Richard Petty Motorsports and Brian Scott today announced Scott, driver of the No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford, will retire from full-time competition in NASCAR at the end of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Scott has made the personal decision to focus on his young and growing family and also the next phase of his career.
“I like the Phoenix track,” Preece said. “We had a pretty good car there in the first race of the year, and I’m looking forward to going back. We want to close out the year strong.”
“We’re bringing a good car to Phoenix,” Smithley said. “We’re definitely looking for better results this go-round. The track is smooth and fast – a really fun track to race.”
“I’m looking forward to going back to Phoenix because I think we’ve done some things on the flat racetracks that will help us and we'll also have a brand new race car there,” Allmendinger said.
Roush Fenway Racing heads out west for the final time in the 2016 season as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) returns to Phoenix International Raceway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on 17 different occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
“Phoenix is my home race, so I always like to go back and see my family – it’s always fun to do that,” said McDowell. “I only get to go back a couple times a year. Our finishes at short tracks have been pretty good this season as well, so I am definitely optimistic about racing in Phoenix this weekend.”
“Except for Talladega (finished last with engine issue), we’ve been consistent since the Chase started,” noted Truex. “We obviously feel we belong in the hunt for the championship but we’re not. But the next best thing we can do is continue our momentum in the final races and hopefully bring home a victory or two.”
Dakoda will be making his sixth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Phoenix International Raceway to go along with one Camping World Truck Series start at the track. Armstrong has a best XFINITY Series finish of 18th at the Phoenix track which he has done four times including earlier this Spring.
23XI Racing announced today that the team will collaborate with The Academy of Country Music to feature an ACM Awards design on Tyler Reddick’s No. 45 Toyota Camry XSE at Dover Motor Speedway.
Make no mistake about it, ARCA Menards Series veteran Jason Kitzmiller is no road course expert, but as he navigates his second full-time season, the schedule’s diversity includes two venues where turning left and right takes top priority.
Indianapolis Colts cheerleader Allison Broadhurst will perform the national anthem before the start of the Sonsio Grand Prix on Saturday, May 9 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
RelaDyne is excited to announce that Will Rodgers and Young’s Motorsports will partner with Drydene for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday, May 9, at Watkins Glen.
