Phoenix Raceway president Julie Giese will relocate to Chicago after NASCAR's Championship Weekend in early November to oversee operations for the Chicago street course race scheduled for July 2023.Among her duties in Chicago will be to build a fully dedicated in-market team and lead all efforts for the race event,...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will play a role at Daytona International Speedway next season, but it'll be as the grand marshal.The newly retired driver will get to give the "drivers, start your engines" command ahead of the 60th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 18, 2018. A two-time winner (2004, 2014) of...

Actor Owen Wilson, the voice of the animated character Lightning McQueen in Disney Pixar's upcoming movie "Cars 3," will serve as grand marshal for the 59th annual DAYTONA 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Feb. 26 at Daytona International Speedway.Wilson will deliver the command at 2 p.m. ET....

Daytona International Speedway has found an entitlement sponsor for The Clash.Announced Wednesday morning, the season-opening exhibition race on Feb. 18 will be called the Advance Auto Parts Clash. Daytona also announced the automotive company would serve as the official auto parts store of the track.Related StoriesThe Advance Auto Parts Clash...

Kerry Tharp, NASCAR's senior director of racing communications, has been named president of Darlington Raceway effective July 18. He replaces current track president Chip Wile, who stepped into the role of Daytona International Speedway president in April when Joie Chitwood III was promoted to chief operating officer of International Speedway...

International Speedway Corporation has announced that Joie Chitwood III, Executive Vice President, ISC and President of Daytona International Speedway, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the speedway conglomerate. Chitwood previously served as president of Daytona International Speedway and executive vp of ISC. Chip Wile, previously president of Darlington...