The Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 has been postponed until Saturday at noon, after rain halted the NASCAR XFINITY Series event Friday night at Daytona International Speedway after 11 laps of the scheduled 100-lap distance.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored his 14th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) pole by posting the fastest lap at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) in his No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS during qualifying for the Coke Zero 400 on Friday afternoon. The lap of 47.127 seconds and 190.973 mph gave Earnhardt his second career pole at DIS and first since 2013.
Whether it's Dale Earnhardt or Dale Earnhardt Jr., the Earnhardt name is synonymous with racing at the world center of racing.
Furniture Row Racing’s Erik Jones qualified 17th and teammate Martin Truex, Jr. 25th for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS – Pole Winner: ON WINNING THE POLE: "I have to give Hendrick Motorsports a lot of credit, particularly for me personally it has been the No. 24 (Chase Elliott) bunch. We've been kind of pushing each other over the last several years in qualifying at Talladega and Daytona. It's been a healthy competition. That's why we win poles and qualify so well at some of these race tracks is a healthy competition within the company. Greg and all the guys deserve... Читать дальше...
In what might be his final start at a track synonymous with the Earnhardt family, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will lead the field to the green flag tomorrow night after grabbing pole position for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Detroit Genuine Parts Ford Fusion (Qualified 3rd) “We didn’t have a lot of practice time and we we’re really concentrating on our race trim. We’ll be okay. It was a good track for us last year and hoping to make it a great track tomorrow night. We’ll be fast. We know the Fords are fast at these types of tracks. We’re at high rpm, restrictor plate, low drag tracks and I think it will be really important tomorrow night to make the most of that.
Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Detroit Genuine Parts Ford Fusion, met with media members Friday prior to qualifying of the Monster Energy Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway.