Gentlemen, start your engines. That is what was customarily said prior to races, but no longer. You probably thought that was due to a woman being in the field. Nope. There are just not enough gentlemen. Just ask Danica Patrick.
Ford heads back to Daytona this week having won seven Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, including two of the last three after Ryan Blaney (Pocono) and Kevin Harvick (Sonoma) captured their first events with the manufacturer. Daytona is the place where Kurt Busch won the season-opening Daytona 500 in the debut of Stewart-Haas Racing with Ford, and Brad Keselowski is the defending Coke Zero 400 champion.
JRM Licensing, LLC, which manages the licensed merchandise programs for all the Hendrick Motorsports and JR Motorsports teams and drivers, announced today a partnership with CounterFind, a company specializing in eliminating counterfeit merchandise in the social commerce space. The partnership is the first of its kind for JRM Licensing.
The annual IMS Hauler Parade is back and bigger than ever this year, featuring a special "NASCAR Fan Fest" that will bring the stars of the Monster Energy Cup NASCAR Series to Speedway's Main Street for an afternoon and evening of fun and engaging activities.
Once again Martin Truex Jr. was in contention to post his third victory of the season, but a late-race engine failure ended his day at the Sonoma road course with a 37th-place finish
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will make his final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start at Daytona International Speedway in the 59th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola on Saturday, July 1, which also serves as the kick-off race for his JR Nation #APPRECI88ION Tour.
The overall goal for Erik Jones’ road racing debut in the NASCAR Cup Series was to earn a top 25 finish and that’s exactly what he and the No. 77 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength Toyota team accomplished in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
DJ Kennington and the #17 Castrol Edge Dodge team looked for more success during round number three of the 2017 NASCAR Pinty’s Series schedule as the team arrived at the Autodrome Chaudière in Vallee Jonction, Quebec on Sunday. After more than 300 laps of hard fought racing Kennington claimed a fourth place result and a nice jump in the overall standings.
Camry driver Denny Hamlin (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday’s Toyota SaveMart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
A great day for Martin Truex Jr. ended behind the wall in the closing laps of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, earned a seventh in the first stage of Sunday afternoon’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event at Sonoma Raceway before a persistent overheating condition ultimately led to a 27th-place finish.
Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps (25) but his potential run for a victory came to a screeching halt late in the race when his engine suffered a power failure at the Sonoma road course
Recap: Brad Keselowski earned his career-best Sonoma Raceway finish with a third-place result in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event on Sunday afternoon. After a disappointing qualifying session that resulted in a 23rd-place starting spot, Keselowski quickly began to show that his Ford Fusion has great speed on the 1.99-mile road course by turning laps faster than the race leader.
Ryan Blaney piloted the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to ninth place in the Save Mart 350 this afternoon on the undulating twists and turns of the Sonoma Raceway road course.
Austin Dillon Collects Stage Points But Late-Race Spin Wipes Out Top-10 Finish "The team gave me a great Dow Coatings Material Chevy all weekend and I feel bad for what happened there in the closing laps. We qualified 19th, which was my career-best start at Sonoma Raceway. We raced our way into the top 10 and collected stage points in the first two stages."
Kevin Harvick played the pit strategy game correctly and made a pass for the lead in the closing laps to win for the first time in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS – Finished 6th - WITH 7 WINS ON FOX TV AS YOU ROUND OUT YOUR CAREER ON OUR HALF OF THE YEAR, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK TO THE PAST 17 YEARS, WHAT WILL STAND OUT THE MOST? WHAT WILL YOU BE MOST PROUD OF?“I think the wins and everything, are great."
KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford Fusion (Finished 1st) “I am so excited. I think as you look at it, getting our first win with Ford, this has been a great journey for us as an organization and team. Kurt winning the Daytona 500 and we have run well. Everybody from Bush, Jimmy John’s and Mobil 1, Outback, Hunt Brothers and everybody. It is a great day. It finally all came together and we were able to not have any cautions there at the end. Rodney had great strategy and I was able to take care of the car and get out front. Читать дальше...