Phoenix International Raceway recently announced that tickets are on the sale for the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased by visiting Phoenix Raceway.com or calling (866) 408-7223.


With April being Water Awareness Month, March turned out to be a pretty good time to start focusing on saving water when Salt River Project hosted its sixth annual Water Conservation Expo at the SRP PERA Club in Tempe.

It’s no surprise that Chelsea Bain has been attending NASCAR races since she was 5 years old. Her dad, Emmett “Buddy” Jobe, brought NASCAR to Phoenix International Raceway in 1987. Now, Bain is more involved in NASCAR than she ever has been, but not as a spectator — as a rockin’ country musician.

Dale M. Knight, 56, financial sales executive from Phoenix, suffered an aortic dissection and stroke on Monday, March 4, and died at 3:55 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, at Chandler Regional Hospital.

NASCAR fans, start your drooling. The Number 2 Miller Light NASCAR Racecar will be on display 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Casino Arizona.

Checkered Flag Run: Rev up for a jam-packed weekend of motorcycle activities including a block party, bike show, comedy performance and dance. The festivities culminate in the NASCAR Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Local CISCO SE Soccer Club won big in the Tucson Forth Lowell Shoot Out Soccer Tournament during the weekend of Jan. 19.

The Checkered Flag Run is a weekend of racing activities in Phoenix hosted by Phoenix International Raceway, Firebird International Raceway, Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, the Radisson Hotel, and Chester’s Harley-Davidson.

Desert Vista graduate Cassie Gannis will race in the Casino 50 at Phoenix International Raceway on Nov. 10.

Phoenix International Raceway has waived the green flag for fans to purchase tickets to the Nov. 8-11 NASCAR event weekend at PIR by visiting PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or by calling 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

Phoenix International Raceway announced Oct. 9 that tickets for the 2013 season are now available for purchase. Following the Daytona 500, PIR’s March 1-3 SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 event weekend is the first of two appearances for NASCAR’s top series at the famed one-mile oval. As the only facility in the West with two Sprint Cup series events, PIR will host the first and last appearances on the West Coast for NASCAR’s top series.

Marriott Golf recently introduced “Fairways-Fore- FREEdom,” a new military program designed to support the men and women dedicated to protecting America’s freedom.

Phoenix International Raceway has waived the green flag for fans to purchase tickets to the Nov. 8-11 NASCAR event weekend at PIR by visiting PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or by calling 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

Tickets to the Nov. 8-11 NASCAR event weekend at PIR can be purchased by visiting PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or by calling 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

Tickets to the Nov. 8-11 NASCAR event weekend at PIR can be purchased by visiting PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or by calling 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

Apparently, Cassie Gannis loves proving people wrong.

Apparently, Cassie Gannis loves proving people wrong.

Phoenix International Raceway has waived the green flag for fans to purchase tickets to one of the most exciting race weekends of the NASCAR season, featuring the semi-final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Phoenix International Raceway has waived the green flag for fans to purchase tickets to one of the most exciting race weekends of the NASCAR season, featuring the semi-final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Phoenix International Raceway has waived the green flag for fans to purchase tickets to one of the most exciting race weekends of the NASCAR season, featuring the semi-final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Phoenix International Raceway has waived the green flag for fans to purchase tickets to one of the most exciting race weekends of the NASCAR season, featuring the semi-final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Tickets to the Nov. 8-11 NASCAR event weekend at PIR went on sale June 1 and can be purchased by visiting PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or by calling 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

Tickets to the Nov. 8-11 NASCAR event weekend at PIR went on sale June 1 and can be purchased by visiting PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or by calling 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

Phoenix International Raceway has waved the green flag for fans to purchase tickets to one of the most exciting race weekends of the NASCAR season, featuring the semi-final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.