For Ryan Newman and the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing team, Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 was a case of deja vu back from 2014. That year, Newman grabbed his first top-5 finish of the season at Kentucky Speedway, finishing third en route to finishing as the runner-up in the Sprint Cup Series championship. Two years …
Who would’ve thought Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 from Kentucky Speedway would end on fuel mileage? The newly reconfigured speedway brought havoc on many drivers in the early stages of the race. However, it ended with Brad Keselowski coasting to the checkered flag ahead of Carl Edwards following a 68-lap green-flag run. The victory for Keselowski is …
The Rookie of the Year battle, one of the hottest topics of the year, clashed Saturday at Kentucky Speedway, as Ryan Blaney slid up into Chase Elliott, leading to both cars crashing in Turn 3. Each taking their cars to the garage on lap 87, Elliott says the slick racing surface made it very easy …
It wasn’t long before a couple of the sport’s biggest teams found trouble at Kentucky Speedway. Jimmie Johnson, who hit the wall in practice resulting in him going to a back-up car, lost the rear of his No. 48 Chevrolet in Turn 4 on lap 33 in Saturday’s Quaker State 400. As he backed into …
As soon as Justin Marks made his first start with Chip Ganassi Racing this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, there was no confusion about the challenges ahead. Though Marks has 122 starts in NASCAR and ARCA – including two Sprint Cup Series starts at Sonoma – 2016 marks his his oval track comeback, breaking …
By how fast Kyle Busch drove in Friday’s Alsco 300, it’s quite the surprise that it’s his first victory at Kentucky Speedway in 12 years. Leading 185 of 201 laps, Busch – outside of a constant threat by teammate Erik Jones – had the field covered en route to his 81st XFINITY Series win and …
And it’s a sweep for Carl Edwards, as the No. 19 Toyota won the final two Sprint Cup practices Friday at Kentucky Speedway. Ripping around the freshly configured track at 28.808 seconds[187.448 mph], Edwards bested Martin Truex, Jr. by more than a tenth while Kyle Larson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Kyle Busch completed the top 5 …
Entering Thursday night’s Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway, Ben Rhodes had back-to-back top-5 finishes in his, so far, decent rookie Camping World Truck Series season. A thrilling fight to the checkered flag at Iowa Speedway gave the 19-year-old a fourth-place finish, while Gateway was home to Rhodes’ first career series pole …
While most 18-year-olds are having to handle the pressure of final exams, William Byron has hungry competitors to worry about. Byron held off gallant efforts by Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek to win the the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at the newly configured Kentucky Speedway. The victory is his fourth of his …
Circling lap 54 during Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway, the day was done for Kyle Busch, who suffered a fire-breathing engine failure down the backstretch. Shortly following a lap-51 restart, Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota appeared to break loose in turn two before losing a number of positions. After Casey Mears took …
For Kurt Busch, it was a monster restart with 33 laps to go that sealed the deal in winning the Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 at Pocono Raceway. The No. 41 Monster Energy Chevrolet stormed past Dale Earnhardt, Jr. before taking off in the final 32 laps to win by 1.126 seconds. “It’s an amazing …
Though there wasn’t a lack of determination from NASCAR and the teams to get the Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400 in on Sunday at Pocono Raceway, the rain could not be silenced. Following ongoing rain, mist and fog, the Sprint Cup Series event was postponed to Monday, where the field is scheduled to take the …
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