Veteran NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin made news at a charity event back on October 3rd when he suggested that drivers are underpaid. His feeling is that drivers subject themselves to risk and should be paid accordingly.
“Kansas is a great racetrack for me. That place has widened out pretty good and you can run against the fence there, which is a line that I like to run. It’s a very fast racetrack and very smooth – a lot of fun, so we should have a good time.” Dale Earnhardt Jr. on racing at Kansas
Trevor Bayne will make his seventh Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Kansas this weekend. Bayne earned his best finish of 10th at the 1.5-mile oval in the May 2017 event.
Stenhouse has nine Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Kansas Speedway with an average starting position of 13.0 and average finishing position of 18.0.
Ryan Reed will make his fourth NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Kansas Speedway this weekend. In his three previous starts at the 1.5-mile track, Reed’s best finish of 12th came in 2014.
NOS Energy Drink has signed on as primary sponsor of both the No. 17 Stenhouse Jr. - Wood Racing sprint car team and the No. 39 Clauson Marshall midget entry. The multi-year agreement will begin effective immediately.
It's been one hurdle after another for 20-year-old rookie Natalie Decker in her first season on the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards national tour. From her series short-track and superspeedway debuts, to her first time on a road course, the Eagle River, Wisconsin driver is getting the experience she came for. Her next stop -- Kansas Speedway for the season finale.
The Round of 12 will be whittled to eight following this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. Brad Keselowski is guaranteed to advance after his win at Talladega on Sunday while Kevin Harvick and Ryan Blaney are currently in transfer positions. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is 22 points behind the final cutoff position in 11th place.
Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Kansas Speedway ... In 74 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kansas Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has one win, visiting victory lane in 2013 with Kevin Harvick, among five top-five and 22 top-10 finishes.
Gallagher and the No. 23 team will utilize chassis No. 217; The chassis has been ran this year by Gallagher at Kentucky Speedway (Start:19th/Finish:15th).
Kansas Speedway is somewhat familiar territory for rookie Spencer Boyd. Boyd finished 20th place in the May 12 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race earlier this year. “It will be good to return to a track in the same season for the first time in my NASCAR career,” says Boyd.
Leavine Family Racing (LFR) has partnered with Rohto® Jolt™ cooling eye drops for a multi-race deal through the remainder of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was back in action this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway and the action sure didn't disappoint. There was drama between the playoffs spots, an upset winner and some surprise faces in the top 10.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has told us how much he wants to start a family, and he and Amy shared the good news with NASCAR fans Monday that they are expecting a little girl.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. started on the pole at Talladega. Most years, that is just par for the course. In this, his final season, it was a return down memory lane. Talladega is where anything can happen, where any lead lap car has a shot to win it, and a where one’s dreams can go up in flames, smoke, and mangled metal without notice.
1. Martin Truex Jr.: Truex crashed out at Talladega with 17 laps to go when he made contact with David Ragan, setting a chain reaction crash that victimized Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, and Kyle Busch.