Brad Keselowski wins GEICO 500 in overtime
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Brad Keselowski is now a six-time NASCAR Cup Series winner at Talladega after beating Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell to the finish in overtime.
Much like in Saturday’s race, Sheldon Creed fended off Matt Brabham to win on Sunday and sweep the Stadium Super Trucks’ St. Petersburg weekend.
Jeb! Burton is now a NASCAR Xfinity Series winner, leading at Talladega when the race was called after 90 of 113 laps due to rain.
A last-corner move by Matt Brabham failed as Sheldon Creed kicked off the 2021 SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks season with his 37th career win and 3rd at St. Petersburg.
Bo LeMastus, who previously worked as an NASCAR and ARCA owner/driver, is a last-second addition to the Stadium Super Trucks’ St. Petersburg weekend. He will make his series début.
Matt Brabham, who won the Stadium Super Trucks’ most recent race in St. Petersburg in 2017, led Sheldon Creed in the series’ return to the street course in practice/qualifying.
NASCAR Truck Series rookie Hailie Deegan will race in the Superstar Racing Experience this summer at Knoxville Raceway, and she will likely drive a multi-driver all-star car.
With the NASCAR Xfinity race at Talladega 2 days away, Brett Moffitt has switched from Truck to Xfinity points. Joey Gase, a part-time Cup driver, flips from Cup to Xfinity so that he can run Saturday’s race.
FEED Racing has launched the FEED EuroNASCAR Challenge, a school led by Jacques Villeneuve and Patrick Lemarié at Magny-Cours, with the winner getting a full-time Whelen Euro Series ride in 2022.
Against a field that included Kevin Harvick’s 8-year-old son Keelan, James Davison dominated but Brad Keselowski won the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race at Talladega.
Corey Heim, who currently leads the ARCA Menards Series standings, has joined Kyle Busch Motorsports for his maiden NASCAR Truck start at Darlington in May.
Denny Hamlin and Austin Cindric, both well familiar with starting on the front row in 2021, will do the same for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup and Xfinity races at Talladega.
Sheldon Creed, Robby Gordon, Arie Luyendyk Jr., Robert Stout, Jett Noland, Bill Hynes, Max Gordon, and Matt Brabham are confirmed for the SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks season opener at St. Petersburg.
Arie Luyendyk Jr., who won the most recent SST American race last August, and Robby Gordon’s son Max will return to the series for the 2021 opener at St. Petersburg.
NASCAR, Satisfi Labs partner to create Answer Engine, provide track and race info for fans
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NASCAR and Satisfi Labs are collaborating to develop and launch the Answer Engine, a virtual assistant that willl provide help and information for fans at various tracks.
Rick Ware Racing had signed Jennifer Jo Cobb for her NASCAR Cup début at Talladega this Sunday, but NASCAR has not approved her to race for various reasons.
Sports car racer Robert Stout, who won the 2019 Lucas Oil Off Road Production 1000 UTV title, will run the full 2021 Stadium Super Truck season in the #28 Lucas Oil/Continental Tire truck.
