Daytona Beach, FL (21 February 2012) – Sometimes it take years of hard work to create an overnight success, and Ozz Negri’s story reads like a textbook tale of hard work and ambition yielding the big breakthrough. Negri’s win in the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona for Michael Shank Racing, earned with co-drivers John [...]
SHANK SPEAKS: Daytona It’s been awhile since I have done my last blog and a lot has happened since our last race of 2011 to say the least!! Where do I start? The first great thing was the announcement that we formed a new Indycar team for 2012. My partners on this project are local [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood were wearing similar Compass360 Racing uniforms for the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona International Speedway. But for the first time in their Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge careers, the drivers were racing against each other instead of sharing the same car. “BurHop” co-drove the same car [...]
February 15, 2012–(Daytona Beach, FL)–As the child of two parents who went to work everyday (and sometimes nights, as mom is a nurse…) AJ Allmendinger didn’t come from the kind of background that provided him an unlimited budget to go racing. Fortunately, significant parental sacrifices, Allmendinger’s natural talent and desire, and some well-timed help from [...]
ESPN2′s daily NASCAR news and information program NASCAR Now returns for its sixth season on Monday, Feb. 13, at 3 p.m. ET, coinciding with the week activities begin for NASCAR’s season-opening Daytona 500. NASCAR Now will air Monday-Friday with half-hour episodes originating from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Ct. A one-hour weekend edition will air on [...]