DATES SET FOR NASCAR’S: NSCS, NNS AND NCWTS AWARDS

Trump National Doral Miami

NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards Move to Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. July 03, 2014 – NASCAR announced that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards – the annual culmination of Champion’s Week – will be held on Friday, Dec. 5, at Wynn Las Vegas. This is the sixth year that NASCAR has celebrated Champion’s Week in the city of Las Vegas, a tradition that has featured a bevy of A-list entertainers and fan-friendly activities involving the sport’s biggest stars.

Last year’s show, which honored six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, featured many memorable moments from host Jay Mohr and entertainers John Mellencamp, Dierks Bentley and Sara Bareilles.

“Two of the world’s most recognizable brands, NASCAR and Las Vegas, have developed a strong and successful partnership that delivers unrivaled excitement to the sport’s loyal fans,” said Rossi Ralenkotter, president/CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “We’re proud to celebrate this milestone as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards and its Champion’s Week return for the sixth year, proving that no destination matches the passion and energy of NASCAR like Las Vegas.”

NASCAR also announced that the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards will hold a joint celebration on Monday, Nov. 17, at Trump National Doral Miami. The event will honor the series driver and owner champions, as well as the top-five drivers in each series.

This is the first year the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards will have been held at Trump National Doral Miami. The property was recently purchased by the Trump Organization with plans for a $250 million resort-wide restoration.

“We are honored to host our first-ever joint celebration of these superb events at Trump National Doral Miami,” said Donald Trump Jr., executive vice president of Development and Acquisitions at The Trump Organization. “Our vision for the expansive transformation has been to create an unparalleled event experience and welcome these awards to our newly restored resort.”

“NASCAR’s postseason celebrations continue to be highly anticipated, can’t-miss events on the season’s calendar,” said NASCAR Chief Operating Officer Brent Dewar. “Las Vegas was built on world-class entertainment, and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards and Champion’s Week fit perfectly. In addition, we’re thrilled to shift the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards to Trump National Doral Miami. It’s a first-class property that will certainly provide an elevated experience for our industry and our championship teams.”

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards will air on FOX Sports 1 beginning at 9 p.m. ET. MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the awards show live.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards will be broadcast via tape delay on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.

Source: NASCAR

 

 

JEFF GORDON, NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINT LEADER, LEADS THE WAY FOR TEAM CHEVY AT KENTUCKY

Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet SS, qualified third Friday, June 27, 2014 for Saturday’s Nascar Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Gordon leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) standings

Eight Team Chevy SS Drivers Qualify in Top 12

SPARTA, KY. – June 28, 2014 – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point leader, Jeff Gordon, led the way for Team Chevy in qualifying yesterday at Kentucky Speedway, the 17th stop on the 2014 tour.  Gordon took his No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevy SS around the rough, 1.5-mile track with a fast lap of 28.903 seconds/186.832 mph, which was good enough to claim the third starting position for Saturday night’s 267 lap/400.5 mile race.  The four-time NSCS champion was one of only four drivers to break the 28 second barrier in the final round of knock-out qualifying.

“Oh my gosh you never want to be satisfied unless you are on the pole or in Victory Lane, but this sort of feels like a victory for me because that first run was not pretty,” said Gordon following the qualifying session. “That was a pretty wild session for the Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, but those last two or three runs were just so solid.  We made some good adjustments really proud of Alan (Gustafson, crew chief) and the guys on the adjustments they made. I don’t know how far off of those guys we were, but solid.  That is a great place to start this race.”

Out of three previous races completed at Kentucky Speedway this marks Gordon’s best qualifying effort to date at the track, the only track currently on the NSCS schedule where he has yet to capture a win.

Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS, qualified fifth and Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy Chevrolet SS qualified tenth Friday, June 27, 2014 for Saturday’s Nascar Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Harvick is ninth, Patrick is 28th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) standings. (Photo by Harold Hinson/HHP for Chevy Racing)

In Saturday night’s 42-car field, Team Chevy will occupy eight of the top 12 starting positions. Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team continued to show a strong qualifying program by recording their sixth top-five start of the season. When the green flag flies, Harvick will pilot his Chevy SS from the fifth position.  He will be followed by Rookie of the Year contender, Kyle Larson, who will start sixth in the No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS.

Nicknamed ‘The Rocket Man’, Ryan Newman will guide his No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS toward the top spot from the seventh starting position.  Last week’s pole sitter, Jamie McMurray, in the No. 1 Lexar Chevrolet SS, follows him in eighth.

Kurt Busch, No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS and Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Danica Patrick, No. 10 GoDaddy Chevy SS, will start ninth and 10th, respectively, in their Chevy SS race cars.   Paul Menard rounds out the top 12 Chevy qualifiers and will start 12th with his Chevy powered No. 27 Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet SS.

Brad Keselowski (Ford) won the pole, Joey Logano (Ford) will start second, and Denny Hamlin (Toyota) will start fourth, to round out the top five starters.

The Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET today, Saturday June 28th. Live coverage will be available on TNT, PRN Radio, Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 90 and NASCAR.com.

 

 

 

NEXOVATION, INC. ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY FROM DOVER MOTORSPORTS, INC.

Under the terms of the agreement, NeXovation will acquire the Nashville Superspeedway facility along with some related equipment and assets for $27 million in cash from Dover Motorsports

Nashville, Tenn. – May 29, 2014 – Nearly three years after reducing its public access and closing to competitive racing, the Nashville Superspeedway motor racing complex will have a new owner. U.S.-based NeXovation, Inc., a global innovation company and active pursuant (highest bidder) for the iconic Nürburgring motor sports facility in Germany, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn., from Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE-Symbol: DVD).

Under the terms of the agreement, NeXovation will acquire the Nashville Superspeedway facility along with some related equipment and assets for $27 million in cash from Dover Motorsports and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nashville Speedway U.S.A., Inc. Closing is expected to take place in the third quarter of 2014 and is subject to customary closing conditions.

“With our unique business model, passion for automotive technology and motor sports, and a tremendous market right in our own backyard, the Nashville Superspeedway is the perfect complement to our innovative and technological focus,” said Robert Sexton, CEO of NeXovation. “After creating and pursuing this opportunity for nearly two years, we are excited about implementing a completely new business model that we believe will transform this complex into a fully immersive experience in the world of high performance motor sport, automotive technology, and experiential venues.”

Nashville Superspeedway first opened in 2001 and is situated on almost 1,400 acres of land just outside of Nashville, Tenn. The 1.33-mile concrete superspeedway has a permanent seating capacity of 25,000 as well as lighting for nighttime events. Sexton confirms that NeXovation, a Nashville-based company, is committed to sustaining and enhancing the world-class facility built by Dover Motorsports as an important part of the Nashville and Middle Tennessee communities into the future. This desire to protect and improve “iconic” motor sports facilities with a new, innovative, cooperative business model was the basis for the company’s bid for the Nürburgring in Germany and its purchase of the Nashville Superspeedway.

NeXovation, Inc. was founded in 2012 to provide a platform for several innovations, including Sexton’s inventions, such as the patented FlatWire™ technology (now the company’s NeXwire Division), which is a high-performance, surface-mounted wiring technology designed for the automotive, building, aerospace and military industries; and multiple patent-pending compressed natural gas (CNG)-based technologies (part of the company’s NeXomotive Division). The company is comprised of a team of entrepreneurs and executives who represent hundreds of global patents and years of combined product development, marketing, and business management experience throughout the world. Most recently, NeXovation submitted a binding offer of EUR 150 million plus future incentives to acquire all assets of the Nürburgring motor sports facility in Germany, which would be complementary to the Nashville Superspeedway project.

Details of NeXovation’s future plans for the Nashville Superspeedway and Nürburgring are currently proprietary but will be announced to the public in the near future. For more information on NeXovation, visit www.NeXovation.com.