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Greg Biffle, Scott Speed, Scott Bloomquist Join SRX

Greg Biffle, Scott Speed and Scott Bloomquist are joining the Superstar Racing Experience summer series at select racetracks, SRX announced Wednesday, May 19.

Biffle will race at Stafford Motor Speedway on June 12 and Slinger Speedway on July 10. Speed’s competing at Eldora Speedway on June 26 and Lucas Oil Raceway on July 3. Lastly, Bloomquist will run at Knoxville Raceway on June 19.

“I’ve had a long career and have been able to do a lot of cool things in racing, and SRX is right up there with some of the coolest things I’ve been a part of in motorsports,” Bloomquist, who was inducted into the second-ever class of the Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2002, said in a release. “It’s not often you can get such a diverse group of talent on one racetrack with an equal playing field in equal racecars, and I think what Tony (Stewart) and Ray (Evernham) have done with SRX is going to be very exciting for fans. I also think, as racers, we’re going to find ourselves having a blast behind the wheel.”

The trio joins Tony Stewart, Helio Castroneves, Bobby Labonte, Paul Tracy, Tony Kanaan, Willy T. Ribbs, Bill Elliott, Ernie Francis Jr., Marco Andretti and Michael Waltrip in the series.

Biffle has 56 career victories across NASCAR’s three national series, including 19 in the Cup Series.

Bloomquist is a renowned dirt late model racer and was the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion in 2009, 2010 and 2016.

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Speed has one win in the Camping World Truck Series at Dover International Speedway in 2008. He also competed in Formula 1 in 2006-2007.

The SRX kicks off on Saturday, June 12 at Stafford and airs on CBS.

About the author

Joy joined Frontstretch in 2019 as a NASCAR DraftKings writer, expanding to news and iRacing coverage in 2020. She's currently an assistant editor and involved with photos, social media and news editing. A California native, Joy was raised as a motorsports fan and started watching NASCAR extensively in 2001. She earned her B.A. degree in Liberal Studies at California State University Bakersfield in 2010.

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