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Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Jack Links Ford team head to Michigan hoping for a strong performance at the home track of Ford Motor Company and a home track of sorts for Menard.

Ryan Reed has competed at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) four times in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Reed has never finished lower than 19th and earned his best finish of eighth at the 2.0-mile track in 2017.

Cindric on Michigan “Michigan is a pretty important weekend for me. Definitely from a points perspective, but also in who supports me. LTi Printing is on the car and also the race sponsor, plus Jack Roush and Ford both have a lot of history at Michigan. I’ve got a lot of reasons to have a good run. The 60 team has had some bad luck and I’m really motivated to get these guys a clean solid day. Hopefully I can carry some of the momentum from our Pocono run over into Michigan and have a little fun.”

Stenhouse Jr. at Michigan International Speedway. Stenhouse Jr. has ten Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Michigan International Speedway with an average starting position of 21.3 and average finishing position of 21.0.

Self on Racing at Texas: “I always enjoy coming back to Texas,” said Self. “It’s my hometown track, so there’s always pressure to perform. It’s pressure that I don’t mind though. There’s a lot of people who have sacrificed a lot to give me a chance to race and competing at Texas is one of those opportunities to show them how grateful I am.

Richard Childress Racing at Michigan International Speedway ... In 167 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Michigan International Speedway, RCR teams have earned three wins, two with Dale Earnhardt (1987, 1990) and one with Kevin Harvick (August 2010). Additionally, RCR has claimed 24 top-five and 57 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.

Fontaine on Racing at Texas: “I’ve been ready to go for the past week or so,” said Fontaine. “It was nice to have a break after Charlotte, for us to be able to regroup, but it’s time to get back down to business and see what we can do at Texas.

Martin Truex, Jr.: Truex pulled away on a restart with seven laps to go and held off Kyle Larson to win the Pocono 400.

In 2013, Michigan International Speedway (MIS) began the tradition of honoring the winning manufacturer of each MIS race with a special trophy, the Michigan Heritage Trophy. Since the inception of the award, Chevrolet has earned six wins at MIS and has earned the prestigious award more times than any other manufacturer.

Chase Elliott on racing at Michigan: “Michigan has been a good track for me and my team. I don’t really know why, but I think a lot of that has been really circumstantial with our performance at that point in time. I am looking forward to getting back and hopefully giving it a good run.”

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to the mid-west this week at Texas Motor Speedway after having two and a half weeks off.

Darlington Raceway is celebrating “7 Decades of NASCAR” for its Bojangles’ Southern 500 Throwback Weekend on Sept. 1-2. As part of the celebration, the track Too Tough To Tame is highlighting specific moments in the sport’s history, continuing today with the 1980s.

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards is making its way back to Iowa Speedway for another summertime, short track classic on the .875-mile Newton, Iowa oval. The 12th ARCA Racing Series Iowa 150 is coming Saturday night, July 7.

AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 - RACING AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY: "Michigan (International Speedway) is a place where, over the years, the track has really gotten slick and widens out," Allmendinger said. "I always find it's a challenging weekend because when you start out the weekend for practice on Friday, the track is one groove-wide and it doesn't really widen out until the end of final practice on Saturday. It's a challenge to get your car set up off the truck and get a good feel for the race in our No. Читать дальше...

KAHNE BY THE NUMBERS: In 28 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Michigan, Kasey Kahne has an average start of 12.5 and an average finish of 16.6. He’s completed 5,224 of 5,479 (95.3 percent) career laps and has led for a total of 67 laps. Kahne has earned one win, eight top-five, 10 top-10 finishes, and three poles at the 2.0-mile track.