After a great weekend in Daytona for Aric Almirola, he heads to Kentucky Speedway in the No. 43 Smithfield Ford with renewed confidence. Almirola took the No. 98 Fresh From Florida Ford to Victory Lane in the XFINITY Series and recorded a Top-15 finish in the Sprint Cup Series on Saturday night.
Brian Scott will make his Sprint Cup debut at Kentucky Speedway this weekend, but he won't be the only one. Kentucky Speedway recently underwent a repave of the 1.5-mile tri-oval, making it in prime condition for NASCAR to make its annual visit to the Bluegrass State this weekend.
“The key to success at Kentucky is going to be survival. With any track repave the very first race there are a lot of unknowns. We were fortunate to test there. It’s going to be tough to get that second lane to come in but I think it’s going to. So pushing the grove up the track on a brand new surface is going to be key.”
The two-time XFINITY champion has three career NSCS starts at Kentucky with an average starting position of 17.0 and average finishing position of 17.7.
Ryan Reed has competed at Kentucky Speedway four times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS). In this race last year, Reed finished 14th after starting 12th. In his last appearance at the track, he finished 25th after starting 19th and getting caught up in an early-race incident on Lap 2.
After sweeping the NASCAR XFINITY and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway last weekend, Ford Performance heads to Kentucky for its only visit of the season. Brad Keselowski, who is the only Ford driver with a NSCS win at the 1.5-mile track, will be looking to make it two straight after taking the checkered flag Saturday night in the Coke Zero 400.
American Diabetes Association® representative and diabetes advocate Stewart Perry will ‘ride’ along with Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed during Friday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Kentucky Speedway. The Lexington, Ky., resident will have his name featured on a decal above the passenger-side window on the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford Mustang.
Not many 22-year-olds run their own business, but NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Austin Hill is both driver and partial-owner of Austin Hill Racing. Being both driver and manager of his own team sets Hill apart from his competitors.
orey Heim will be chasing a whopping $500,000 bonus this weekend as he tries for his third consecutive win and a sweep of the NASCAR Triple Truck Challenge during the Tennessee Army National Guard 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Layne Riggs will take the No. 34 Ford F-150 to the high banks of the Bristol Motor Speedway looking to extend Front Row Motorsports' dominate win streak at "The Last Great Coliseum".
The 66th running of the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals gets underway Friday in Pomona, California, beginning with qualifying and then culminating Sunday with eliminations.
T3 Vodka, the Knoxville-founded premium spirits brand, has expanded its partnership with driver Logan Bearden and will serve as the primary partner of the No. 42 Chevrolet
NASCAR driver Josh Bilicki today announced that he is partnering with 10-Spot Tools for this weekend’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
To help race fans enjoy this weekend’s 35th annual Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, track officials are making the 70-page commemorative souvenir program available for free in both printed and digital formats.
