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Keith Murt
Keith Murt (born March 1, 1957) is an American professional auto racing driver and team owner who competed in the NASCAR Busch Series, the ARCA Re/Max Series, and the National Hot Rod Association. From 2001 to 2005, Murt ran in 23 races in the ARCA Re/Max Series, getting three top-tens with a best result of sixth at Kentucky Speedway in 2004, with his most recent start in the series coming in 2005 at Talladega Superspeedway. He also made one NASCAR Busch Series start that year at Daytona International Speedway, where he finished 38th due to a multi-car crash midway through the race. After the NASCAR and ARCA career ended, Murt has since competed in the NHRA, having mainly driven and owned his own team in the Top Fuel category. Motorsports results NASCAR (key) () Busch Series ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLM Motorsports
Keith Murt (born March 1, 1957) is an American professional auto racing driver and team owner who competed in the NASCAR Busch Series, the ARCA Re/Max Series, and the National Hot Rod Association. From 2001 to 2005, Murt ran in 23 races in the ARCA Re/Max Series, getting three top-tens with a best result of sixth at Kentucky Speedway in 2004, with his most recent start in the series coming in 2005 at Talladega Superspeedway. He also made one NASCAR Busch Series start that year at Daytona International Speedway, where he finished 38th due to a multi-car crash midway through the race. After the NASCAR and ARCA career ended, Murt has since competed in the NHRA, having mainly driven and owned his own team in the Top Fuel category. Motorsports results NASCAR (key) () Busch Series ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville, Tennessee, to the southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,137, up from 25,024 during the 2010 U.S. Census. Twenty blocks of the city's downtown have been designated as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Paducah is the hub of its micropolitan area, which includes McCracken, Ballard and Livingston counties in Kentucky and Massac County in Illinois. History Early history Paducah was first settled as "Pekin" around 1821 by European Americans James and William Pore.Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''p. 224 University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed August 1, 2013. The town was laid out by explorer and surveyor William Clark in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHRA
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsports sanctioning body in the world. The association was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. NHRA's first Nationals was held in 1955, in Great Bend, Kansas. The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, the national event series which comprises 24 races each year, is the premier series in drag racing that brings together the best drag racers from across North America and the world. The NHRA U.S. Nationals are now held at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana and are officially called the U.S. Nationals. Winners of national events are awarded a trophy statue in honor of founder Wally Parks. The trophy is commonly referred to by its nickname, “Wally”. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Reilly 300
The SRS Distribution 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that has taken place each spring at Texas Motor Speedway since 1997. Since 2005, this has been one of two races for the series at the track, the other being the Andy's Frozen Custard 300 in the fall. In 2011, the race became a Friday night race after being held on Saturday afternoon since 1997. In 2017, the race returned to being on a Saturday afternoon and My Bariatric Solutions, a part of Wise Health System, became the title sponsor of the race. In 2021, the race was moved from April to June and paired with the track's spring Truck Series race, which had previously been held in June, and the NASCAR All-Star Race, which moved from Bristol Motor Speedway to Texas that year. Also, the distance of the race was reduced from 300 to 250 miles and Alsco became the title sponsor of the race that year. In 2022, the All-Star Race and the Xfinity and Truck races on the same weekend were moved from June to May. SRS Distribution was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channellock 250
The Cheddar's 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the first of two Bristol races on the schedule. The first Busch Series race at Bristol was 150 laps, and was won by Phil Parsons in 1982. The race was not held in 1984. The race increased in length several times since then: it was lengthened to 200 laps in 1985, 250 laps in 1990, and 300 laps in 2006. In 2016, the race format was changed to include two 50-lap heat races and a 200-lap feature for a total of 300 laps, as part of the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash program. In 2017 that format did not return and instead reverted to its 300-lap distance with the new stage format. Stages 1 and 2 were 85 laps each, with stage 3 being the final 130 laps. The race was removed from the 2021 schedule as the Xfinity Series did not follow the NASCAR Cup and Camping World Truck Series in switching their first Bristol races to the dirt configuration. Past winners *2005 and 2020: Race extended due to a NASCAR over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam's Town 300
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series has been held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada since the track's inauguration in 1997. Currently, the track holds two races, both sponsored by Alsco, with the 300-mile (480 km) spring race being referred as the Alsco Uniforms 300 and the 301.5-mile (485 km) playoff race held in fall being named Alsco Uniforms 302 for sponsorship reasons (and increased distance in the latter). History In 1997, with the inauguration of the track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway received a second-tier series date as a support to the Cup Series event. The race is usually held as one of the first five rounds in the series. On March 8, 2017 it was announced that Las Vegas Motor Speedway, would get a second Cup date, a second Xfinity date, and a second Truck date. While the Fall Cup race and Truck race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway went there, Kentucky's date was moved to Las Vegas. The new date that Las Vegas Motor Speedw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EAS/GNC Live Well 300
The Daytona 300, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300, is the first race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, held at Daytona International Speedway. It is held the day before the Daytona 500, and is considered the most prestigious event of the Xfinity Series. Until 2002, it was the only event of the Xfinity Series to be annually held at Daytona International Speedway. Austin Hill won the most recent race, in 2022. History The race originates from races held at the Daytona Beach Road Course during the 1948 NASCAR Modified series season, the first sanctioned races held by the organization. Between 1950 and 1958, the race was held as part of the Modified/Sportsman Series, at the Daytona Beach Road Course. It was held the Friday or Saturday before the track's Grand National Series race. In 1956–1959, a race in the short-lived NASCAR Convertible Division was also held. The race moved to the new 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant (1861–1947) started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918, and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting in 1919, Alfred Sloan, with his maxim "a car for every purse and purpose", would pick the Chevrolet brand to become the volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete with Henry Ford's Model T in 1919 and overtaking Ford as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929 with the Chevrolet International. Chevrolet-branded vehicles are sold in most autom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 NASCAR Busch Series
The 2002 NASCAR Busch Series began February 16 and ended November 16. Greg Biffle of Roush Racing was crowned champion. Teams and drivers Complete schedule Limited Schedule Races EAS/GNC Live Well 300 The EAS/GNC Live Well 300 was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Joe Nemechek won the pole. Top ten results #3-Dale Earnhardt Jr. #99- Michael Waltrip #17-Matt Kenseth #57-Jason Keller #47-Shane Hmiel #10-Scott Riggs #24-Jack Sprague #71-Kevin Lepage #92-Andy Houston #48-Kenny Wallace Failed to qualify: Dan Pardus (No. 32), Mike Wallace (No. 4), C. W. Smith (No. 67), Mike Harmon (No. 44), David Boggs (No. 22) * Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s number 3 car marked the first race for the 3 car since the tragic 2001 Daytona 500. Junior would also run the 3 car at Charlotte later that year. 1-866RBCTerm.com 200 The 1-866RBCTerm.com 200 was held February 23 at North Carolina Speedway. Jeff Green won the pole. Top ten results #57-Jason Keller #60-Greg Biffle # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busch Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a Cup Series event scheduled for that weekend. The series was previously called the Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series in 1982 and 1983, the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series from 1984 through 2002, the NASCAR Busch Series from 2003 through 2007, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series from 2008 through 2014. Since 2015, it is sponsored by Comcast via its consumer cable and wireless brand Xfinity. History The series emerged from NASCAR's Sportsman division, which had been formed in 1950 as NASCAR's short track race division. It was NASCAR's fourth series (after the Modified and Roadster series in 1948 and Strictly Stock Series in 1949). The sportsman cars were not current model cars and could be modified more, but not as much as Modifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
