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Talladega Superspeedway’s fun, party atmosphere increased in a big way during the track’s NASCAR weekend last fall with high-energy entertainer Dee Jay Silver.

Talladega Superspeedway has announced that Columbia Nashville recording artist Chase Rice will be playing the track’s traditional Saturday Night Infield Concert, May 2!

For the upcoming GEICO 500 and Winn-Dixie 300 weekend, May 1-3, Talladega Superspeedway is adding high-definition video boards.

In his career as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Geoff Bodine took the checkered flag 18 times. Bodine was at Talladega Superspeedway Wednesday, but not behind the wheel.

The GEICO 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race roars into action in May on a weekend also featuring the Winn-Dixie 300 XFINITY Saturday & Traditional ARCA Race on Friday.

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart hit and killed another driver during an Empire Super Sprint car race at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park, according to local officials. Tony Stewart will not race in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International.

Safety equipment, in the form of two medic helicopters, a fire truck and two ambulances, converged at Talladega Superspeedway on Wednesday on behalf of Air Methods.

Luke Bryan has been selected to kick off the Great American Race at the Daytona International Speedway in 2014. The ACM Entertainer of the Year will perform during the Daytona 500 Budweiser Pre-Race Show on Feb. 23.

Jimmie Johnson won his sixth Sprint Cup Series championship in eight years at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as Denny Hamlin held off Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Ford EcoBoost 400 on Sunday. Johnson needed only to finish 23rd or better to clinch the 2013 NASCAR title, but he managed to place ninth and edge out Kenseth for the championship by 19 points...

Kevin Harvick passed Carl Edwards heading into the final lap and then held on to win the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix on Sunday.