Roush Fenway Racing gets set for NASCAR’s first split weekend of the season as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) treks to Pocono for the second time in eight weeks, while the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) heads back to Iowa for the second time in 40 days. A Jack Roush Ford has visited victory lane at the two tracks a combined nine times, including five times at Iowa and four times at Pocono.
News and notes: After recording his fifth Top 25 finish in the last six races, Boyd is ready to go back racing in the Hawkeye state of Iowa. The Xfinity Series raced at Iowa Speedway just five weeks ago, where Boyd recorded one of his best results of the year with a 22nd place finish. "I'm really looking forward to coming back to Iowa this weekend," says Boyd. "We had one of our best runs of the year here a few weeks ago, so that definitely gives our team a lot of confidence going into the weekend. Читать дальше...
Briscoe on Iowa - “I’ve had Iowa circled on the calendar for a long time. It’s hands down my favorite pavement track, and I love how many options it gives you as a driver. Hopefully we can have a good day and battle up front.”
Self on Racing at Pocono: “Pocono is one of those places I just keep getting better with more laps,” said Self. “It’s a fun place – but it’s a track where you have to be on your game every lap. You have some recovery time if you make a mistake, but it’s a track you can lose a lot of time.
Fontaine on Racing at Pocono: “I’m looking forward to Pocono,” said Fontaine. “This weekend will be my second time in a truck and I feel like I can take what I learned there last year and apply it towards, hopefully, a successful weekend for our No. 45 ProMATIC Automation team.
Matt Kenseth will make his 38th start at Pocono Raceway this weekend, a track he’s visited victory lane once at along with 16 top-10 finishes.
It is not time for the Crafton fans to panic just yet as there is still a good amount of racing left this season that can turn around his season. Time will tell if Crafton and his team will continue to struggle, or if it is just a phase in the experienced veterans' Truck Series career.
Jeremy Clements Racing is excited to announce that they will run the 1960 Cup Champion Rex White’s "Gold Thunder" paint scheme in the VFW200 at Darlington Raceway "Celebrating 7 Decades of NASCAR” Labor Day Weekend. RepairableVehicles.com will fuel the #51 Camaro SS to honor not only White but moreover, Jeremy’s Great Uncle Louis Clements.
Johnson on his 600th Cup start:“I’m not huge into milestones but I really can’t believe I am sitting here at 600 starts. All I ever wanted to do was win a race and now we are here with seven championships, 83 wins and hopefully there are many more to come. I’m proud to have come all this way with one sponsor in Lowe’s and hope that this weekend will be a good one for this No. 48 team. I definitely want to try to get more wins for Lowe’s before they exit the sport.”
Pocono Preview: The Series returns to Pocono Raceway for Sunday’s 400-mile race around the 2.5-mile “Tricky Triangle”. Hamlin is looking to rebound from his 35th-place finish that resulted from a late-race crash in the June event and add a fifth victory at Pocono to his impressive résumé of 10 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes at the Pennsylvania track.