to make it through the Duels without tearing it up."
