Roush Fenway Racing rookie of the year contender Chris Buescher earned his first career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) victory on Saturday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. A dominant car combined with a winning fuel strategy led the No. 60 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Ford Mustang to victory lane in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200.
Ryan Reed and the No. 16 American Diabetes Association Drive to Stop DiabetesSM presented by Lilly Diabetes team finished 12th at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course after going to a back-up car for the second week in a row. After a qualifying accident, Reed carefully worked his way through traffic to bring home his Mustang with another top-15 finish.
Landon Cassill turned in a stellar performance Saturday in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, rallying from the back of the field to score a 14th-place finish.
Jeffrey Earnhardt completed his run through the three Nationwide Series road courses with a 28th-place finish in Saturday’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Cours
We raced our Quaker State, Lincoln Welders Modified on Sunday August 10th in front of the biggest crowd this season. We has been on a great streak of 3 consecutive top 4 feature finishes. Our strong performance moved us to 3rd in the OSCAAR Modified point standings. Today we padded our hold on third with a third place finish in our qualifying race and second in the 25 lap feature event.
Simon Pagenaud says he has achieved his season goal of winning races, but he isn't ready to be counted out as a contender for the Verizon IndyCar Series championship.
Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS, set a track qualifying record en route to winning the pole for the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Friday. Gordon turned in a fast lap of 206.558 mph around the two-mile oval. It is the seventh-fastest qualifying speed in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history.
"The guys on this Aaron's Dream Machine brought a great race car here. Man, it's hairy out there running -- so close to wide-open. We have a good Camry for Sunday. We have a great starting spot. I'd love to be on the pole, but it wasn't meant to be. I couldn't be more proud of these guys. The car is just so fast. I'm almost wide-open."
