Journalist Matt Weaver tells us this will be the ninth year that the NASCAR Cup Series has operated under a franchise model. Simply stated, ownership charters are the NASCAR equivalent to stick and ball franchises like the Los Angeles Dodgers or New England Patriots. The idea is that every car number exists like a professional […]
Journalist Matt Weaver tells us this will be the ninth year that the NASCAR Cup Series has operated under a franchise model. Simply stated, ownership charters are the NASCAR equivalent to stick and ball franchises like the Los Angeles Dodgers or New England Patriots. The idea is that every car number exists like a professional sports team. There are 36 franchises in NASCAR. Like stick and ball teams, these 36 race teams earn shared perks of competing under the NASCAR Cup Series umbrella. Most importantly, the cars that are paired with an ownership charter have guaranteed starting positions into every […]
The Eastern Motorsport Press Association has announced the latest inductees into its prestigious Hall of Fame in advance of the 51st EMPA Convention, which takes place Friday through Sunday at the Holiday Inn in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Health issues will keep me from attending but I am proud of the fact that I was one of the founders of the organization. Voting was conducted by the EMPA membership and the select group elected to the Hall of Fame class of 2024 includes pavement Modified standouts George Kent and the late Ted Christopher. Both established themselves as outstanding competitors and achieved many […]
The Eastern Motorsport Press Association has announced the latest inductees into its prestigious Hall of Fame in advance of the 51st EMPA Convention, which takes place Friday through Sunday at the Holiday Inn in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Health issues will keep me from attending but I am proud of the fact that I was one of the founders of the organization. Voting was conducted by the EMPA membership and the select group elected to the Hall of Fame class of 2024 includes pavement Modified standouts George Kent and the late Ted Christopher. Both established themselves as outstanding competitors and achieved many […]
There were so many facts and figures I was aware of last year and so many that just caught me by surprise. Building Speed’s Dr. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky has crunched the numbers on the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. Here’s look at just a few of the stats. The NASCAR Cup Series Was scheduled to run 9,352 laps in 2023, but actually ran 9,375 laps. Fans got to see an extra 23 laps Chris Buescher ran the most of those total possible laps of any driver: 9,225 laps, or 98.4% of all laps possible. Kevin Harvick was second with 98.3%. Bubba […]