"This season, I fully expect our team to do everything we did last season and more. My goals are to run inside the top 10 and finish inside the top 15. We have a great advantage every time we come to race tracks like this; our ECR Engines have a ton of power to get us around the track. I enjoy racing here and hope to bring home a solid finish for this 95 team."
Richard Childress Racing at Michigan International Speedway ... In 154 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Michigan International Speedway, RCR teams have earned three wins, two with Dale Earnhardt (1987, 1990) and the most recent with Kevin Harvick (August 2010).
Ford Motor Co. has won nearly half of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events run at Michigan International Speedway (46-of-93), which includes 34 wins by Ford and 12 under the Mercury banner. In addition, it was the site of Ford’s 1000th NASCAR triumph in 2013.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) driver Austin Hill is making his first national touring start at the 1.5-mile oval of Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) this Friday in the Rattlesnake 400. The 22-year-old is piloting the No. 20 A+D Welding Ford F-150 and will be making his third start this season as he runs a partial NCWTS schedule.
"We got all we could today in our Kalahari Resorts Chevrolet. We got as high as fifth-place but over the course of the race, it was evident that we were missing a little bit on our handling. On a positive, we ran a clean race and learned some things. Like I told Luke (Lambert, crew chief) after the race, I'm looking forward to Michigan (International Speedway) next weekend." - Ryan Newman
Topping off his fuel with an extra pit stop during the race’s second-to-last caution period allowed Ryan Blaney to drive the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to a strong 10th place finish in the rain-delayed Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400 at Pocono Raceway.
Camry driver Matt Kenseth (seventh) was the top-finishing Toyota in Monday’s rain-postponed NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Pennsylvania’s Pocono Raceway. Kenseth led the field twice for 31 laps (of 160) on the 2.5-mile track.
“It was a long day, but overall a decent weekend for the Miller Lite Ford. It wasn’t really two pit penalties, it was two NASCAR penalties and I’m not sure I really know what happened there. The team guys can probably give you a better answer, but we fought back really well.
“It’s tough to balance everything and when you have a fast car and an interim crew chief and the way that the fuel mileage played out, I didn’t know if we were going to have enough fuel. But, thanks to everybody at Haas Automation, Monster Energy and Stewart-Haas. This is a wonderful win for us.
Garrett Smithley finished 27th in Saturday’s rain-shortened Pocono Green 250 XFINITY Series race at Pocono Raceway. The first XFINITY race in Pocono history was scheduled for 100 laps, but afternoon rain showers pelted the speedway and forced NASCAR to call the race after 53 laps. Smithley was caught a lap down by the rain.
Spencer Boyd, fresh off the season opener in Daytona, announced today that Interstate Classic Cars will be his primary sponsor for the upcoming NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Echopark Speedway.
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TRICON Garage (TRICON) announced today that veteran road racer Adam Andretti has signed on for a multi-race slate with the championship-winning organization
On the heels of another exciting DAYTONA 500, anticipation is revving up for the Straight Talk Wireless 500, set for Sunday, March 8, at Phoenix Raceway.
Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports, qualified 15th for the 68th Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
