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Name: Holly
Current City: Taylorsville, Utah
Member since: 2009


Getting to know Holly

Q. Why did you join the Official NASCAR Fan Council?

“I joined the Official NASCAR Fan Council because I was impressed that a professional sports organization would actually take interest in what their fans’ impressions were of their sport in which they were investing so much time in watching, reading, attending, and participating in.”


Q. How did you first become interested in NASCAR?

“I first became interested in NASCAR from watching a television series on FX called NASCAR 360. I was aware of the sport prior to that television series but had the usual reaction when questioned about it which was that it was ‘just a bunch cars going around in circles.’ However, the television series showed the nuts and bolts of the sport which piqued my interest because I am a ‘numbers’ girl.'”


Q. What makes NASCAR special for you?


“NASCAR is special for me because my family became interested in the sport with me. We celebrate with each other when our individual drivers win a race or championship or advance in the Chase. However, we also give each other some friendly ribbing when our drivers are not doing so well, such as when one of our drivers is “wrecked” by another family driver or they are not doing so well overall.”


Q: Do you have any favorite NASCAR memories or traditions?


“My first true NASCAR memory is when my brother and his wife (at the time) gave me tickets to my first race at Las Vegas Speedway on row 4 in the straightaway just past the start/finish line for the March 2006 race as a Christmas present. I drove up from Mission Viejo, CA; they drove down from Erda, Utah; and we met in Mesquite, Nevada. His wife and I drove back and forth from Mesquite to the speedway for both races and it SNOWED that weekend in Las Vegas. Of course, I had no winter gear with me since I was coming from southern California so I had to purchase the last sweatshirt my driver’s hauler had, which I still wear proudly today. After that experience, Stacey and I attended the Auto Club Speedway race two weeks later (and continued to do so until 2011). In 2008, the family decided that they were going to start attending the Las Vegas Speedway races with us because they saw how much fun we were having thus ending our girls only race weekends in Vegas and the family tradition continued until this year.”


Q: Do you have a favorite in any of the following categories?

Driver: “Jamie McMurray.”

Track: “Las Vegas Motor Speedway.”

Memorabilia: “I have purchased several Jamie McMurray t-shirts, hoodies, hats, cars, key chains, cardboard cutout, a couple of pieces of one of Jamie McMurray’s Crown Royal cars that were cut up, and the list goes on. My friends and family also keep an eye out for Jamie McMurray memorabilia wherever they go (because I am a diehard fan) so I have a car still in a box, a furry animal of some sort sporting Jamie McMurray gear that when you press its hand you hear the roar of an engine, a Jamie McMurray Barbie-like doll, etc. I am exceptionally proud of my Jamie McMurray key chain and hat when he won the Daytona 500 in 2010 and my Jamie McMurray shirt and hat when he made the Chase in 2015.”


Q: If you could go to any NASCAR race/track, where would you go?


“Daytona International Speedway.” 


Q: What do you like to do in your free time?

“I like to watch NASCAR (I text the family updates throughout the race when they are unable to watch them), go on vacations with the family, spend quality time with my nephews and niece because they grow up so fast, visit my friends that I have made throughout the country, watch movies, dog sit for family and friends, go to the beaches in Southern California, and read my Kindle.”


Q: Tell us about your family. Do you have children and/or pets?

“My family includes my mother (who supports all of our drivers); a sister and her husband; a brother (a Ryan Newman fan); my brother’s ex-wife and her family (she’s a Jimmie Johnson fan); my brother’s ex-wife’s sister and her husband (she’s a Carl Edwards fan); and eight nephews and one niece (Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick fans).”

Q: What’s your dream car? 

“A silver 1968 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible.”


FROM ALL OF US AT NASCAR, WE THANK HOLLY FOR HER CONTINUED SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM HER IN 2016.

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LONG POND, Pa. — Two drivers still trying to break into Victory Lane for the first time in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series put on perhaps the best show during Monday’s weather-shortened, rain-delayed Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway.

 

Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, and Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, ran nose-to-tail and side-by-side then nose-to-tail again in a heated, and entertaining battle for the lead at Pocono.

 

Eventually, the two made contact and slid up the track, and Joey Logano (in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford) pounced, leaving both to gather themselves and continue.

 

That particular incident took place just as the race hit the scheduled halfway point. But the two weren’t done.

 

Larson regained the lead during a later round of pit stops; Dillon was seventh.

 

And then Dillon was sixth, fifth … and with 47 laps to go he was third and pressing Kyle Busch for second.

 

With 43 laps remaining, Dillon had the spot and Larson once again in his sights.

 

Unfortunately, a second heated battled failed to materialize — green-flag pit stops soon separated the two as Larson gave up the lead to hit pit road a lap sooner than his rival.

 

Both appeared to be making their way back to the front when NASCAR officials called a halt to the action due to a lack of visibility — fog had blanketed much of the track and made it impossible for officials and spotters to keep tabs on the on-track action.

 

Approximately 50 minutes after displaying the red flag to halt the race and wait out the weather delay, the race was called official after the completion of 138 of the scheduled 160 laps.

 

At that point, Larson was sixth and Dillon 13th.

 

“I don’t think you ever want to expect contact, but obviously we were racing really hard,” Larson said of the initial incident. “I was doing all I could to stay in front of him, and he was doing all he could to get by me. 

 

“We battled hard down the frontstretch one time, and then he got back to my inside into Turn 3. I left him plenty of room. I was just going to try and run side-by-side with him again and try and slow him down on the frontstretch. I guess he got loose underneath me and got into our door. 

 

“That was pretty frustrating at the time, but it happens to not even really matter. That part of the race doesn’t matter at all. It doesn’t mean one thing to me.”

 

Damage to his car appeared minimal. Larson led four times for 37 laps.

 

“I think all they really had to do was pull the left-rear fender out and that was it and we were kind of back to normal,” he said. “I felt like I didn’t have as much straightaway speed … maybe I have a little bit more damage than what we think, but other than that it (was) OK.”

 

Dillon, who started 12th, credited his crew — led by crew chief Richard “Slugger” Labbe — with making timely adjustments to his car throughout the race.

 

When the race failed to resume, the 26-year-old found it “frustrating.”

 

“Man, we had a super-fast car, especially in Turn 3, and could really make up a lot of time on everybody there.

 

“It was fun racing that No. 42 (Larson). He bought me through the short chute of (Turn) 3, and I got loose under him. I knew if I downshifted I was going to really break loose, so I just kind of kept in fourth and we got loose together.

 

“But, it’s just frustrating. We’ve got to get better on all aspects and the good thing is that we had a fast enough car to win today, and I’m proud of that.”

 

The results kept Larson 15th in points, and in the final Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup spot with five races remaining before the field is officially set.

 

Dillon’s finish strengthened his hold on a potential Chase berth as he improved one position, to 11th, in the standings.

 

MORE: Photos of the pass, more from Monday at Pocono

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The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will gather for a doubleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway while the NASCAR XFINITY Series is at Iowa Speedway this week. Check out the full weekend schedule below.


Note: All times are ET



MONDAY, AUG. 1: 

ON TRACK: POCONO

— 12:07:00 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400 (160 laps, 400 miles), NBCSN (Results) — Called on Lap 138 due to weather


PRE-RACE SCHEDULE
–11:50:00 a.m.: Intro Presentation of Colors: 55th Armored Brigade Combat Team Color Guard PA National Guard
–11:50:20 a.m.: Invocation by: Monty Self, MRO
–11:51:00 a.m.: National Anthem by: Meghan Wotring (Signed by Amanda Pascoe representing the Western PA School for the Deaf & the Scranton School for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing)
—11:57:30 a.m. “Drivers, Start Your Engines” by: Major General Roger Teague, Director, Space Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition
–11:07:00 a.m.: Green Flag – Pennsylvania 400 (160 laps, 400 miles)


PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 3 p.m.: (approx.) Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race


SUNDAY, JULY 31: 

ON TRACK: POCONO

— RACE POSTPONED UNTIL 11 a.m. MONDAY: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400 (160 laps, 400 miles), NBCSN (Follow live)


FRIDAY, JULY 29:

ON TRACK: POCONO

— 11 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series first practice, NBCSN (Results)

— 12:30-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series first practice, FS1 (Results)

— 3-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1 (Results)

— 4:15 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Results) 



GARAGECAM (Watch live)
— 10:30 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
— noon: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series


PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 9:45 a.m.: Brad Keselowski

— 10 a.m.: Matt Kenseth

— 10:15 a.m.: Daniel Hemric

— 1:30 p.m: Jeff Gordon

— 2 p.m.: Danny Stockman (Crew chief for the No. 27 Sprint Cup team) and Richard Childress Racing Competition Director Dr. Eric Warren

— 2:30 p.m.: Kyle Busch

— 2:45 p.m.: Joey Logano

— 3 p.m.: Kyle Larson

— 5 p.m.: (approx.) Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying



ON TRACK: IOWA

— 5-5:50 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series first practice, NBCSN will start coverage at 5:30 p.m. on a delay (Results)

— 7-8:20 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, NBCSN (Results)



DAILY ROUNDUP

— Keselowski talks safety after Watkins Glen wreck

— Newman plans to stick with RCR in 2017

— Gordon set for longer sub stint if needed

— At-track photos from Pocono, Iowa

— Truex wins third pole of ’16 at Pocono

— Starting lineup for Sunday’s main event

— Byron, Nemechek top Friday’s Truck Series practices

— Berry ready to make most of Iowa weekend

— Hornish Jr., Koch top XFINITY Series practices at Iowa

— Dillon: I plan ‘on being in the Sprint Cup Series next year’


SATURDAY, JULY 30:

ON TRACK: POCONO

— 9:05 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, canceled due to rain (Starting lineup)

— 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, NBCSN (Results)

— 1 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountains 150 (60 laps, 150 miles), FS1 (Results)


PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 10 a.m.: Aric Almirola 

— 3 p.m.: (approx.) Post-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race


ON TRACK: IOWA

— 4:15 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Results)

— 8 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series US Cellular 250 (250 laps, 218.75 miles), NBCSN (Results)

DAILY ROUNDUP

— Dale Jr. provides latest update on concussion-like symptoms
— Truex Jr. seeks more magic with dominant 600 car
— Top stories to watch for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race
— See the scenes from a busy NASCAR Saturday
— Remembering Neil Bonnett
— Byron wins at Pocono for fifth win of 2016
— Suarez scores pole for Iowa XFINITY race
— E. Jones takes Iowa race in fuel-mileage duel

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Editor’s note: The article below is courtesy of Ashley Miller, who won an all-expenses-paid trip to the Richmond race weekend. The photo is via Harrelson Photography, Inc.

 

My mom, Susan, and I have been watching NASCAR races for the past 15 years. We’ve been going to Daytona International Speedway in February and July for the past 11 years. We consider our Daytona weekends our mother/daughter time, and always look forward to spending the weekend with each other no matter what it holds — rain or shine! We also have been to Homestead-Miami Speedway several times, and sat in the rain to watch Tony Stewart win the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. However, this race season has been a difficult one for us with Tony announcing his retirement. I wanted to go to as many tracks as I could to see him one last time before he puts up his helmet.

 

I asked my mom last Christmas for tickets to see Tony at another track this year and tried again last month for my birthday. My mom is fighting blood and bone cancer, so she reluctantly told me she couldn’t handle it right now because she is much weaker. I understood, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see Smoke in his last race of his career. So, I bought her tickets to Homestead-Miami Speedway for Mother’s Day. After all we have been through, between the ups and downs, we have remained Smoke fans to the very end. It just wouldn’t be right for us to not be there when he takes his final checkered flag of his NASCAR career.

 

No matter what occurs at the track, we have always built the most wonderful memories. However, I don’t think this past Daytona trip will ever be topped! We started the Coke Zero 400 weekend like we normally do, hanging around the Sprint FanZone watching everything from practice to qualifying on Friday. We were on the FanDeck when Tony walked by the garage just underneath us. I screamed “We Love You, Tony” and he looked up, smiled and waved. My day was made. I told my friends and even said to my mom, “OK, we can go back to the hotel now!” Of course, we stuck around and continued our day shopping and watching the NASCAR XFINITY Series race.

 

Fast forward to Saturday afternoon. We arrived early to sign up for one of the garage tours that fill up so quickly, and then we had some time to kill in the Sprint FanZone. Two Richmond International Raceway staff members approached us there and asked if we had ever been to Richmond before, and if we would like to participate in the first-ever Fan Appreciation contest to win an ultimate trip to RIR in the fall. Of course, I said yes.

 

We had a couple come sit with us and we talked as the rain continued to fall. That’s the great thing about NASCAR fans, they are like long-lost friends you haven’t met yet! My mom was worried I wasn’t going to be back in time from the garage tour and suggested we give the tickets to our new friends. They were ecstatic as they had tried to sign up and it was already full. They wished us luck and told us we hope you win, and off we went to find the RIR staff.

 

Well, they must have been good luck because we won! We met Dennis Bickmeier, the President of Richmond International Raceway, who told us we were the Grand Prize winners, and it was an “Oh my gosh, are you really serious right now?” moment followed by some tears and hugs. Dennis was headed to the Daytona Media Center to announce Fan Appreciation Weekend at Richmond and invited us to join him on stage.

 

It was a bit nerve-wracking looking out at a group of people who had no idea who I was, but were about to tell my story. One question that stuck out was when a man asked me, “Why do you like Tony? What is it about him that makes you like him?” My initial response was, “Do you really want the real story?” I explained to him that in my junior or senior year of high school, I had a group of friends who were into NASCAR. They would come over on the weekends and watch the race at our house, and they told me I had to pick a driver to root for. At that time, I had a big crush on a guy named Tony, so when I heard the name Tony Stewart it stuck with me. From that moment on, I have been a Tony Stewart fan.

 

Kimberly Meesters with Sprint also was on hand, and she asked me if they were keeping us from doing anything. In my head, I thought “Absolutely nothing!” because this was the coolest thing ever; but I told her we actually have an area we go to every Daytona race to see the drivers en route to the Drivers’ Meeting. Kimberly asked if we had ever attended a Drivers’ Meeting, and I told her we hadn’t. To our surprise, she then invited us to attend the Drivers’ Meeting — and with a great big smile I said, “Sure!”

 

Before I knew it, the meeting was over and Kimberly flew up out of her chair to grab Tony to come over and meet my mom and me. Dennis and Kimberly explained to him I had won the first Fan Appreciation giveaway, and was excited to see him at the track where he had gotten his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win. Tony told us Richmond was his favorite track. We also chatted about the Coke Zero 400 race that night, and how he needed to play it smart to get those nine points. He signed my winning case and our hats, and it was the greatest moment for my mom and me to talk to him and have his undivided attention.

 

After wishing Tony good luck, we went back to the media center and Kimberly had one more surprise for us. On behalf of Sprint, she told us, our tickets were upgraded to the Daytona 500 Club. This is one of those things my mom and I have said we were going to do one day, just to say we did it. We very graciously accepted, and with a great deal of thanks, we headed to the Daytona 500 Club.

 

As we settled in at the Club, I assume we looked like we didn’t have any idea what we were doing, but the staff was very accommodating and made sure we knew all the ins and outs. We finally had a minute of downtime when I could call my husband and my mom could call my dad, and then we sat back and just enjoyed a Coke. My mom’s Coke can had the song lyrics, “A moment like this,” and it truly was a moment some people wait a lifetime for. A moment that we just had that might never have been, but everything aligned and it was our moment. We went to the top of the Daytona 500 building to listen to the national anthem and watch the flyover and then took our seats on the start/finish line inside the Daytona 500 Club. We watched the cars race by, pit stops so close it felt like we were in the box with the crew, and a beautiful sunset over the track.

 

The craziest part is I still get to take another amazing trip to a state and racetrack I’ve never been. I have a countdown clock going on my phone to let me know how far away our trip is. I can’t wait to have another amazing experience with my husband, but I’ll probably be just as excited to call my mom and tell her all about it! For now, my awesome fan experiences are coming to a pause, but will soon pick back up again when my husband and I get on a plane to Richmond in September. No matter what happens in Richmond or who wins the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, we will be NASCAR fans. We will probably never have a connection to another drive like we do to Tony, and it will take some time to get used to not seeing him on the track. But we will continue to spend our weekends watching races, and making memories as a mother/daughter racing duo for as many years as we can!

 

Thank you again from the bottom of my heart to all the staff at Richmond International Raceway and Sprint who made the most amazing weekend for my mother and me. You have no idea how much it meant to us!

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Limited visibility halted Monday’s Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway on Lap 132 of 160, continuing a tough weekend of weather conditions at the 2.5-mile track. Chris Buescher was the race leader when the caution flag came out.

The red flag came out on Lap 138 at 2:50 p.m. ET, and the cars went to pit road. At 3:08, drivers were allowed to exit their vehicles; at 3:45 crews were ordered to cover the cars as the threat of severe weather moved into the area. At 4:10, the race was called with Buescher declared as the winner.

The start of the race (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) was delayed by a day when weather washed it out Sunday. Then, the green flag for Monday’s rescheduled race was pushed back when damp conditions persisted and led to weepers. Precipitation delayed the race at Lap 85 with Joey Logano in the lead.

Originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday, the series’ second stop at the 2.5-mile track was moved to Monday at 11 a.m. ET. Green flag for Monday was originally set for 11:07 a.m. ET, then moved to 12:07 p.m.

Drivers were called to their cars at 11:50 a.m., and the race got underway at 12:10 p.m., with polesitter Martin Truex Jr. leading the field to the green.

Truex Jr. led 16 laps before a competition caution. Shortly after that, he ran into bad luck, hitting the wall in Turn 2 on Lap 19 and had to come to pit road. Truex later cut a tire on Lap 40 and headed to the garage for repairs before returning on Lap 59.

The June Sprint Cup Series Pocono event also was postponed by weather and eventually ran the following Monday. Three-time “Tricky Triangle” winner Kurt Busch was the victor in his No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with Hendrick Motorsports’ Dale Earnhardt Jr. locking in the runner-up position.

This week, as Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to recover from concussion-like symptoms, Jeff Gordon is wheeling the No. 88 Chevrolet for the second time this season. He started 24th.


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Chase Elliott and Joey Logano wrecked on Lap 104 in the Pennsylvania 400 on Monday at Pocono Raceway.

Elliott appeared to get too close to Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota before his No. 24 Chevrolet slid up the track and into Logano’s No. 22 Ford, pushing the Team Penske vehicle into the outside wall in Turn 2.

“Yeah, we came off of Turn 1 and those guys were three-wide,” Elliott said. “I thought Denny (Hamlin) had the best run, so I elected to push him down the back, down there at the exit of Turn 1; I thought that would be a good move to kind of get him passed, that hopefully he’d drag me by; and I was just still next to him and got in there. I thought I slowed down enough to not get loose, but got loose and collected Joey.

“So, I apologize to those guys. It was completely my fault. And I apologize to my guys. Man, they gave me a good car. I need to re-think my evaluation of how I’m going to approach these races because it’s not working out right now.”


Logano was not in the lead at the time of the wreck, but had led a total of 38 laps in the scheduled 160-lap event. Logano went to the garage, but returned to the race on Lap 128, 23 laps down. He finished 37th.

“We were able to drive up to the lead a few times,” Logano said. “Only if it had rained a little earlier we would have had a lot different outcome. We had a new rear carrier today and he came out of the gate swinging which is awesome. I am super proud of that. There were a lot of positives today.

“We just ended on a negative note racing hard and trying to get back up there after that caution. We all had to pit because we tried to win the race when it rained and we lost our track position and then the 24 got loose under me. It is just part of racing. It stinks to be on this end of it. It is just part of it.”


Elliott entered today’s race in 12th place in the provisional Chase Grid, but his 33rd-place finish pushed him down to 14th place.

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Martin Truex Jr. had a tough day from the pole position and was involved in three incidents that led to a 38th-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway.

Truex was running third when he hit the wall in Turn 2 on Lap 19 of a scheduled 160 of Monday’s Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway. He came in for repairs and fell a lap down.


On Lap 40, Truex’s right-front tire went down, and he came down pit road for more repairs. The four-time career winner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series went to the garage for repairs shortly thereafter and returned on Lap 59.

Truex would find trouble for a third time on Lap 98, smacking the wall in Turn 1 to bring out a caution. The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota would bring his car around to the garage and call it a day after the last incident.

“Just blew a right front (tire),” Truex said of the first incident. “A lug nut bounced off the ground, fell in behind the wheel behind a pit stop. It’s just bad luck honestly. I knew something wasn’t right in (Turn) one and two and I got real tight off of (Turn) two on that restart and went down the back and was like, ‘Ah, it feels OK.’ And, as I got closer to the tunnel turn I felt it start to go down and by the time I let off and tried to slow down it was just going straight for the fence.”


Truex came in as the polesitter and was one of the favorites after leading final practice. He was also running the same car that dominated to the tune of leading 392 of 400 laps in the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Truex was hoping that the team could get this particular car fixed up since it has been such a great car for the him and the organization

“That was my initial thought after it happened is like, ‘Alright, let’s go to the garage and make sure we don’t blow another tire and destroy the thing,’ ” Truex said.

“The car was so good. I was literally on cruise control and driving away. I don’t know — frustrating but it’s racing I guess.”

The Furniture Row Racing driver led the first 16 laps of Monday’s race at Pocono before a scheduled competition caution.

Brad Keselowski and Greg Biffle, who stayed out, were the lead cars on a Lap 18 restart.

During that restart, Paul Menard lost power and fell back in the field, causing cars to maneuver around him. Menard went to the garage and returned 16 laps down.

Goodyear tweeted out the official diagnosis on both of Truex’s incidents.

 

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The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINTIY Series will gather for a doubleheader weekend at Watkins Glen International this week. Check out the full weekend schedule below.


Note: All times are ET


THURSDAY, AUG. 4:

ON TRACK

— 1-2:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series first practice (Results)

— 3:30-4:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series second practice (Results) 


FRIDAY, AUG. 5:

ON TRACK

— 10-10:55 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, NBCSN (Results)

— 12:30-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series first practice, NBCSN (Results)

— 3-4:25 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, NBCSN (Results)

— 4:45 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Results)


PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)

— 10:45 a.m.: Chris Buescher
— 11:15 a.m.: Chase Elliott
— Noon: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
— 2:05 p.m.: Carl Edwards
— 2:30 p.m.: Martin Truex Jr. and Joe Garone, Furniture Row Racing team president
— 6 p.m. approx.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series qualifying

GARAGECAM (Watch live)

— 9:30 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series

— noon: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series


DAILY ROUNDUP

— At-track photos: Friday, Watkins Glen

— Junior gives concussion update, intends to get back to racing

— Dale Jr. talking ‘weddin,’ more tweets

— Earnhardt Jr. targets contract extension at Hendrick

— Junior: ‘I’m not ready to stop racing. I’m not ready to quit’

— Dale Jr. in his own words

— Furniture Row GM: ‘Good time’ to mull second team

— Chase-clinching scenarios for Watkins Glen

— Allmendinger, Truex lead Sprint Cup practice at The Glen

— Following Pocono’s ‘big moment,’ Buescher steadies Chase focus

— Full lineup for tomorrow’s XFINITY Series event

SATURDAY, AUG. 6: 

ON TRACK

— 12:15 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, CNBC (Results)

— 2 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at The Glen (82 laps, 200.9 miles), CNBC (Results)


PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 1:30 p.m. approx.: Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying
— 4:30 p.m. approx.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series race

DAILY ROUNDUP
— Sources: Details set for Furniture Row announcement
— Watkins Glen mayhem tights XFINITY Chase standings
— Cain: Dale Jr.’s trip to the track brings mutual reassurance
— At-track photos: Saturday at The Glen
— ‘Rowdy’ surprises fan with autograph on RV
— Logano wins Penske-dominated race at Watkins Glen
— Said still having a blast with fans, racing
— Snapshot: Watkins Glen
— Backward pit stops? How stops at The Glen work
— Edwards earns pole award at Watkins Glen
— See the entire Watkins Glen 40-car field

SUNDAY, AUG. 7: 

ON TRACK

— 2 p.m.: Driver Introductions
— 2:28 p.m.: Canadian National Anthem: Amy Rivard, Singer/Songwriter 
— 2:30 p.m.:  USA Live on air
— 2:30 p.m.: Presentation of Colors: U.S. Marines Color Guard (on stage), New York State Troopers (Turn 1), Alfred State ROTC (Turn 2), Chemung-Schuyler Cadet Squadron (Esses)
— 2:30 p.m.: Invocation by: Reverend David Fife, Bentley Creek Wesleyan Church
— 2:31 p.m.: National Anthem by: J.W. Cortes
— 2:32 p.m.: Flyover by: C-130 Hercules, 914th Airlift Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
–– 2:38 p.m.: “Drivers, Start Your Engines” by: John Persons, President and Chief Operating Officer, Top’s Markets and Johnny Persons
— 2:49 p.m.: Start of the Cheez-It 355 (90 laps, 220.5 miles), USA (Results)


PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 10 a.m.: Furniture Row Racing announcement
— 5:30 p.m. approx.: Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race

DAILY ROUNDUP
— Hamlin wins thriller at Watkins Glen
— Keselowski, Truex make post-race contact
— Chase Bubble: Analyzing the playoff picture post-Watkins Glen
— ‘Dinger hangs head after final lap run-in with Larson
— Jones, Furniture Row announce second car for ’17
— Childers airs frustrations during Watkins Glen race
— Hard-hitting wreck brings out the red flag
— Gordon makes 800th Cup start Sunday
— NASCAR looming for IndyCar’s Newgarden?
— Cope addresses strange explosion
— Race-day images from Watkins Glen

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All times ET

Monday, Aug. 1
10:30 a.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Countdown to Green, NBCSN
11 a.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pennsylvania 400, NBCSN
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Tuesday, Aug. 2
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Wednesday, Aug. 3
7 a.m., Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge: Lime Rock Park (re-air), FS1
9:30 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Pocono Mountains 150 (re-air), FS1

Thursday, Aug. 4
10:30 p.m., Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge: Lime Rock Park (re-air), FS2

Friday, Aug. 5
7 a.m., NASCAR: The List (re-air), NBCSN
7:30 a.m., NASCAR: The List (re-air), NBCSN
8 a.m., NASCAR: The List (re-air), NBCSN
8:30 a.m., Building 43, NBCSN
9:30 a.m., NASCAR Scan All 43, NBCSN
10 a.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, NBCSN
Noon, NASCAR America, NBCSN
12:30 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, NBCSN
2 p.m., NASCAR K&N Pro Series: Iowa, NBCSN
3 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, NBCSN
4:30 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
7 p.m., NASCAR America (re-air), NBCSN
8 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice (re-air), NBCSN
9 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice (re-air), NBCSN
10:30 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice (re-air), NBCSN
Midnight, NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying (re-air), NBCSN

Saturday, Aug. 6
2:30 a.m., NASCAR: The List – Iconic Cars (re-air), NBCSN
Noon, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, CNBC
1:30 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown, CNBC
2 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at The Glen, CNBC
4:30 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Post-Race Show, CNBC

Sunday, Aug. 7
12:30 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FS2
2 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Countdown, USA
2:30 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, USA
4 p.m., WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Road America, FS1
5:30 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Post-Race Show, USA
Midnight, NASCAR Victory Lap, NBCSN

TUNE-IN GUIDE

Daytona Market:

Brighthouse Cable 

USA Network: Channel 1238 

NBCSN: Channel 1152

CNBC: Channel 1219

 

Charlotte Market:

Time Warner Cable

USA Network: Channel 101

NBCSN: Channel 314

CNBC: Channel 205

 

New York Market:

Time Warner Cable

USA Network: Channel 101

NBCSN: Channel 314

CNBC: Channel 205 


Optimum Cable

USA: Channel 38

NBCSN: Channel 212

CNBC: Channel 24


Verizon FIOS

USA: Channel 550

NBCSN: Channel 590

CNBC: Channel 602

 

Los Angeles Market:

Time Warner Cable 

USA Network: Channel 101

NBCSN: Channel 314

CNBC: Channel 85 

 

National Carriers:

DIRECTV

USA Network: Channel 242

NBCSN: Channel 220

CNBC: Channel 355

 

Dish Network

USA: Channel 105 

NBCSN: Channel 159 

CNBC: Channel 208


Verizon FIOS

USA: Channel 550

NBCSN: Channel #590

CNBC: Channel 602

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RELATED: Latest updates, timeline on Dale Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. gave some health-related updates Monday on “The Dale Jr. Download” podcast, including a revelation that his doctors think his latest concussion occurred at Michigan on June 12 and that his plan for the future “is to race more.”

 

“The symptoms have sort of plateaued,” Earnhardt Jr. revealed. “There are days when I feel like that the balance is better and then there’s certainly moments when it’s not. “

 

NASCAR’s most popular wheelman is itching to return to the track, too. Earnhardt missed the past three races after experiencing concussion-related symptoms. Jeff Gordon filled Junior’s seat in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway. Alex Bowman replaced Junior at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.


“I’m very impatient and I want change now and I want improvement now,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “I’m constantly texting my doctor. (I told him), ‘tell me you can fix this.’ “

Here are more quotes from the podcast:


— “My doctor’s don’t want me sleeping much. … (I) can’t be lazy and laying around all day.”

— “The balance is up and down. The main issue that I have is called gaze stability. That’s the main problem and that is, what I believe, is tied to the balance.”

— ” … the problem is with my eye being able to fix on an object from a great distance. That’s the problem, when I move my head, I lose the object that I’m trying to target.”

— “It’s only been three weeks since I really first got checked out so that’s really a short span of time in the grand scheme of things.”

— “I have to follow their (the doctors) orders with everything they want me to do and hope that over time that’s going to make a difference.”

— “This particular time, my doctor wants me to expose myself to situations that drive the symptoms. And that would be going places that I’m super unfamiliar with. Even going over to JR Motorsports just on a weekday drives the symptoms up.”

— “You don’t even realize you have anxiety until it affects you. I didn’t think I had much anxiety in my life. … Just the simple things you take for granted.”

— “He (the physician) wants me to go to the grocery store with Amy. He wants me to live my life.”

 

— “The hardest thing to understand is what’s most important in life.”

 

— “I’m not a doctor. So I have to lean on the professionals I’m working with. When I first went to get checked out, we went through every single test. We went through every possible issue from inner ear, blood tests, checked for Lyme disease. Everything we could think of.”

 

— “They seem to really feel confident that this occurred in Michigan. I’ve never had a concussion that came on weeks after the event. Most of them you feel it immediately and they sort of get better over time. So this has been the opposite. This is scary for me because of the way it’s been different.”

— “In my mind, my plan is to race more.”

 

— “You go to bed at night hoping you’re going to be able to wake up the next morning and tell a difference. That drives you absolutely crazy.”

Listen to the full podcast here