Bowman on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule:
“This is quite the change. I think this will be good. My home track race will be the season finale and I think that is great for ISM Raceway. It will be interesting to see how the race shakes out in Daytona for the regular season ending. There is always the potential for a race upset at a superspeedway, so that will make things exciting.”
Toyota Takes on Texas… Toyota NASCAR drivers are set to compete at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend, which is located just 35 miles from its Texas headquarters in Plano. Toyota currently leads the manufacturer point standings in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS), NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (NGOTS) on the strength of 10 wins across NASCAR’s three national series this season.
Only six races into the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and Brad Keselowski became the second multi-time winner last weekend, posting the most dominating performance of the year. He led 446 of 500 laps to claim the win at Martinsville Speedway. It’s his fourth top-three finish already as he also won at Atlanta Motor Speedway, has a runner-up finish at Las Vegas and a third-place finish at California.
Atlanta Motor Speedway is launching another “Fans First” initiative promising to enhance guest experience when NASCAR returns for its annual stop in Georgia next year.
Nemechek and the No. 23 team will utilize chassis no. 220. This chassis was raced once in the 2018 season by Chase Elliott at Bristol Motor Speedway (start: 15th/finish: 8th).
Ross Chastain on Racing at Texas: “I can’t wait to get this TrüNorth™/Paul Jr. Designs Chevrolet on the track,” said Chastain. “I’ve had this one circled on my calendar for a while. Everyone at Niece Motorsports has been working extra hard on this truck and I’m excited to get to be the one behind the wheel. We had a great race last week in Martinsville, and I feel strongly that we will run up front again this week in Al Niece’s back yard.”
Angela Ruch on Racing at Texas: “To say I am beyond thrilled to be here representing Niece Motorsports for my first time at Texas Motor Speedway would be an understatement,” said Ruch. “I am truly grateful to be a part of such an incredible team and I have no doubt I will make the Niece Motorsports team proud.”
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Roush Fenway won both the first MENCS (Jeff Burton) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (Mark Martin) races at Texas in 1997. Burton began the afternoon from the fifth position and led 60 laps en route to the inaugural victory.
In nearly ideal conditions, speeds soared Wednesday on the second day of practice for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, with Conor Daly leading two drivers over 228 mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The NASCAR All-Star Race will headline the weekend racing at Dover Motor Speedway at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 17 on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
The 2026 NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway will feature a 350-lap race. It will consist of three segments and a unique qualifying session featuring the Pit Crew Challenge.
Justin Ashley heads to this weekend’s Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK at Route 66 Raceway feeling good about the path his SCAG Racing team is on.
Joey Logano connected via zoom with members of the U.S. Army V Corps and Project Flytrap for a discussion around shared similarities between NASCAR and the military.
