Recap: Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Wurth Ford Fusion team enjoyed a solid start to the second round of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup with a seventh-place finish in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) on Sunday afternoon.
Greg Biffle started the rain delayed race at Charlotte Motor Speedway from the 14th position. Biffle cracked the top five just before having to visit pit road under green for a flat tire. Just as Biffle was working some pit strategy to rebound from the flat tire, he was collected on a jumbled restart. The damage was too severe to repair leaving Biffle with a 35th-place finish in his No. 16 Ford EcoBoost Ford.
After Hurricane Matthew pushed the scheduled Saturday night race to Sunday, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove his SunnyD Ford to a 20th-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway; gaining two positions in the driver point standings.
Six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion, Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS team had to wait 24 races to reach victory lane again after a strong start to the 2016 season, but it couldn’t have come at a better time. Johnson’s 78th career NSCS win and eighth victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway enabled him to punch his ticket to the Round of 8 in the Chase for the NSCS title.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team were well on their way to a possible top-10 finish when they were involved in a wreck with fewer than 100 laps remaining in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, resulting in a 31st-place finish.
Late-Race Incident Ends Austin Dillon's Day Early at Charlotte Motor Speedway "We felt taking two tires would help our track position. We had 14 laps on our lefts and I got through the gears well. We really struggled on pit road. We were just trying something to get track position and that is what you get."
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - WERE YOU BEGINNING TO WONDER IF IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN? “No, I didn’t wonder, I just knew it was taking way too long. When you drive for Rick Hendrick and have all the great people at Hendrick Motorsports working for you, the great support from Lowe’s and everyone in their stores and Chevrolet."
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – WHAT WAS THE MAJOR ISSUE FOR YOU TODAY? “I don’t know. Tires are popping. We’re not the only car that had the issue, but we’re the ones that hit the wall when it happen, so that’s not the best place to have them go down."
With rain in the area and a significantly more promising Sunday forecast, Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway has been moved to Sunday at 12 p.m. Gates will open Sunday at 9 a.m. with the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina NASCAR XFINITY Series race scheduled to begin 45 minutes after the Bank of America 500.
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) takes its racing heritage to one of motorsport’s most hallowed venues this weekend as the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Goodyear joins the Le Mans Classic Legend at Circuit de la Sarthe from July 3 - 5.
On-track action begins tomorrow (July 3) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Ohio’s biggest racing event, The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the 2027 CR-V Hybrid.
