By: Jimmy Joe Ball, TeamJimmyJoe.com
By: IndyCar Press Release
The IZOD INDYCAR Series announces that the final race of the 2011 season will be October 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
MORE: $5 million bonus for win in Indy Car finale by outsider: The Izod IndyCar Series confirmed its 2011 season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an enticing twist: A $5 million reward to any driver from another series who can win the race. IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard says a selection committee would be created to select a group of five entrants from outside IndyCar, likely determined by mid-summer. A test session also will be held at Las Vegas, and Bernard singled out the series’ top teams — Penske Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Autosport — as prime candidates for offering rides to the interlopers. Bernard wouldn’t speculate on who might be interested in the proposition, but the race date was designed with NASCAR in mind. IndyCar will make its return to Las Vegas’ for the Oct. 16 race, which will be held at 3:30 p.m. ET. The Sprint Cup Series will race the night before at Charlotte, with the Bank of America 500 ending sometime between 11-11:30 p.m. in Concord, N.C. The Charlotte race is the fifth of 10 Chase for the Sprint Cup, which might dissuade many big names in Cup from participating because of focus on the title hunt. The obvious candidates would be former IndyCar drivers Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart, Sam Hornish Jr. and Juan Pablo Montoya. But Montoya has indicated no interest in racing Indy cars again, and Stewart has said he doesn’t want to do a one-off. Gordon and Hornish, however, might be interested in returning, and other veterans (such as Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne) have admitted intrigue in the prospect.(Jayski via USA Today)(2-23-2010)
By: Mike Skinner Press Release
Mike Skinner (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Mooresville, North Carolina (February 21, 2011) – Fresh off a solid Top-15 finish in Daytona, FAS Lane Racing is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Gainey Suites Hotel for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway this weekend. The Scottsdale area hotel will be home for the FAS Lane Racing team while being featured on the No. 32 Ford driven by veteran driver Mike Skinner in the running of the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500.
“We look forward to this partnership with Gainey Suites Hotel and hosting some of their folks at the track this weekend,” stated FAS Lane Racing team owner Frank Stoddard. “We do a lot of traveling during the course of the race season and stay in a lot of hotels and it is awesome to be able to call Gainey Suites Hotel home this week for our race team. The staff has been great to work with on this program and we appreciate all of their support.”
Mike Skinner will make his debut with FAS Lane Racing in Phoenix as he climbs behind the wheel of the No. 32 Ford. The veteran NASCAR driver has over 500 starts in NASCAR’s top three series and was the 1995 Champion in the inaugural season of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Stoddard, a veteran crew chief in NASCAR, has 14 wins to his credit atop the pit box and after a solid run in Daytona looks forward to Mike Skinner climbing behind the wheel of his No. 32 Ford.
Gainey Suites Hotel is stylishly remodeled and ranked by Tripadvisor.com as the #1 Scottsdale Hotel. This all-suites boutique hotel in exclusive Gainey Ranch-Scottsdale offers spacious and well-appointed studio, one and two bedroom suite accommodations featuring the wonderful Gainey Suite Dreams Bed with plush featherbed and opulent 300 thread-count linens, marble baths and vanities and fully equipped residential style kitchens and dining areas. Relax with New LCD HDTVs, Free Wi-Fi throughout the property and work desks with ergonomic chairs, halogen lamps, and laptop size safes for your valuables. The hotel also includes a complimentary full hot breakfast buffet and evening reception with hot and cold appetizers, beer, wine, and soft drinks. For reservations call 1 800 (970) 4666 or book online at www.gaineysuiteshotel.com
By: Reagan Foundation
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is honored to partner with NASCAR for the 2011 Daytona 500 and the Auto Club 400. Ronald Reagan loved all sports, in particular, NASCAR. He was the first American president to attend a NASCAR race, the 1984 Firecracker 400, where The King, Richard Petty, won his 200th race. In commemoration of the Reagan Centennial we are proud to honor our nation’s 40th President and show this ‘Tribute Video’ narrated by none other than famed NASCAR and FOX announcer, Mike Joy.
