Kansas Recap: Denny Hamlin was involved in a crash with just 26 laps to go in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, causing major damage to the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota and relegating the team to a 37th-place finish in the event won by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch. Hamlin started third, but battled numerous issues on pit road.
TURN 3 THEATER AT DARLINGTON THIS FRIDAY: Darlington Raceway’s next Turn 3 Theater Presented by Raceway Ford Chevrolet will feature Frozen this Friday, May 13.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team put together their strongest effort of the season on Saturday night in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Recap: Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Alliance Truck Parts Ford Fusion team was in great position to battle for the win late in Saturday night’s GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas Speedway before an incident relegated him to a 10th-place result. After taking the green flag in the fifth position, Keselowski radioed that his Ford was tight in the center of the corners, especially when running the bottom groove.
Greg Biffle rebounded from an unscheduled trip down pit road for a right-side tire rub after contact with the wall to finish 27th in his No. 16 Ford EcoBoost Ford at Kansas Speedway. Biffle started the race 20th after getting loose in qualifying and that loose handling condition continued to plague him during the race, resulting in the contact with the wall.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, sustained a flat left-rear tire following contact that led to an unscheduled green-flag pit stop on Lap 72. Despite the loss of track position, Bayne gained 14 positions throughout the remainder of the race to record a 25th-place finish on Saturday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Kansas Speedway.
Despite making contact with the outside wall with 35 laps remaining in Saturday night’s GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas Speedway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. bullied his way back picking up four spots in the final laps to take the checkered flag in the 13th position.
A mechanical issue late in the race crippled a commanding performance by Martin Truex Jr., who led a race high of 172 laps in Saturday night’s Go Bowling 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team powered to a fifth-place finish tonight in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway, their best result of the 2016 season.
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 JIMMY JOHN’S CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND - GOT A GREAT RESTART ON THAT FINAL RESTART IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHASE HIM DOWN, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET AROUND HIM?
The two-time O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Corning, California, executed two crossover moves and dodged a final-lap multi-car wreck to become the 44th competitor to win the Great American Race.
For the first time in his championship-earning career, Kyle Busch led NASCAR’s top division to the green flag from the pole position for the 68th running of the DAYTONA 500.