Martin Truex Jr. became the first driver to win all three stages under NASCAR’s race enhancements when he took the checkered flag in last Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Fifteen-year-old Canadian Raphael Lessard has never driven a heavier 3,300-lb. ARCA car before, heavier that is than the super late models he's used to driving. No problem. He's been at the wheel of his father's much heavier commercial trucks since he was the ripe 'old' age of 9.
As Martin Truex Jr. heads to Phoenix International Raceway following an impressive victory in Las Vegas, the Furniture Row Racing driver had many things on his mind, including his growing fondness for NASCAR’s new stage-racing format.
Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Smithfield team saw improvement in Las Vegas last weekend after a disappointing showing in Atlanta. Now, the team heads to Phoenix Raceway, the first short track of the 2017 season, and looks for a solid finish to keep the team in the Top 15 of Championship Points.
Michael McDowell is heading to his home track of Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) for the Camping World 500 fresh off a Top-20 finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
2018 Camry Wins Out West… In the first event of NASCAR’s three-race West Coast swing at Las Vegas, Martin Truex Jr. drove the new, radically redesigned 2018 Toyota Camry to its first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) victory since debuting at Daytona in February. The win was also the first in 2017 for Truex who became the first MENCS driver to sweep all three race stages as he led a race-high 150 laps (of 267). Truex will attempt to become the first driver to sweep #NASCARGoesWest events as he heads to Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) where he owns seven top-10 finishes in 22 MENCS starts.
Three races into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team roll into Phoenix International Raceway in sixth place overall, seemingly on the cusp of victory.
PACING THE FIELD: This weekend the field will be looking at a gold Bowtie as they head toward taking the green flag at Phoenix International Raceway. A silver Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will bring the field to the start of the 312-lap/312-mile event around the 1-mile oval in the desert. This will mark the third time in 2017 the silver Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will serve as the pace car in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
Vegas Recap: Denny Hamlin solidified a sixth-place finish in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, battling a loose #11 FedEx Office Toyota throughout the duration of the 400-mile event to earn his sixth top-10 finish at the 1.5-mile track.
Martin Truex Jr. has scored four of his eight career NASCAR Cup Series wins in the last 15 races (Darlington, Chicago, Dover, Las Vegas). The other four victories came in his previous 393 races.
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