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Denny Hamlin Has A ‘Smart’ Home That You Need To See

Not many have an indoor basketball court, bowling alley, home theater, golf simulator and helicopter pad in their home. Then again, most haven’t won the Daytona 500. NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin‘s 30,000-square foot Lake Norman, N.C. home has all the aforementioned amenities, plus a few more. During the building process in 2016, Hamlin was looking […]

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NASCAR Cup Champions Explain How They Use Wearables, Analytics

NEW YORK — When Kevin Harvick first wore a Polar heart-rate monitor during a NASACR race a few years ago, he sent the data back to the company for help with the analysis. Their response: “Wow, this wasn’t really what we were expecting.” Few outside the sport understood the driver’s physical strain during a long […]

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How NASCAR’s Use Of Technology Is Changing Racing

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — On a hazy August day at The Glen, a racetrack in northern New York not far from the Finger Lakes where NASCAR hosts one of its regular-season races, a tractor trailer buzzes alive with energy on a patch of grass. The 53-foot custom-built Featherlite trailer is among the auto association’s most […]

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Twitter To Stream From Inside Race Cars During NASCAR Playoffs

NASCAR fans will be able to keep up with their favorite drivers this playoff season by watching a livestream of the race broadcast from inside the car. The “ride along” video, which will be hosted on Twitter, is meant to be a part of a second-screen experience that will complement NASCAR’s overall race coverage. Fans […]

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NASCAR Driver Austin Dillon Promotes STEM Education Program

Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has teamed up with The Dow Chemical Company to launch an online education program for children highlighting the importance of science, technology and engineering in the sport of racing. The companies are set to unveil the learning modules this weekend during NASCAR’s Watkins Glen International race in upstate New York. It […]

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