Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay stole what appeared to be a dominant race win from Tony Kanaan just two laps from the checkered flag in Saturday night's Iowa Corn Indy 300 presented by DEKALB.
Taking a deep breath at the winner's podium, Brad Keselowski took a second to savor his dominant Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Keselowski captured the pole, then led 152 of 200 laps to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sta-Green 200.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 22 Hertz Ford Mustang – A BIG WIN TODAY OUT THERE AND A LOT OF STATS, INCLUDING GOING FROM THE POLE TO WINNING THE RACE. “What a hell of a Saturday. I am going to need a little time to soak it in. it has been a really busy day and sometimes on these really busy days you get so caught up in the action that you really can’t appreciate all that has transpired."
Kyle Busch (second) was the first Toyota driver to the finish line in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 60 Ford EcoBoost Mustang – “That was pretty awesome for us. I am excited. Our Ford EcoBoost Mustang was relly good today. It was good all weekend. We knew we had a good piece under us it was just a matter of track position."
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 22 Hertz Ford Mustang – FINISHED 1st “This is really satisfying. This team has deserved to win a few races and things just haven’t quite gone their way and it is nice to put it together here at Loudon with a strong car and great team."
Scott Dixon set the Iowa Speedway two-lap qualifying track record en route to the Verizon P1 Award to lead a front-row sweep for Target Chip Ganassi Racing during qualifications for Saturday night's Iowa Corn Indy 300 presented by DEKALB. Dixon's two-lap average of 186.256 mph shattered the previous speed record of 180.375 mph held by Takuma Sato since 2011.
Chevrolet’s Jimmie Johnson narrowly missed earning his second pole of the season, but placed his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS on the outside front row for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion was just six one thousandths of a second shy of winning the pole with his fast lap of 27642 seconds, 137.790 mph.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - Did you know your qualifying lap was good? “No, I didn’t. I gave it everything I had. I thought I was a little too tight, but I guess I was driving through it enough that I still got some good speed and got the throttle down on both ends."
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED 2ND - YOU MISSED THE POLE BY JUST A COUPLE THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND: “It’s so tough to get a good lap around here. The first outing put up a decent time fastest of the day for ourselves still knew that we had to go faster and to come out for the second session on older tires and improve by over two tenths is something to be proud of. "
