Mike Bliss and "Miles the Monster" have tangoed 19 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and this weekend will mark his 20thstart at the 1-mile concrete oval. Bliss has an average starting position of 15.0 and an average finishing position of 13.6 at the "Monster Mile." Currently sitting 14th in the NNS Driver points standings, Bliss is ready to get back to the track where he has four top-5 and eight top-10 finishes.
This weekend's Dover 200 will mark Jeff Green's final race of the 2014 season in the Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® Camry. In the four races Green has piloted the No. 14 car, he has an average starting position of 23.25 and an average finishing position of 25. Earlier this season at the "Monster Mile," Green posted an 18th-place finish; his best of the four races.
Twisted Tea will bring primary sponsorship to the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) Ford this weekend at the Dover International Speedway. Marcos Ambrose will race the blue and yellow scheme of the hard iced tea company. Twisted Tea joined RPM at the end of 2013 and has been an associate sponsor on the No. 9 Ford throughout the season.
A sixth-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway put Aric Almirola and No. 43 team back in the hunt of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. This weekend, the Nathan's Famous team will focus on what they can control and get the highest possible finish.
“Dover International Speedway is one of my all-time favorite tracks and a lot of it comes down to the fact that it is a track you can be aggressive at with just the way it’s designed - - the banking and everything,” Allmendinger said. “I have had an enjoyment factor out of all the tracks that you can be the most aggressive at and attack the race track.
“Overall, I like the 2015 rules package. Reducing the downforce should make the driver a greater part of the success equation. We can debate whether NASCAR should have gone further, but it is a step in the right direction. Our racing has been good this year and I think these rules will make the racing even better for 2015 and beyond.
Chase Update… NASCAR’s Challenger Round – the first of the four rounds that make up the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship – comes to an end this weekend at Dover. Harvick sits third in the driver point standings, seven points behind leader Brad Keselowski.
Fans at Phoenix International Raceway will be in for a thrill at the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 when Hayley Orrantia, one of the stars ABC’s hit sitcom “The Goldbergs,” performs the national anthem on stage before the start of the race. The final Eliminator race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1:00 p.m. MST (3:00 p.m. EST) and will be televised live on ESPN.
Like most NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, McMurray depends on private air travel to get back and forth to races, sponsor appearances and test sessions. McMurray spent a few hours Tuesday touring the Cessna Citation Service Center in Greensboro, NC, talking about airplanes and racing as part of a media event touting the upcoming Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
NASCAR announced its 2015 rules package for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this afternoon. Ford Racing spoke with Roush Yates Engines CEO Doug Yates and got his reaction to these changes.
Filling in for former world champion Jose Gonzalez, Eric Dillard picked up the victory in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+ on Sunday...
Three-time Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown picked up his 75th career win on Sunday at Route 66 Raceway, powering past Shawn Langdon in the final round of the 24th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance.
Scott McLaughlin, driver of the No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet, stunned the crowd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway setting the fastest pole-winning four-lap average in the track’s history on his way to claiming the prestigious pole position for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
Titus Sherlock (No. 31 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3) won his second race of the weekend in Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) on Sunday afternoon.
Gibbs and Wallace finished first and second during the All-Star Open to automatically transfer into the All-Star Race while Gragson claimed the final starting spot based on achieving his second consecutive Fan Vote title.
