“This weekend, we’ve got to perform from the moment we unload on Friday to when we take the checkered flag on Saturday. All year, we’ve had our eyes on Homestead and a strong run at Phoenix is our last step in making that happen. I know this team is capable of it and deserves to be apart of the Championship 4, running for the title at
Homestead-Miami.” – Elliott Sadler
With the end of the 2018 season on the horizon, Roush Fenway Racing heads back out West as both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) converge on the newly-redesigned ISM Raceway. A Roush Fenway Ford has visited victory lane at the 1-mile track on 17 occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will head to ISM Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. this weekend with only two races remaining in the 2018 season. DGR-Crosley will field two trucks in the Lucas Oil 150 for Tyler Ankrum and Riley Herbst. Ankrum will drive the No. 17 May's Hawaii Toyota Tundra, while Herbst will pilot the No. 54 Advance Auto Parts Toyota Tundra.
SMITH BY THE NUMBERS: In 11 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Phoenix, Regan Smith has an average start of 17.7 and an average finish of 27.8. He’s completed 3,141 of 3,519 (89.3 percent) career laps at the 1.0-mile track located in Avondale, AZ.
Stenhouse has 11 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Phoenix with an average starting position of 19.9 and average finishing position of 19.2.
Though the first eight races of the playoffs have not been smooth sailing for Martin Truex Jr. he still remains in strong contention to be one of the four drivers battling for the season championship in the Nov. 18th finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series History at ISM Raceway ... Team owner Richard Childress has six victories at ISM Raceway, ranking him third on the all-time car owner victories list at the Avondale, Ariz. facility. This includes wins with Ryan Newman in March 2017, along with Kevin Harvick in Nov. 2013, Nov. 2012 and March and Nov. 2006. Prior to that, Dale Earnhardt won the Checker 500 on Nov. 4, 1990. In 117 starts at ISM Raceway, the Welcome, North Carolina based organization boasts 19 top-five and 42 top-10 finishes.
Making his third NCWTS start with GMS Racing this weekend, Creed will race chassis no. 310 in his debut at ISM Raceway. The No. 2 team utilized this chassis one other time this season, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with Cody Coughlin.
The United States Air Force will once again be the primary partner of the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 team this upcoming Veteran's Day weekend. The popular Air Force scheme will be driven by Bubba Wallace during Sunday's Can-Am 500 at the ISM Raceway located just outside Phoenix, Arizona.
The Coca-Cola 600 returns to Charlotte this Memorial Day weekend, celebrating America’s 250th birthday with a powerful mix of patriotism and high-octane racing all weekend long
The 2023 Daytona 500 champion from Olive Branch, Mississippi, will continue to drive the No. 47 Chevrolet for Hyak Motorsports for the foreseeable future beyond the 2026 Cup Series season.
Travelers reserving Hamptons rental homes for an extended weekend usually save themselves the most time by adjusting departure hours rather than scheme on routes.
Practice for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge starts Tuesday, May 12 with a field consisting of nine past winners of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and five NTT INDYCAR SERIES champions.
