Ryan Newman – Phoenix Advance
Newman will make his 34th start at ISM Raceway this weekend. In 33 prior starts, Newman has shown Phoenix is arguably one of his best tracks, finishing top-five on 10 occasions with two wins and 12 top-10s.
Newman will make his 34th start at ISM Raceway this weekend. In 33 prior starts, Newman has shown Phoenix is arguably one of his best tracks, finishing top-five on 10 occasions with two wins and 12 top-10s.
The all-new Ford NASCAR Mustang has won two of its first three starts in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series as Team Penske drivers Brad Keselowski (Atlanta) and Joey Logano (Las Vegas) have registered back-to-back triumphs. Ford looks to make it three straight this weekend at ISM Raceway in Arizona, where Kevin Harvick is the defending champion.
After a lackluster race in Atlanta, NASCAR had its sights set on a better race at Las Vegas. They almost got it. Almost.
Vegas Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 10th in Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, unable to overcome an ill-handling #11 FedEx Office Toyota in the race won by Joey Logano. Hamlin began the day on the front row next to pole-sitter Kevin Harvick and managed to stay in the top-five through Stage 1, finishing fifth.
Two ARCA Menards Series championship contenders, West Virginia’s Travis Braden and New Jersey’s Joe Graf, Jr., are heading to the second event of the 2019 season, the March 9 ARCA Pensacola 200 presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions at Five Flags Speedway, each looking for their second career victory.
Despite the lack of horsepower and absence of being able to catch up without a draft, the race featured 3,341 passes under the green flag and 47 green flag passes for the lead.
From the aerodynamic package to Kurt Busch, I have some observations that I wish to share with the class.