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MARCH 14: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota, climbs out of his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 14, 2014 in Bristol, Tennessee.

The annual awards banquet took place at the Monroe Civic Center to close out the year or to get drivers and fans ready for the upcoming year, depending how you look at it.

In a press release sent out Friday, March 14, the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen , NY, announced that it will host a Center Conversation on March 22 about land speed records.

The Vienna native will be running in NASCAR's Nationwide Series at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

Hamlin set a track record Friday with a lap at 129.991 mph to earn the top starting spot.

Frank Kimmel has won more ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards races than any other human on earth, which says a lot considering the tour's in its 62nd consecutive season of competition.

The Sprint Cup Series is running at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend, and we could well see a fourth different driver pull into victory lane in as many races this season.

Trent Hindman took care of the first part of business Thursday at Sebring International Raceway, capturing the pole position for Friday's Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge debut at the challenging 3.74-mile circuit.

Concrete Oval...Justin Allgaier will be making his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway in the No.

Briar Bauman had long been touted as one of the next big things in flat track racing.

Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Darrell Wallace Jr . has a fan and friend in 2012 NHRA Top Fuel dragster champ Antron Brown .

The fourth weekend of the 2014 NASCAR season brings Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee for the Food City 500 weekend, Friday through Sunday, March 14th through 16th.

The four-time Sprint Cup series champion has won races at the track "Too Tough To Tame," in March, May, August and September and is ready for Darlington's latest schedule shift when the Southern 500 takes place April 12th.

If there's a guaranteed barnburner to be found anywhere in the world of motorsports, the AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley Davidson Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway would certainly seem to fit the bill.

Testing made all the difference. That's what Castrol Triumph's Jason DiSalvo said after leading the first Daytona 200 practice session Thursday at Daytona International Speedway.

Daniel Suarez has won his first three races of the season in the NASCAR N&N East Pro Series.

Motorcycle races at Daytona. Sports cars at Watkins Glen. Modifieds at Langley. For race fans, if they couldn't make it to the track and the event didn't have television coverage, there hasn't been an option to watch all the action.

Brad Keselowski has won two of the last five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway, which should surprise absolutely no one.

NASCAR stars Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth are joining host Denny Hamlin as headliners for the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown scheduled April 24 at South Boston Speedway.

Aug. 4, 2013: Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, greets fans during driver introductions at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio.