In an exciting overtime restart of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway (MIS), Kyle Larson powered his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS to the lead to capture his third consecutive win at the popular 2-mile venue. The victory was also Larson’s third thus far in the 2017 season, and fourth of his MENCS career.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team battled back from a flat tire and an untimely caution period late in the race to finish 15th in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – “The team did a good job. We executed in qualifying and all of those things, and we really made the most out of everything we had today, it just didn’t come out our way.” CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LAST PART OF THE RACE? “It just didn’t come together there at the end, but it was nice to lead a bunch of laps."
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - ON THE RESTART “I was running a few options through my head of what to do if I got a good jump, and that was one of them and it worked out perfect. I can’t believe that happened. We were struggling all day. We were definitely not as good as the last two times we won here, but we preserved and had a great restart at the end.
Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. made a move to go three-wide with 11 laps remaining and then held off all challengers to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series LTi Printing 200 at Michigan International Speedway.
Tundra driver Christopher Bell (second) was the top-finishing Toyota driver on Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Michigan International Speedway.
Go Fas Racing announced today that driver Matt DiBenedetto and crew chief Gene Nead will return to the No. 32 Can-Am Fusion in 2018. DiBenedetto, along with team general manager Mason St. Hilaire, held a press conference to answer questions.
“You have to run so hard here that if the car slips it’s around and gone. I ran a half a second faster today in practice than I did in qualifying yesterday. So, with the grill open and tires on low pressure and all that, especially these morning sessions with overcast clouds you just run so hard that when something happens, it’s gone.”
Michigan native Brad Keselowski will lead the field to the green flag for the Pure Michigan 400 on August 13 after winning the pole with a speed of 203.097 mph. It marked his first pole in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at his hometown tack.
The 2019 Truck Series regular-season champion from Fairhope, Alabama, led five of 100 laps and fended off Landen Lewis during a three-lap shootout to notch his first Truck victory in 40 races in Lakeville, Connecticut.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell were made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta.
The 2023 Cup Series champion from High Point, North Carolina, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 179.912 mph in 30.815 seconds for his second Cup pole of 2026 at Atlanta's EchoPark Speedway.
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at EchoPark Speedway.