With a track-record speed of 127.988 mph, Kyle Larson will start from pole in Saturday’s Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 from Bristol Motor Speedway. The pole is the second of his XFINITY Series career and first since 2014 “Happy to get the pole here,” Larson said. “Hopefully get race in today, the forecast looks bad but …
Kyle Busch led the way in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. The five-time track winner sped around the half-mile in 14.890 seconds (128.865 mph) to top the quickest time of the weekend. Erik Jones, who won opening practice on Friday, ended second quickest in his No. 77 Toyota followed …
It was a good day for the young men in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway. Erik Jones, the No. 77 Furniture Row Racing rookie, topped practice at 15.009 seconds (127.843 mph). The 20-year-old bested five-time Bristol winner Kyle Busch by 0.089 seconds to earn the top spot. Ryan Blaney ended …
With a topsy-turvy schedule for NASCAR’s action at Bristol Motor Speedway, the day wasn’t all bad for Justin Allgaier, as the No. 7 driver led the way in lone practice for the XFINITY Series. At a lap time of 15.422 seconds (124.420 mph) Allgaier beat second-place Erik Jones by 0.087 for the top spot. Kyle …
Jimmie Johnson is back. After a tough beginning to the 2017 season in Hendrick Motorsports terms, Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway saw a return to Victory Lane for Johnson, who earns his seventh win at the 1.5-mile track. With only one top-10 in the opening six races, the victory punches the …
Sweeping all three rounds, it was a perfect qualifying day for Kevin Harvick. Especially the final session, where Harvick ripped around the 1.5-mile Texas track in 27.217 seconds [198.405 mph] to win the pole for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. It is the 19th pole of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup career, first at Texas …
This new Texas Motor Speedway surface was kind to Ryan Blaney. The No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford led the way in the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session on the reprofiled 1.5-mile track. The second-year driver ripped around the fresh track in 27.809 seconds [194.182 mph]. Behind him was a surprise face …
Nobody seemed to want to lead Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. But when it came down to the final laps, Brad Keselowski took it and kept it to win the STP 500. The victory, his second of the season, is Keselowski’s first at Martinsville and 23rd of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career. “We’ve ran …
Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway went from good, bad to terrible for Jamie McMurray. Starting sixth, McMurray drove up to the second spot before losing a couple spots before the first caution on Lap 70. The ensuing restart saw McMurray get hit by Jimmie Johnson after a three-wide move by Ryan Blaney. And within …
NASCAR started their raceday at Martinsville Speedway mourning the death of Sam Ard, who passed away Sunday morning at the age of 78. Ard, who won five times at the Virginia half-mile, also scored two championships in what is now the NASCAR XFINITY Series in 1983 and ’84. Ard’s national NASCAR career may have been …
Chase Elliott is spending plenty of time on the front row this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. Starting second in Sunday’s STP 500 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Elliott backed it up with a pole for the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 in the Camping World Truck Series. Winning his third career Truck pole, the …
Smoke, spins and punches. Las Vegas sure knows how to put on a show. Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway had a bit of everything — especially the final two laps. Martin Truex Jr. blew by Brad Keselowski with two laps to go to capture the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup win. “This was …
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