Stenhouse has nine Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Pocono Raceway with an average starting position of 21.9 and average finishing position of 24.4. In his first career start at the ‘Tricky Triangle’, Stenhouse Jr. won the ARCA race in 2008.
Ryan Reed has competed at Iowa Speedway seven times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Reed has finished 19th or better in every start at Iowa. His best finish came in the second race last year where he started 14th and finished 10th.
Bayne makes his sixth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Pocono Raceway on Sunday afternoon. Bayne recorded a best finish of 13th in the June 2016 MENCS event.
Five Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers took their turns registering laps around Dover International Speedway on Tuesday as part of a Goodyear Tire Test session at the one-mile, concrete oval.
Ryan Blaney will be trying to become the first Ford driver to sweep both Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Pocono since NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott did it in 1985 when the green flag falls for Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400. Blaney became the 14th different Ford winner at the “Tricky Triangle” and is one of four current Ford drivers with at least one series win on the three-turn track (Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Kurt Busch).
Zippo Manufacturing Company has named retired FBI Special Agent Wesley Wong grand marshal of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at The Glen, set to take place at Watkins Glen International on Saturday, August 5th.
Gallagher and the No. 23 team will utilize chassis No. 215 out of the GMS Racing stable; Gallagher ran this chassis at Kentucky Speedway this season (Start:14th/Finish:13t
Team Penske announced today that the organization has reached an agreement with Brad Keselowski to remain with the team as the driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion well into the future. The multi-year extension ensures that the 2012 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Champion and 23-time MENCS race winner will continue to be an integral part of Team Penske – the only team he has driven for full-time over the course of his 10-year MENCS career.
Sauter will pilot chassis no. 118, which he raced to his first win of the season at Dover International Speedway. He also ran this chassis at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where he finished third, and Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he finished second.
1. Martin Truex Jr.: Truex and Kyle Busch wrecked as they battled for the lead on a restart with 50 laps remaining at Indianapolis. Both cars were unable to continue, and Truex's No. 78 became engulfed in flames. Truex finished 33rd.
It rained. TSN (Canada) pulled out, and the channel I was recording the race on abandoned the effort, presenting instead a few toss away programs. Well, to be fair, I did state before that I do not get all that excited about Indianapolis, and it would seem TSN took my comments to heart. On Sunday, they made like the NASCAR Nazi...and no race for me. I guess I could have watched some soccer but, as most folks know, soccer is not really a sport. Not like poker is, anyway.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series raced at Eldora for the fourth year in a row last Wednesday night and this race did not disappoint. Here are my four takeaways from the event.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series headed to the famed Eldora Speedway on Wednesday for the fifth annual Eldora Dirt Derby and what was the eleventh race of the year. It's time to take a look at a wild night of dirt racing at Eldora.