To match the championship aura of Ford Championship Weekend, November 18-20, Homestead-Miami Speedway has named NBC’s “This Is Us” actor Justin Hartley as Grand Marshal for the Ford EcoBoost 400 on November 20. Hartley will give the famous command of “Drivers, start your engines!” just before the green flag waves for the NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series championship race, which will be broadcast live on NBC.
Number of times Joey Logano has made it to the Championship 4 in the new Chase format (ties with Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch for the most among the Championship 4) – Logano finished fourth in the 2014 Chase standings after finishing 16th in the race.
Never-Give-Up Attitude Leads Paul Menard and the No. 27 Chevrolet Team to a 10th-Place Finish at Phoenix International Raceway "I'm proud of my team and the never-give-up attitude they showed today."
Joey Logano’s 1st place finish clinched the 22 a spot in the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Ford Championship Weekend. Logano looks for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.
After leading the Roush Fenway Racing qualifying efforts, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. battled back to take the checkered flag in the 23rd position after an untimely caution following a green flag pit-stop cost him a lap to the leaders in Sunday’s Can-Am 500(k) at Phoenix Raceway.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, recorded a 28th-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday afternoon.
Greg Biffle made his 500th consecutive start Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Biffle was looking at a solid top-10 finish until damage to the nose on a restart sent him to pit road for repairs. Biffle was able to keep his No. 16 Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford Fusion on the lead lap the entire race and in the end survived two green-white-checkered overtime restarts to cross the finish line 16th.
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 JIMMY JOHN’S CHEVROLET SS – Finished 4th - WHAT WAS LACKING TODAY? WHAT MORE DID YOU NEED TO GET IT DONE HERE TODAY? “We just started way too far off on Friday."
AVONDALE, Ariz. – It was just another routine Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway for Kyle Busch. But nothing else in the Ticket Galaxy 200 was at all ordinary. All the drama unfolded behind Busch, as eight drivers scrambled for four positions in the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase’s Championship 4 Round at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The 19-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, was awarded the pole position for Saturday's Fourth of July event at Chicagoland due to inclement weather forcing NASCAR to replace qualifying with practice.
Will Power and Kyle Kirkwood were 1-2 on the speed chart as the Fourth of July holiday weekend began with a 95-degree afternoon at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Enzo Fittipaldi waited until the closing minutes of INDY NXT by Firestone practice Friday to top the speed chart, turning the fastest lap to kick off this weekend’s doubleheader at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
