Sentences with phrase «stock car racing at»

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In short, says Brooks, they wanted to make sure they didn't get another Days of Thunder, the much - reviled (at least in racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise film, which featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barn.

The nine - month, 36 - race quest for the Sprint Cup begins on Sunday at Daytona, and here are the 12 drivers who are expected to battle it out for stock car racing's grandest prize

He'll be racing in the Brazilian Stock Car championship season opener at Interlagos in 2018.

Jimmie Johnson ran a nearly flawless race on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, deftly avoiding accidents during three hours of bumper - car - style racing at NASCAR's shortest track -LRB-.526 mile) and generally reminding everyone in the Cup garage that he's the best stock car driver of his generation.

3M is holding a short press conference and lunch at its main UK facility in Bracknell to announce the launch of its WrapandWin campaign with NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing).

Episode 6 of «Pure Stock» a reality series that follows the racing seasons of Pure Stock car racers in the heart of the Midwest at the Grundy County Motor Speedway in Morris, IL.

The cycle of early mornings in the fields, dinners in the burger bar and evenings at the stock - car racing is enlivened by the arrival of seasonal migrant workers.

And when his dad began to race at nearby Riverhead Raceway, Stock became a devoted NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) fan.

I don't know how the V - 6 would handle towing my race car, but the idea of keeping the inside of the van stocked with spare parts and still having room to work inside and be shielded from the sun when I'm at the track is pretty appealing.

Loathe as I am to break any stock components on a street car while doing laps at GingerMan, I'd really hate to throw one of those expensive racing rods.

It might seem strange to see NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs, and mechanics playing around with sprint karts at a track with right turns as well as lefts, but stock - car racing has come a long way from the days when Junior Johnson was running whiskey in a Ford V - 8 sedan.

Contained within, for instance, is a fanciful pocket primer on American stock - car racing, with characters based on the legendary Smokey Yunick, the NASCAR and Indy crew chief, Junior Johnson, who at age 85 supplies the voice for Junior Midnight Moon.

The Bowtie Brand has more than 40 victories to its credit at Daytona in the top levels of sports car and stock car racing.

Drag Race Video of a stock 2011 Corvette ZR1 against a modified 2012 Nissan GT - R Black Edition at the Street Car Drags event at Palm Beach International Raceway.

After clinching the Isle of Man TT lap record in a Subaru WRX STI with a stock powertrain at the 2015 Isle of Man TT races, driver Mark Higgins, Subaru and rally - car shop ProDrive cooked up a plan to re-run the course with a heavily modified car.

The entry list for the 1966 running of the Motor Trend 500 NASCAR race at Riverside International Raceway read like a who's who of iconic stock - car stars, as well as talented wheelmen from other racing disciplines: Richard Petty, A.J. Foyt, Cale Yarborough, Mario Andretti, David Pearson, Tiny Lund, Bobby Allison, Dick Guldstrand and many, many more.

A key goal with Gen 6 was re-introduction of the «stock» car — at least in how closely the race cars resemble their namesake road cars.

Though he's made millions over his very productive stock car career and could likely spend the rest of his life relaxing at an island resort, Gordon no doubt will want to continue to dabble in racing.

Yes, that's a ton of cheddar to plunk down on an old race car, but consider the following: (1) a stock L88 convertible can run you $ 600k, (2) the 1967 DeLorenzo L88 sold a few years back for over $ 1,000,000, and (3) the 1961 SCCA champion C1 no - saled in January at $ 850k.

All of a sudden restrictor plates have allies.Once the most dreaded two words in stock - car racing, the device used to slow cars down at the Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway doesn't seem so bad after all - especially compared with some of the alternatives.Recent testing at Daytona has given NASCAR some other ideas on ways to keep speeds from topping 190 mph.

As teams prepare for the inaugural race at Texas Motor Speedway, stock - car racing's governing body sliced another quarter - inch off the Ford rear spoilers.This is but one more rule change since the start of the 1997 Winston Cup season.

The only stock cars to roll out at the Homestead - Miami Speedway's NASCAR race this weekend will be the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2010 Ford Fusion Sport.

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In the mill town at the foot of the mountains - a hotbed of violence, moonshine, and the burgeoning sport of stock - car racing - Rory is bewitched by the mysterious daughter of a snake - handling preacher.

Forza is the best console driving experience yet, and I should know, I've actually driven in anger on actual race rubber in competition, along with actually having taken a real NASCAR stock car around a superspeedway at speed.

The crowd scenes in these paintings are alienated from their distinctive social milieu, the politically charged environments of a public debate or the rowdy mass at a stock car race.

SYDNEY — Spectators at February's Daytona 500 in Florida were handed green flags to wave in celebration of the news that the race's stock cars now use gasoline with 15 percent corn - based ethanol.