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fanhouse.com Filed under: Sports Business and Media, NASCAR Apparently undeterred by the failure of the Michael Vick reality series it did last year, Black Entertainment Television will begin airing a NASCAR-themed reality series. “Changing Lanes” premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. In the series, a group of 30 minority drivers, who aspire to qualify for [...]
fanhouse.com Filed under: Nationwide Series, NASCAR Newly reinstated by NASCAR after a failed drug test this summer, former NASCAR series champion Randy LaJoie opened up to FanHouse about the fateful May night he smoked marijuana, the ensuing NASCAR-mandated treatment since his June 22 suspension, his future in racing and his opportunity to teach his teenage [...]
fanhouse.com by Holly Cain Filed under: Nationwide Series, NASCAR Newly reinstated by NASCAR after a failed drug test this summer, former NASCAR series champion Randy LaJoie opened up to FanHouse about the fateful May night he smoked marijuana, the ensuing NASCAR-mandated treatment since his June 22 suspension, his future in racing and his opportunity to [...]
fanhouse.com by Milton Kent Filed under: Sports Business and Media, NASCAR Apparently undeterred by the failure of the Michael Vick reality series it did last year, Black Entertainment Television will begin airing a NASCAR-themed reality series. “Changing Lanes” premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. In the series, a group of 30 minority drivers, who aspire [...]
fanhouse.com by David Whitley Filed under: Other Racing Series A 13-year-old boy was killed racing his motorcycle Sunday. If that shocks you, chances are you just don’t understand the sport. Lucky for your kids. Not so lucky was Peter Lenz, all 81 pounds of him. “The fatal accident almost certainly will spark a debate about [...]
fanhouse.com by Geoffrey Miller Filed under: Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup, NASCAR The hits just keep on coming for Marcos Ambrose in his bid to take checkered flags when NASCAR has a road course event. Ambrose, NASCAR’s resident Aussie and a road racing phenom, once again saw a better-than-good shot at winning Sunday’s Nationwide Series race [...]
fanhouse.com by FanHouse Newswire Filed under: Other Racing Series INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Grand Prix Racers Union does not plan to hold a formal investigation into the death of a 13-year-old motorcycle racer in Indianapolis over the weekend. Stewart Aitken-Cade, a spokesman for the sanctioning body, says the union will discuss ways to make [...]
thatsracing.com Former NASCAR champion driver Dale Jarrett, crew chief and engine builder Waddell Wilson and former Charlotte Observer motorsports writer Tom Higgins will be inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame in January. Read the full story
Scenedaily.com The show is billed as an opportunity to change the face of NASCAR. Ten blacks, Hispanics and women, all living in one house, competing for a job as a driver in a sport that has been dominated for 60 years by white males. That competition will play out this fall in “Changing Lanes,” a [...]