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NASCAR and MotorTrend have teamed up to provide race fans with a free, one-year subscription to the MotorTrend App, the subscription streaming service dedicated to exclusive motorsports content. Fans who are eligible for the free access include those who purchased tickets to 2019 or 2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series or Camping World Truck Series events at NASCAR-owned tracks.

“This partnership deepens MotorTrend’s outstanding relationship with NASCAR and their fans,” said Alex Wellen, MotorTrend Group’s global president and general manager. “We’re covering the sport in new, unique ways with our programming, including the new docuseries, NASCAR 2020: Under Pressure, and we look forward to their fans enjoying all of the best-in-class content the MotorTrend App offers.”

RELATED: MotorTrend App

To take advantage of the offer, look for an exclusive email from NASCAR to hit your inbox that will have instructions on how to redeem. Then, get ready to enjoy a year’s worth of access to more than 3,600 hours of streaming automotive content, including a special collection of NASCAR-centric entertainment, for passionate race fans in the United States and Canada.

Some of the NASCAR shows you will get to binge watch while you wait for the 2021 season to begin include NASCAR 2020: Under Pressure, Unrivaled: Earnhardt vs. Gordon, Classic NASCAR races, NASCAR All In: Battle for Daytona, The MotorTrend 500: NASCAR Heads West, the Best of NASCAR, the Art of NASCAR, NASCAR Happy Hour and more.

The MotorTrend App also includes more than 8,000 episodes of automotive series and specials, including Top Gear, Speed Racer, Wheeler Dealers, Roadkill, Fast N’ Loud, Bitchin’ Rides, Iron Resurrection, Texas Metal and the upcoming all-new Top Gear America – plus many more.

So, look for your exclusive email from NASCAR and don’t miss out on this offer.

The MotorTrend App is available on media players and streaming devices, including Amazon FireTV, Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast and on the web, as well as across iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices.

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CONCORD, N.C. (Jan. 5, 2021) — Acclaimed NASCAR executive and sports marketer Jill Gregory has been named the new Executive Vice President and General Manager at Sonoma Raceway. Speedway Motorsports President and Chief Executive Officer Marcus Smith made the announcement Tuesday.

Named by Adweek one of “The Most Powerful Women in Sports” for the past two years, Gregory assumes leadership of the historic 1,600-acre property where she attended her first NASCAR road course race as a teenager.

“Growing up in nearby Modesto, my cousins brought me to NASCAR races at Sonoma when I was in high school,” Gregory said. “I’ve been a true fan of this place for most of my life, and now I’m blessed with a leadership opportunity to return and inspire others to have the same love for the region that I do.”

Gregory will follow Steve Page who announced his retirement last August after nearly three decades at the helm of Sonoma Raceway.

“Jill Gregory has demonstrated innovative leadership in sports marketing for more than 25 years,” stated Smith. “She brings a background of not only professional accomplishment and familiarity with our company, but as a native of northern California, she also brings a passion for the region that makes her an exceptional successor to follow Steve Page’s distinguished career.

“I’m thrilled that Jill is joining us at Speedway Motorsports, and I look forward to seeing all that she and our Sonoma Raceway team will accomplish in the years ahead.”

“Starting with the vision of Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith, I’ve always admired the company’s efforts to grow the sport of NASCAR and embrace innovative, new opportunities,” added Gregory. “I look forward to taking that same aggressive approach to further establish Sonoma Raceway as not only a premier destination for NASCAR and NHRA events, but also elevating the historic road course as a year-round tourism and driving-experience attraction.

“I’m grateful to have worked with such a talented team of people at NASCAR, and I look forward to continuing those professional relationships from a new trackside perspective on the West Coast.”

Gregory is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Content Officer at NASCAR and the managing executive of the company’s Charlotte-based operations. She leads the marketing, media, communications, broadcasting and diversity and inclusion functions for NASCAR, and is responsible for the sanctioning body’s digital platform, including NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Mobile app and fantasy games. Gregory will continue in her current role through January pending transition plans and begin her new position at Sonoma Raceway Feb. 1.

“Jill’s strategic leadership has successfully guided our sport through incredibly complex challenges, all while reinventing how we engage our fans and grow this sport,” said Steve Phelps, President of NASCAR. “The impact of her legacy driving smart change management and continuous improvement will be felt for years in our operation and we look forward to partnering with Jill in her new role.”

During her tenure at NASCAR, Gregory revamped NASCAR’s marketing, content and fan development strategies to elevate strategic planning and enhance collaboration across the industry. She also launched an effort to refresh and modernize the NASCAR brand, significantly elevated the sport’s diversity and inclusion platform, and was a key leader in NASCAR’s drive to become the first major league sport to return to live competition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before joining NASCAR, Gregory was the Senior Vice President of Motorsports Marketing for Bank of America, and previously served as Director of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series marketing program for Sprint Nextel. In 2011, Gregory was selected for the inaugural class of “Game Changers: Women in Sports Business” by Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily.

Gregory earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and is a member of the Board of Directors for The NASCAR Foundation.

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The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is jam-packed with new venues and highly anticipated races.

Those events include a dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway, a new stop at Circuit of the Americas, the All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR’s return to Nashville Superspeedway, a Fourth of July celebration at Road America and the Brickyard 400’s transition to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.

Out of all the amazing schedule additions, which ones are we anticipating the most? NASCAR.com’s Terrin Waack and Chase Wilhelm go head-to-head to share their thoughts.

RELATED: 2021 schedule in photos | Changes to know for 2021

WAACK: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. I know switching this iconic track to its road-course layout changes up the classic feel to the Brickyard 400 crown-jewel event from the Cup Series’ schedule, but hear me out. The Xfinity Series race held on the Indy Road Course last year was absolutely epic. I remember watching it with my father and us screaming at the TV to my mother’s dismay — yes, I was off from work that weekend and had the pleasure of simply enjoying the event with family. My adrenaline was pumping at the end there, as Chase Briscoe nabbed the checkered flag in a scrambled finish.

It was the type of race you talk about with others and say, “Man, you should have seen it!” At least that’s what my father and I did afterward. And that’s the kind of show I want the Cup Series to have on Aug. 15 — the day after IndyCar and the Xfinity Series split a doubleheader on the same twists and turns. Three premier racing series at one historic track in the same weekend? Yes, please.

I respect traditions, like the previous runnings of the Brickyard 400, but if 2020 taught us anything as a sport it’s that change can be a good thing. If not, there’s always 2022 and beyond.

Honorable mention: Road America

WILHELM: Road America. I’ll take your honorable mention and elevate it to the top of the list. Serving as one of seven highly demanded road courses in NASCAR’s premier series, the event will be even more special with its Fourth of July slot. Celebrating America’s birthday at Road America is a match made in motorsports heaven.

Based on previous NASCAR Xfinity Series races at the 14-turn, 4.048-mile Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin course, we’re bound to see as many fireworks on the race track as we’ll see in the sky later that night. One race that sticks out in my mind includes a last-lap battle between Jeremy Clements and Matt Tifft in 2017. Clements, running with an under-funded, family-owned team, made contact with Tifft on the white-flag lap, sending Tifft spinning and Clements to the checkered flag.

While the NASCAR Cup Series has only visited Road America once — a race in 1956 won by Tim Flock — many of the drivers in the field hold valuable experience on the road course thanks to previous Xfinity Series competition.

Racing at Road America has taught us to expect the unexpected, whether that might entail lead changes in the closing laps, surprise winners or the possibility of inclement weather where rain tires could be put to use. That has all the makings of a July 4th instant classic that Uncle Sam would approve of.

Honorable mention: Circuit of the Americas

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Name: Bryan
Current City: Long Valley, New Jersey
Member Since: 2018 

Getting to KNOW BRYAN:
​Q. ​ How did you first become interested in NASCAR?
“My dad took me to a race at Pocono in 2007 when I was 8 years old and I fell in love with the sport. I began watching every race for the rest of that season and I have watched almost every race since. Me and my dad have attended one or two races every year since 2007.  NASCAR is my favorite sport of all, and I continue to follow it very closely.”

Q. What is your favorite part about NASCAR?
“The sound and speed of the pack of cars flying past is not like anything you could ever experience anywhere else. I love being at a race live to experience this and to smell the fuel and rubber as well. Being able to get hot passes and walk the garage and pit road on race day is amazing. We always have our scanner to listen to radios during a race which just adds to the race experience.”

Q: What is your favorite NASCAR memory?
“My favorite memories from NASCAR races would be watching Jeff Gordon win at Dover (International Speedway) in 2014 as that was the only time I got to see my favorite driver win in person. The memories made going to races with my dad and camping in an RV outside the track for a race weekend with family and friends are the best memories I have from my NASCAR experiences.”

Q: Do you have a favorite in any of the following categories?
Current Driver: “Matt DiBenedetto.”
Past Driver: “Jeff Gordon.”
Track: “Martinsville Speedway.”
Sponsor: “Busch Beer is my favorite current sponsor because I like their creativity and they produce the best paint schemes. They have a lot of special paint schemes that are all great.”

Q. What do you like to do in your free time?
“I am currently in college, so my free time is occupied by homework or working a job. Otherwise I watch sports of all kinds, especially NASCAR. I like watching old NASCAR races and I go season by season; currently I am watching back the 2010 season. I also enjoy playing NASCAR video games.”

​FROM ALL OF US AT NASCAR, WE THANK BRYAN FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM HIM IN 2021!
Look for Bryan on the Official NASCAR Fan Council page on NASCAR.COM.

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Bubba Wallace’s move to 23XI Racing — the team co-owned by basketball legend, six-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer Michael Jordan as well as current NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin — is one of the most-anticipated items of the upcoming 2021 NASCAR season.

Since the team’s formation, additional announcements revealing the car number, name, manufacturer alliance and founding partners have been made.

RELATED: Founding partners lend support to 23XI Racing’s on-track efforts, goals

On Saturday, Wallace dropped an initial look at his helmet for the 2021 season with DoorDash featured as the primary partner on this design.

https://twitter.com/BubbaWallace/status/1345432168890306564

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season will mark 23XI Racing’s first in the sport with the organization’s debut coming in February at Daytona International Speedway.

RELATED: How Denny Hamlin wants to turn 23XI Racing into ‘the Google of race shops’

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The Allgaier family will be making way for a new addition in 2021 as Justin and his wife Ashley both took to Twitter on New Year’s Day to reveal her pregnancy.

The couple is expecting what they are calling the “tiniest gator” — in honor of Justin’s “Little Gator” nickname in May of 2021. Daughter Harper was born in 2013.

Allgaier is set to begin his sixth season at JR Motorsports in 2021. He was the runner-up finisher in the standings in 2020 and has 11 wins over the last four Xfinity Series seasons.

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The new year is off to a banner start for Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chandler Smith.

Smith revealed on Twitter shortly after midnight on Jan. 1 that he was engaged.

The offseason was already off to a big start for Smith when KBM announced last month that he would drive the No. 18 Toyota full time in 2021. Veteran crew chief Danny Stockman will be atop the box for Smith.

RELATED: Chandler Smith to drive No. 18 Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports

The 18-year-old Georgia native has made 16 starts over the past two seasons for KBM with eight top fives and nine top 10s in those efforts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He closed the 2020 season with five top fives in his final six starts.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour: Race 14/14

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Race NAPA Fall Final
Date Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021
Track Stafford Motor Speedway
Layout Half-mile oval
Location Stafford, Connecticut
Start time 6 p.m. ET
Laps 150
Miles 75
Tickets Online ticket sales
TV channel NBCSN (Delayed: Friday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m. ET)
Live stream TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold (Live)

Race Day Schedule: Garage Opens: 10:30 a.m., Practice: 1:20-2:20 p.m., Qualifying: 4 p.m., NAPA Fall Final 150: 6 p.m.

Race Day Results: ENTRY LIST | PRACTICE | QUALIFYING | RACE RESULTS

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour: Race 13/14

 

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Race Miller Lite 200
Date Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021
Track Riverhead Raceway
Layout Quarter-mile oval
Location Riverhead, New York
Start time 8 p.m. ET
Laps 200
Miles 50
Tickets Sold at track
TV channel NBCSN (Delayed: Thursday, Sept. 23, 5 p.m. ET)
Live stream TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold (Live)

RACE LINKS: ENTRY LIST | PRACTICE | STARTING LINEUP | RACE RESULTS

RACEDAY SCHEDULE: Saturday, Sept. 18 — Garage opens: 12:45 p.m. ET; Practice: 3:15-4:30 p.m.; Qualifying: 6 p.m.; Race: 8 p.m.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour: Race 12/14

 

21 Rr Virginiaracinglovers150 Modified 4c

Race Virginia Is For Racing Lovers 150
Date Friday, Sept. 10, 2021
Track Richmond Raceway
Layout 0.75-mile oval
Location Richmond, Virginia
Start time 7 p.m. ET
Laps 150
Miles 112.5
Tickets Buy tickets
TV channel NBCSN (Delayed: Saturday, Sept. 18, 2:30 p.m. ET)
Live stream TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold (Live)

RACE LINKS: ENTRY LIST | PRACTICE | STARTING LINEUP | RACE RESULTS

RACEDAY SCHEDULE: Friday, Sept. 10 — Garage opens: 10 a.m. ET; Practice: 1:30-3 p.m.; Qualifying: 5 p.m.; Race: 7 p.m.

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