Darlington Drivers Appearances

South Carolina's phrase "Smiling faces. Beautiful places" couldn't be more fitting for this weekend in Darlington. Below are the drivers appearances for this week. If you know of any other appearances in South Cackalacky, please email us and we will add them to the list. Thanks Ya'll!

Thursday, May 7th
Brendan Gaughan is scheduled to sign autographs on behalf of 5-Hour Energy from 6:00-7:00pm at the BI-LO location in Darlington, SC located at 508 Lamar Highway.

Friday, May 8th
Justin Allgaier is scheduled to appear at the Penske Racing souvenir trailer from 1:00 - 1:30pm.

Saturday, May 9th
Brian Vickers is scheduled to sign autographs at the Red Bull souvenir trailer. The time will be posted on the trailer. A limited number of tickets will be available for autographs on a first come, first served basis due to time constraints.
David Ragan is scheduled to sign autographs at the UPS souvenir trailer at 3:00pm - 3:20pm.
Clint Bowyer is scheduled to sign autographs at his merchandise trailer at 3:30pm. Tickets will be distributed Saturday morning and will be available on a first come, first served basis.
Reed Sorenson is scheduled to sign autographs at the Richard Petty Motorsports hauler at 3:30pm.
David Stremme is scheduled to sign autographs at the Darlington Dodge display at 3:30pm.
Casey Mears is scheduled to sign autographs at the Jack Daniel's souvenir trailer at 3:45pm. A limited number of tickets will be available for autographs on a first come, first served basis due to time constraints.
AJ Allmendinger is scheduled to sign autographs at the Petty souvenir hauler at 4:00pm.
Sam Hornish Jr is scheduled to sign autographs at the Penske souvenir trailer from 4:00pm - 4:30pm.

Talladega's International Motorsports Hall of Fame offers lots of fun for the fans this weekend.

Racing Celebrities Appearing at International Motorsports Hall of Fame The International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum (IMHOF) is a must-see attraction for race fans attending the April 24-26 Aaron’s Dream Weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. And, now there will be more than cars and memorabilia for fans to see to during race weekend.

On Friday, April 24, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame will host several racing and celebrity autograph signing events.

* Donnie Allison, founding member of the legendary Alabama Gang, will host a book signing in the McCaig-Wellborn Research library from 10 a.m. till Noon.

* Stan Barrett, driver of the world famous Rocket Car, will be signing autographs in the Union 76 Building from Noon till 2 p.m.

* Jeff Gordon, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, will appear on QVC in the SPEED Channel Dome.


On Saturday, April 25, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame will host Martha Earnhardt (Dale Earnhardt’s mother) and Carol Gordon Bickford (Jeff Gordon’s mother) in the McCaig-Wellborn Research library.

· Earnhardt and Bickford will host a book signing from 9 a.m. till 11 a.m.

· Copies of their co-authored cookbook “Pitstop in a Southern Kitchen” will be available for purchase at the IMHOF for $19.99 plus tax.

“We are excited that so many of our special guests will be appearing at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum,” said Talladega Superspeedway President and IMHOF Executive Director Rick Humphrey. “It’s one more way that Talladega Superspeedway and the IMHOF are working together to enhance the race fan’s experience.”

Texas Motor Speedway Drivers Appearances

Its bigger in Texas! There is plenty to do if you find yourself lucky enough to go to the Samsung 500 this weekend, not to mention the many opportunities to meet your favorite drivers. Although I have been to more than half of the tracks on the NASCAR circuit, I have yet to make it to Texas Motor Speedway and I have family that lives in Fort Worth. I find this strange......

One thing that would be great for the family to attend is the Aarons Fish and Fun at the Races. You can spend the morning fishing with NASCAR Sprint Cup Driver Ryan Newman at the Lake at Texas Motor Speedway. Admission is free and open to kids 16 and under. The first 50 kids will receive a free Rod & Reel combo.

Without further ado, here are the drivers appearances for this week in Texas. We will be adding more as we get them.

Tuesday, March 31^st

Sam Hornish Jr. will sign autographs from 12:30pm-2:30pm at Mobil 1 Express located at 3055 Mayfield Road, Grand Prairie TX

Wednesday, April 1^st

David Ragan will sign autographs from 4pm-6pm at Discount Tire located at 2405 Grapevine Mills Circle, Grapevine TX

Joey Lagano will sign autographs from 5pm-7:30pm at Home Depot located at 901 N. Stremmons Parkway, Lewisville TX

Jeff Burton will sign autographs from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Wal-Mart located at 1228 Northwest Hwy 377, Roanoke TX

Tony Stewart will sign autographs from 6pm-8pm at Office Depot located at 1317 Hwy 114, Grapevine TX (wristbands will be distributed at 8am)

Thursday, April 2^nd

Eric McClure will sign autographs from 3:30pm-4:30pm at Brookshire’s Campground Store located at Texas Motor Speedway

Martin Truex Jr. will sign autographs from 4pm-5pm at Bass Pro Shops, 2501 Bass Pro Dr, Grapevine TX

Friday, April 3^rd

Eric McClure will sign autugraphs from 10am-Noon at the Wal-Mart located at 1515 South Loop 228, Denton TX and from 2pm-4pm at the Wal-Mart located at 800 South US Hwy 81/287, Decatur TX

Kurt Busch will sign autographs at 7pm at Wal-Mart located at 1228 Northwest Highway 377, Roanoke TX

Saturday, April 4^th

Ryan Newman will be at Aaron’s Fish & Fun at the Lake at Texas Motorspeedway at 9am

Eric McClure will sign autographs from 10:30am-11am at the Nationwide Display at Texas Motor Speedway

Sunday, April 5^th

Brian Vickers will sign autographs at the Red Bull hauler located in the souvenir midway at Texas Motor Speedway. Time TBA

The Holy Grail of Motorsports

For the first time in more than 13 years, Bristol has not sold out. Although not shocking due to the economy, it is a little crazy being that Bristol is the most coveted tickets to come across and tickets start at only $93. One of the funnier things I have seen is the disclaimer on ticketmaster.com for Bristol tickets. It says: If you are afraid of heights, it is not advised to purchase tickets in Wallace Tower (Sections WO-A thru WO-S). That's very nice of ticketmaster to look out for people that have a fear of heights.

The Ford City 500's Grand Marshall will be Virginia Tech Football Coach, Frank Beamer with Bobby Allison being the honorary starter. Country Music star Ashton Shepherd will perform the National Anthem who will also be performing a pre-race show. The green flag drops at 2:16 pm. Click here for the entire schedule and click here for the entrant list.

Here are the Bristol driver apperances:

Thursday March 19th
Eric McClure, David Green and more will be at the Ford City Family Race Night in Knoxville. Click here for scheduled appearances.

Friday March 20th
Justin Allgaier will sign autographs from 1030am-11am at the Penske Racing souvenir trailer on the front stretch of Bristol Motor Speedway.
Justin Allgaier is scheduled to visit the Verizon Wireless store on Clear Creek Road from 7pm-8pm
Stephen Leicht will sign autographs from 7:30pm-8:30pm at the NASCAR merchandise trailer located in the north display and souvenir area outside turn 3 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Ford City Race Night Appearances
Kevin Harvick 6pm-7pm *Autograph sticker required. 300 Autograph stickers will be given out at Harvick's line beginning at 5pm
Eric McClure 6pm-8pm
Jason Keller 6:30pm-7:30pm
Marcos Ambrose 6pm-8pm
Jason Leffler 6pm-8pm
Morgan Shepherd 6pm-8pm
Burney Lamar 6pm-8pm
Scott Lagasse Jr. 7:30pm-8:30pm
Kevin Hamlin 7pm-9pm
Scott Riggs 6pm-8pm
David Green 6pm-8pm

On the Food City Stage worth watching:
7:00pm Wii Boxing Tournament featuring: Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer, Elliott Sadler & A.J. Allmendinger
7:45pm - 8:30pm Rock Band featuring Kevin & Delana Harvick, Tony Stewart, plus one lucky fan from the audience.

Sunday March 22nd
David Stremme will sign autographs at the Penske Racing souvenir trailer at 9:30am on the front stretch of Bristol Motor Speedway.
David Ragan will sign autographs at the UPS souvenir hauler from 10:10am-10:30am
Kurt Busch will sign autographs at 10:45am at the Miller Lite souvenir hauler located in the display area at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Sam Hornish will sign autographs from 1030am-11am at the Penske Racing souvenir trailer on the front stretch of Bristol Motor Speedway.
Casey Mears will sign autographs at 10:45am at the Jack Daniel’s Experience located in the campground area outside Turn 1 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Las Vegas Driver Appearances

Here are the Nascar driver appearances for Las Vegas throughout this week.

Wednesday, February 25th
Eric McClure - will be at Arizona Charlie's (Decatur) from 11 am-noon.

Thursday, February 26th
David Ragan will be signing autographs at Discount Tire located at 6565 E. Lake Mead Blvd from 4pm-6pm rouschracing.com
Kasey Kahne will be signing autographs at Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower (2000 Las Vegas Blvd South) from 4pm-6pm rudysracing.
Kurt Busch’s inaugural Sprint for the Kids will be taking place at Pole Position Raceway, located at 4175 S Arville from 6pm-8pm. Participants will compete side-by-side in a celebrity endurance kart race featuring some of Nascars finest drivers and celebrities, including Jamie McMurray, Sam Hornish Jr., David Stremme and Jamie Little. For more information, visit kurtbusch.com/foundation
Elliott Sadler will be at Sam's Town Casino starting at 5pm http://www.elliottsadler.com/2009website/appearances.html
Joey Logano will be signing autographs at the Home Depot located at 1401 S. Lamb Blvd. Las Vegas, NV from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm http://driverappearances.com/
Scott Lagasse Jr. and John Wes Townley will be at ESPN Zone at New York, New York Hotel and Casino on from 2-4 p.m. http://www.lvms.com/news/superspeedway/504913.html

Friday, February 27, 2009
Martin Truex Jr. will be signing autographs from 11:00 am – 11:30 am at the merchandise trailer in the vendor area outside the entrance to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Richard Childress, Matt Kenseth and Darrelll Waltrip will be on stage at the Neon Garage for a live broadcast on the QVC network from 5 pm - 7pm.
Dexter Bean will be sigining autographs at the Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower from 7pm - 8pm. http://www.jayski.com/
Marcos Ambrose and Michael McDowell will be at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino from 7:30 pm - 8:30 p.m.http://www.lvms.com/news/superspeedway/504913.html
David Reutimann and rookie Ken Butler III will be at the Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership on 3223 W. Craig Rd. from 6:30-7:30 p.m. http://www.lvms.com/news/superspeedway/504913.html
Eric McClure will be at Stratosphere Hotel Casino from 8 pm-9 pm. http://www.lvms.com/news/superspeedway/504913.html
Hermie Sadler, Scott Wimmer, Todd Bodine, Scott Riggs, Reagan Smith, Jeff Green, David Green, Terry Cook, Eric McClure, Dexter Bean, Dave Blaney, Kirk Shelmerdine, Casey Atwood are scheduled to appear at the "Meet the Driver's Party in the casino at the Stratosphere Hotel & Casino at 7:00pm. http://www.jayski.com/
Jeff Burton and Richard Childress will be at the Caterpillar Contractor of the Year reception at Caesar's Palace from 7pm-9 pm.http://www.lvms.com/news/superspeedway/504913.html

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Kyle Busch will be signing autographs at M&M World, Las Vegas. 4pm - 6pm

Brian Vickers to dine at Hell's Kitchen tonight!!

One of our favorite things about the Auto Club Race is the intermingling of NASCAR and Hollywood. We promised that we will do our best to report on any sitings that deem worthy. LA Times reports that Brian Vickers will be a diner tonight on Hell's Kitchen set. To give you an idea of what Brian is getting himself into, this blog describes the experience that they had. If you have ever watched this show on Fox, its debatable which is easier: being in the presence of Chef Ramsey or going up against June Bug in Daytona.

photo courtesy of MSNBC

If you are in the LA area, make sure to take a look at the Driver appearances happening throughout the week. If you know of any that we are missing, please send us an email and we will add them to the site.

Thursday, February 19th
Matt Kenseth, Daytona 500 winner is scheduled to sign autographs at 11:00am at 2049 Century Park East.
David Ragan is scheduled to sign autographs at Discount Tire, 17871 Castleton Street City of Industry, CA 91748 6pm-8pm. roushracing.com
Tony Stewart is scheduled sign autographs at the Office Depot store in Rancho Cucamonga, California, on from 1:30pm-4pm. http://www.jayski.com/
Robby Gordon will visit with firefighters and sign autographs from 12pm-2 pm at the San Diego Convention Center. http://www.robbygordon.com/
Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, David Stremme, Reed Sorenson, Michael Annett, John Wes Townley & Justin Allgaier are scheduled to sign autographs at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California from 6pm-7pm. Johnson is scheduled to host the Fast Cars and Country Stars concert. Arena address is: 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario California. For ticket information and directions visit the Citizens Bank Business Arena website. http://www.jayski.com/

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Carl Edwards is scheduled to be inducted in the Auto Club Speedway Walk of Fame at 10:30am. The ceremony will be held near Gate 12 at the race track. http://www.jayski.com/pages/appear.htm
Sam Hornish is scheduled to appear at the Opportunity, California FanZone at Auto Club Speedway at 11:45am. http://www.jayski.com/pages/appear.htm

Sunday, Feb 22, 2009
Casey Mears is scheduled to sign autographs at the Jack Daniel's souvenir trailer located in Auto Club Speedway's display area, outside the front straightaway at 11:30am. Casey is also scheduled to be at the Jack Daniel’s Experience at 12pm. http://www.jayski.com/pages/appear.htm
Kurt Busch will be at the Fan Zone-California Speedway at 11:45am http://www.kurtbusch.com/index_hi_1024.php
Elliot Sadler: Think you know your Team Tylenol trivia? Stop by the Team Tylenol display for details and your chance to be one of 10 lucky fans to test your knowledge against Elliott Sadler. elliottsadler.com
Clint Bowyer is scheduled to hold "story time" with kids during Auto Club Speedway's Kids Club event at 10:40am. The event will be held at the Opportunity, California FanZone Stage at Auto Club Speedway. http://www.jayski.com/pages/appear.htm
Sam Hornish is scheduled to be on hand to sign autographs at the Penske Racing souvenir trailer at Auto Club Speedway from 10am - 10:30am. Sam is also scheduled to appear at the Auto Club display in the Opportunity, California FanZone at 11:20am.http://www.jayski.com/pages/appear.htm
Reed Sorenson is scheduled to sign autographs at his trackside trailer from 12pm - 12:30 pm

Get your Sharpies ready....driver appearances during Speedweek!

Throughout the last week, we have been gathering driver appearances for Speedweeks and this is what I have thus far. I have to admit, that while I am very pretty impressed with the Dale Jr./Adidas promotion on February 12th at the Volusia Mall, I personally will not be within 10 miles of it, with the fear of getting trampled by rabid JR fans.

If anyone has any other driver appearances they would like to add, shoot us an email and I will gladly post it to the list.

Driver Appearances at the track

FEB. 5: Kasey Kahne on the Speed Stage, 7:30 pm.
FEB. 7: Brian Vickers will be making an appearance at the Red Bull merchandise hauler trackside. Check hauler for time.
FEB. 7: Kasey Kahne at the Budweiser Shootout Front-Stretch Pre-Party before the drop of the green flag at 5:15 (tentative) for a Q&A Session.
FEB. 8: Clint Bowyer will appear at the Jack Daniel's Experience (located outside of turn 4) from 11 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Autographs are limited and will be available on a first come, first serve basis.
FEB. 11: Martin Truex Jr. and veteran pro angler Roland Martin will be at the Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats merchandise hauler trackside from 3:45 - 4:30.
FEB. 15: Brian Vickers will be making an appearance at the Red Bull merchandise hauler trackside at Daytona International Speedway. Check hauler for time.

Driver Appearances at the Volusia Mall (across from the speedway)

FEB. 10: Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish, David Reutimann, Marcos Ambrose, Johnny Benson and Ron Hornaday are scheduled to appear for the live broadcast of PRN's Daytona Beach Fast Talk Radio in the Volusia Mall at 6:00pm. For more information visit the Performance Racing Network website.
FEB. 10: Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson & Tony Stewart are scheduled to appear for the live broadcast of PRN's Daytona Beach Fast Talk Radio in the Volusia Mall at 6:00pm. For more information visit the Performance Racing Network website.
FEB. 12: Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are scheduled to appear for the live broadcast of PRN's Daytona Beach Fast Talk Radio in the Volusia Mall at 6:00pm. For more information visit the Performance Racing Network website.
FEB. 12: Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be at an Adidas meet-and-greet at Champs Sports. The first 88 fans to make a $150 Adidas purchase, including one Dale Jr. item between February 6-11 will receive an 'Adidas Hot Pass' to meet Jr. at the store on Thursday, Feb. 12. Each of the 88 fans also will have their photo taken with Dale and will receive a collectible picture frame.

Other Driver Appearances throughout Daytona

FEB. 6: Kasey Kahne with special guest, Dierks Bentley at the “Off the Track. Off the Record” One Night Stand event located at the Coliseum in Daytona Beach, presented by Budweiser. You can can obtain the tickets to the event via radio and/or retail promotions in and around the Daytona Beach area.
FEB. 10: Tony Stewart at the Office Depot on 560 South Nova Road (at Belville Road), Daytona Beach from 5-7 p.m. Tony will be signing autographs. Wristbands will be required and distributed to the first 600 customers beginning at 7 a.m. on the day of the event.
FEB. 10: David Ragan will be signing autographs at Discount Tire at 1051 Beville Road Daytona Beach from 4-6 p.m.
FEB. 11: Joe Logano Joey will be signing autographs at the Home Depot at 1551 Dunlawton Blvd., Port Orange. from 5-7 p.m.
FEB. 14: Ryan Newman will be signing Pet Road Pets book at the Meaty Bone Experience tent at Speedway Village at the Daytona Beach Flea and Farmer's Market at 1:45 p.m.

Drivers scheduled to race at local tracks during Race week

FEB. 6-14: Kraig Kinser will race the No. 20 Bass Pro Shops/Chevy/JD Byrider Maxim in the Tony Stewart's World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, FL. For more details, contact Volusia Speedway Park at (386) 985-4402 or visit the official Web site of VSP.
FEB. 9-10: Ryan Newman is scheduled to participate in the NASCAR Modified Series race at New Smyrna Speedway located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida on Monday & Tuesday, February 9 & 10, 2009. Newman is scheduled to drive the #7NY Aggressive Hydraulics Chevrolet. For ticket information and start times please call 386-427-4129 or visit the New Smyrna Speedway website.

Preseason Thunder 09

We are a mere 25 days away from the Budweiser Shootout and I must say I have zero interest in that particular race this year, other than the fact that Dierks Bentley is performing before and after the race. Normally this time of year we can hear the cars testing at the track, partying w/ the boys and waking up with headaches the size of Texas......needless to say, the testing ban has been a little weird this year. Thankfully for all Nascar fans, the opportunity to interact with their favorite drivers in Daytona Beach will happen this weekend at Preseason Thunder. I cant be entirely negative about the testing ban being it has given the employees of Nascar to enjoy more time with their families and friends with their much needed longer break.

The schedule for Friday and Saturday is as follows:

Friday starting @ 6pm:

Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Kyle Busch, Reed Sorenson, Aric Almirola, Casey Mears, Travis Kvapil, David Gilliland, Mike Skinner and John Wes Townley

Saturday Noon-4pm:

Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Denny Hamlin, David Ragan, Colin Braun, Erik Darnell, Paul Mernard and Alex Garcia

Saturday 4pm -8 pm

Dale Earnhardt Jr., Michael Waltrip, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Ron Hornaday.

Click here for ticket info and the schedule of events for this weekend including autograph session times.