NASCAR star Kurt Busch announced his retirement on
Saturday. He stepped away from racing after he suffered
a concussion in a crash at Pocono in July 2022.
He announced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway he would
step away from full-time racing last fall.
Jimmie Johnson was among the racing legends who were elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday along
with crew chief Chad Knaus and Donnie Allison.
Johnson won seven NASCAR Cup Championships during his
career, which is tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for
the most all time. Johnson’s first five came consecutively.
He is also the all-time winningest driver at five tracks. In
addition to that, he won Driver of the Year five times and
was the first racing driver to win The Associated Press
Male Athlete of the Year in the U.S. He had 83 total Cup
wins. Johnson will be 47 in September.
The landmark 1969 Hybrid model was offered at the Barrett-
Jackson Palm Beach auction where it was purchased for
$1.1 million.
That’s more than 10 times its list price of $104,295, but it wasn’t
just bought for the bragging rights.
The buyer was none other than NASCAR team owner and car
dealer Rick Hendrick (below) who has been the high bidder at
many GM charity auctions.
All the proceeds from the auction were earmarked for the
Donors Choose charity, which helps buy supplies and
project materials for public schools.
(FOXNEWS) – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 on
Sunday to start the 2023 NASCAR season.
Stenhouse held off Joey Logano on the final lap of overtime.
Lee Petty, driver of the No. 42 Oldsmobile, poses in front
of his car after winning the first 1959 Daytona 500 race at
the Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 25, 1959.
Petty was not awarded the trophy until three days later
*below) after officials thought Johnny Beauchamp was
the winner.
Sunday afternoon’s Daytona 500 will be the 65th running of
what NASCAR self-proclaims as “The Great American Race.”
