The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards is making its way back to Iowa Speedway for another summertime, short track classic on the .875-mile Newton, Iowa oval. The 12th ARCA Racing Series Iowa 150 is coming Saturday night, July 7.
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 - RACING AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY: "Michigan (International Speedway) is a place where, over the years, the track has really gotten slick and widens out," Allmendinger said. "I always find it's a challenging weekend because when you start out the weekend for practice on Friday, the track is one groove-wide and it doesn't really widen out until the end of final practice on Saturday. It's a challenge to get your car set up off the truck and get a good feel for the race in our No. 47 Kroger ClickList Camaro ZL1, but we're up for the challenge."
KAHNE BY THE NUMBERS: In 28 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Michigan, Kasey Kahne has an average start of 12.5 and an average finish of 16.6. He’s completed 5,224 of 5,479 (95.3 percent) career laps and has led for a total of 67 laps. Kahne has earned one win, eight top-five, 10 top-10 finishes, and three poles at the 2.0-mile track.
Martin Truex Jr. will most likely have an extra bounce in his step when he gets to Michigan International Speedway for Sunday’s Firekeepers Casino 400.
The No. 2 Chevy Silverado will have a slightly different look this weekend as Flying Eyes®, sunglasses designed for pilots and motorsports enthusiasts, will be on Coughlin’s hood for the Rattlesnake 400.
GMS Racing officials announced today that NASCAR Cup Series driver Alex Bowman will fill-in for Spencer Gallagher in the No. 23 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) entry this weekend at Michigan International Speedway as well as at Kentucky Speedway (July 13).
With a flurry of late-race cautions, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gained eight positions in the final 10 laps of Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race to earn a 14th-place finish in his Little Hug Fruit Barrels Ford.
Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Dow Camaro ZL1 Team Maximize Tire Strategy to Earn 12th-Place Finish "Considering the handling issues we fought throughout the weekend, leaving here with a 12th-place finish in the Dow Camaro ZL1 isn't too bad. Turn 3 was a challenge for us during practice, and continued to be during the race."
The NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series are at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend while the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series is at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Hendrick Motorsports has piled up more than twice as many wins as any other organization (11) in the crown jewel event and also leads in top fives (29), top 10s (46) and laps led (1,101).
Funny Car driver Daniel Wilkerson was .042 of a second away from securing his first NHRA win on Sunday in Sonoma and he will have another opportunity for redemption at this weekend’s 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
