Showing posts with label Sprint Unlimited. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sprint Unlimited. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

NBA Outdraws NASCAR in Saturday Night Ratings

The big winner Saturday night: TNT with coverage of the NBA State Farm All-Star Saturday Night.

The NBA averaged 6.1 million viewers and upstaged everything on broadcast prime time.

The preliminary averages there: NBC with 5.4 million, Fox with 4.7 million for the NASCAR: Sprint Unlimited from Daytona Beach, CBS with 4.6 million and ABC with 2.4 million for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Harvick, Logano Exchange Words After Sprint Unlimited

Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 3rd Annual Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2015 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 12, 2015 - Source: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images North America)
Saturday night, while racing just behind eventual winner Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano forced Harvick up the track and caused the No. 4 car to bounce off the wall. Harvick ended up with a flat tire and finished 11th while Logano finished sixth.

"You can't just drive somebody straight in the corner into the fence," Harvick said after bumping doors with Logano and engaging in a shouting match with the driver. "He kind of did the same thing to me at Talladega and I told him, 'The karma train is coming after you' and it bit him right in the ass. So you can't do that."

But Logano insisted he was "trying to help, really" and brushed off Harvick's remarks as typical of a driver known for engaging in confrontations.

Matt Kenseth Wins Crash Filled Sprint Unlimited

Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the 3rd Annual Sprint Unlimited at Daytona at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2015 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 13, 2015 - Source: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images North America)
Matt Kenseth wasn’t surprised by how fast his car was at Daytona International Speedway Saturday night.

He also wasn’t surprised that the season-opening Sprint Unlimited turned into a wreckfest.

“It’s what happens every year,” said Kenseth, a two-time Daytona 500 winner who held off Martin Truex Jr. to win the 75-lap exhibition.

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Fans To Decide The Sprint Unlimited Starting Lineup

Race fans will have the final voice in selecting the starting lineup for The Sprint Unlimited At Daytona on Saturday night, Feb. 16 under the lights at Daytona International Speedway.

Race fans will have three options to determine the order that the drivers will line up for the fan favorite, star-studded race.