Trevor Bayne will make his 13th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Michigan this weekend. In 12 previous starts at the two-mile oval, Bayne has recorded one top-10 finish, a ninth in the June 2015 event.
Stenhouse Jr. has eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Michigan International Speedway with an average starting position of 22.2 and average finishing position of 23.0. The 2013 MENCS Rookie of the Year also has three XFINITY starts earning one top-five and one top-10 finish.
Richard Childress Racing at Michigan International Speedway ... In 160 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Michigan International Speedway, RCR teams have earned three wins, two with Dale Earnhardt (1987, 1990) and the most recent with Kevin Harvick (August 2010). Additionally, RCR has claimed 23 top-five and 55 top-10 finishes with 10 different drivers including Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, who recorded top-10 finishes at MIS in June 1978 and August 1979.
Ryan Reed has competed at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) three times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. In 2014, Reed finished 11th after starting 24th. In 2015, Reed finished 19th after starting in the same position and in 2016 Reed started 11th and crossed the finish line 14th.
"I have always enjoyed going to Michigan (International Speedway). The track has really started to age and take some character. With it being in Michigan there is going to be some weathering elements that are going to help that. Even though it's still a fairly new track, the groove is actually widening out considerably. It hasn't gotten bumpy which is nice and it's still glass smooth. It's great racing there and I think we will have ourselves a good little car."
The primary paint scheme on Martin Truex Jr.’s Toyota for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway has been a good luck charm for the Furniture Row Racing driver.
Watkins Glen International announced today that Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real will headline its Friday Fan Fest concert and weekend entertainment offerings during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event, August 3-6, 2017.
Sauter will pilot GMS chassis no. 107, which was raced last year at Gateway to a fourth-place finish. The No. 21 team also utilized it in 2016 at Martinsville-1, New Hampshire and Phoenix. This is the first time this chassis will be
Michigan International Speedway is the home track for Ford Motor Co. and through the years no manufacturer has had more success. Ford has won nearly half of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races held at the two-mile speedway (47-of-95, 49.5%), which includew 35 wins by Ford and 12 with Mercury.
Omnicraft, Ford Motor Company’s new brand of quality replacement parts for non-Ford and non-Lincoln vehicles, will be the primary sponsor on the Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 Ford Fusion for the FireKeepers Casino 400 this weekend at Michigan International Speedway.
If you were looking for tight pack racing, Pocono was not it. However, if you wanted to see variations of the old Wide World of Sports “agony of defeat” scenario, that it had.
The Wood Brothers and Darlington Raceway are both legendary names in the sport of NASCAR. Starting their respective operations in 1950, they have been tied together in the sport’s lore from the very beginning.