“We made the Round of 8, which is really good, but that was a tough day. I’m glad we could make the most of it and move on, but we’ve got work to do over at Roush Fenway. It’s good to see a Ford in victory lane. I’m happy for Joey and the Penske guys, but we’ve got some work to do before Kansas.”
The second race of Joey Logano’s Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedwaywas his best, as the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup contender strapped in for 300 miles of NASCAR XFINITY Series racing and drove to victory in the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina after a spirited battle with fellow Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Larson.
Jimmie Johnson made an emotionally charged return to victory lane at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, when the six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Serieschampion became the first driver to win four Bank of America 500 races in an action-packed fourth race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Martin Truex Jr. battled his way to the front after dealing with handling problems for the first half of Sunday’s rain-delayed Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. But while running in third place with fewer than 30 laps remaining, the unimaginable happened to the Furniture Row Racing driver.
Recap: Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Wurth Ford Fusion team enjoyed a solid start to the second round of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup with a seventh-place finish in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) on Sunday afternoon.
Greg Biffle started the rain delayed race at Charlotte Motor Speedway from the 14th position. Biffle cracked the top five just before having to visit pit road under green for a flat tire. Just as Biffle was working some pit strategy to rebound from the flat tire, he was collected on a jumbled restart. The damage was too severe to repair leaving Biffle with a 35th-place finish in his No. 16 Ford EcoBoost Ford.
After Hurricane Matthew pushed the scheduled Saturday night race to Sunday, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove his SunnyD Ford to a 20th-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway; gaining two positions in the driver point standings.
Six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion, Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS team had to wait 24 races to reach victory lane again after a strong start to the 2016 season, but it couldn’t have come at a better time. Johnson’s 78th career NSCS win and eighth victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway enabled him to punch his ticket to the Round of 8 in the Chase for the NSCS title.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team were well on their way to a possible top-10 finish when they were involved in a wreck with fewer than 100 laps remaining in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, resulting in a 31st-place finish.
Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, and Jeff Andrews, President and General Manager of Hendrick Motorsports, met with the media onsite at Bristol Motor Speedway in advance of Bowman's return to NASCAR Cup Series competition.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver William Sawalich was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race from Bristol Motor Speedway.
Top Fuel’s Leah Pruett jumped to the top spot on the final pass of Friday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, taking the provisional No. 1 spot for Tony Stewart Racing at the 66th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.
CHANDLER SMITH, No. 38 QuickTie Ford F-150 – “Honesty, it just wasn’t in the Lord’s Will for us tonight, but, nevertheless, I’m grateful for the opportunity to be able to come out with this No. 38 QuickTie Products Ford F-150 group."
