Kirby Gobble qualifies as the guru of the Mountain Empire short track racing scene.
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Former Sullivan Central High School two-sport athlete Steve Swift has crafted a reputation as one of the top builders in racing over the past three years.
Trevor Bayne emerged as the toast of NASCAR in 2011 after becoming the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 at age 20.Bayne has spent the past few years operating a couple Mahalo Coffee Roasters shops in his home town of Knoxville and serving an analyst on the NASCAR Race Hub television sh…
Kingsport Speedway owner Ervin Stiltner has a simple goal for each event at his concrete-coated track.“I just want everybody to have a good time,” Stiltner said.
The stars and cars from the NASCAR big top have left Bristol Motor Speedway for another spring.Hopefully, attention will now shift to the grassroots show.
Skeptical fans and even some drivers predicted last week that Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series show at Bristol Motor Speedway would not play out like an average dirt race.
Those predictions were right.
The third edition of the Food City Dirt Race was actually better than most dirt races.
A dirt expert has finally mastered the dirt version of Bristol Motor Speedway.
Following victories by Joey Logano and Kyle Busch the past two years, Christopher Bell led the final 100 laps late Sunday night en route to winning the Food City Dirt Race.
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Race fans came together to celebrate Easter ahead of the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday.
With fearless drivers, flashy cars and mega tracks, the NASCAR Cup Series represents a memory-making machine that can sustain a person during hard times.
That’s certainly been the case for this writer.
Two subjects dominated the discussion at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend.
The future of dirt racing at BMS and Thursday’s compelling dirt Late Model event at Volunteer Speedway in nearby Bulls Gap, Tennessee.
Kyle Busch added another chapter to his record-breaking NASCAR career earlier this season.
With his victory at Fontana, Busch broke Richard Petty’s mark by winning at least one Cup race for 19 consecutive years.
That achievement would not have been possible without the storybook finish to the 2022 Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Earlier this week, Joey Logano compared the sensation of racing a NASCAR Cup car on the dirt version of Bristol Motor Speedway to running a street Mustang on dirt.
Summer officially doesn’t begin until June 21, but it was certainly Summers time on Friday at James Madison University.
A player with a similar name to one of the main characters in the iconic television show “Breaking Bad” helped the Floyd County Buffaloes break John Battle’s grip on state tennis supremacy.
Any late arriving Abingdon fans who made the trip up I-81 were in for a disappointing shock when they arrived in Roanoke on Friday evening.
The Abingdon girls tennis team has advanced to the VHSL Class 3 tournament four straight years.
After three losses in the semifinal round, the Falcons are eager to take the next step with a balanced lineup.
TAMPA, Fla. — A donor approached Florida Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin recently with a hypothetical question percolating around big-time college sports. If I had $100 in my pocket, should I give it to the Gator Boosters or a name, image and likeness (NIL) fund? “Well, with all due respect,” Stricklin replied, “I’d love for you to find another $100 and do both.” Until July 2021, a ...
Andrew Lindsey pitched seven strong innings, Griffin Merritt and Christian Moore hit home runs, and Tennessee rolled past Charlotte 8-1 on Friday in the Clemson Regional.
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Ethan Anderson hit a two-run homer in the first and scored in the second as Virginia combined for 10 runs in the first two innings en route to a 15-1 victory over Army on Friday in the Charlottesville Regional.
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Claressa Shields is perhaps in the prime of her career, establishing a big enough name as a two-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion in three weight classes to headline the first boxing card in the six-year history of Little Caesars Arena in the Motor City. She became the first woman to earn a seven-figure payday in her last two fights and is expected to make another $1 million on Saturday night when the undisputed middleweight champion faces top-ranked contender Maricela Cornejo. Still, Shields laments the gender inequities in boxing.
Justin Suh has the 36-hole lead at the Memorial. Hideki Matsuyama is one shot behind. Both can thank their putters for that. Suh made eight putts from the 10-foot range and longer. That includes a birdie on his final hole for a 66. Right behind is Matsuyama. The Japanese star made a pair of long birdie putts at the end of his round for a tournament-best 65. Patrick Cantlay is a two-time Memorial champion. He's two shots behind. And four shots back were Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm. Rahm began his round of back-to-back bogeys and recovered for a 70.
After last season's wet-and-wild debut in Portland, the NASCAR Xfinity series returns under considerably sunnier conditions. Saturday's 75-lap race on the 12-turn road course at Portland International Raceway is set to be run under a clear sky in temperatures hovering around 80. That's a big difference from the deluge last year, when A.J. Allmendinger said afterward it was one of the craziest races he'd ever won. Thirty drivers are set to run in the Pacific Office Automation 147, a rare standalone event on the Xfinity Series, a step below the NASCAR Cup series.