Ryan Truex drove a stellar race – leading six times for 28 laps – and made the right decisions on the final, overtime restart to score his second win of the season – in just his eighth start.
RILEY HERBST, No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “We just weren’t good enough. We gave the 20 a pretty good shot. I feel like that’s what won him the race, so congrats to everybody over there."
Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Freightliner Team Penske Chevrolet, turned the fastest time in a three-session practice period at Portland International Raceway
Scott McLaughlin continued his strong recent form by leading practice Friday for the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway, but there still was one problem.
The 32-year-old Truex from Mayetta, New Jersey, led 28 of 102 over-scheduled laps and survived an overtime shootout to record his second Xfinity Series victory in eight starts in 2024 along with his first at Daytona.
The 2021 Daytona 500 champion from Glendale, Arizona, posted a pole-winning lap at 183.165 mph in 49.136 seconds, which was enough to edge teammate Todd Gilliland by three-tenths of a second for his fourth Cup pole of the 2024 season and set the best qualifying lap in a Next Gen car at Daytona.
Louis Foster is so close to the INDY NXT by Firestone championship trophy he can almost touch it, but the opening practice for the Grand Prix of Portland on Friday proved he’s not strolling in the stretch run of races.
Ross Chastain, driver of the No. 1 Worldwide Express Camaro ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Daytona International Speedway.
