Despite running in the top-10 for a majority of Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Texas Motor Speedway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove his Zest Ford to a 16th-place finish after a late-race accident damaged his machine.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, led for 12 laps and had the right fuel strategy to contend for the victory before a rash of late race cautions relegated the Roush Fenway Racing team to a 15th-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
Josh Williams chalked up his career first ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards victory Saturday night at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, driving away from the pack to win the Music City 200.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s runner-up effort in the No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS led a contingent of Team Chevy drivers to the checkered in the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS), Round 7 of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. This was Earnhardt, Jr.’s sixth top 5 finish at TMS in 25 starts; and his fourth top 10 of 2016.
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 Safety Kleen Ford Fusion – “I got hit by the 5. I’m not sure what happened. He just got in the back of me and turned me around and got me up in the fence. It’s unfortunate. We had a decent run going and a pretty good night. We were fighting for the lucky dog to get on the lead lap. We were faster than quite a few of those guys on the lead lap at the back of the field, so it’s unfortunate we didn’t get a chance to race with them.”
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND - ON HIS SECOND-PLACE FINISH: “We got a little behind and got caught on pit road on that one caution. We had a fast car, probably good enough to win. Martin (Truex Jr.) probably had the best car, but the best car doesn’t always win.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Tools Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How did the track feel during qualifying? “This is fun, guys. Each time we went out there, even in qualifying trim when usually the car is just nailed down and stuck like glue, the car was sliding around."
Carl Edwards didn’t run a perfect lap in Friday's final round of knockout qualifying, but he had plenty of car to compensate. "I made a little mistake, and I thought that was going to cost us," said Edwards, who earned the top starting spot for Saturday night's Duck Commander 500.
RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion – “I felt we weren’t as fast on the speed chart yesterday, but I felt really good about it. I got really loose in our first run during practice in our qualifying run, so we didn’t ever put a new set of tires on and were down in 19th, but we did that on our second run on tires, so I felt pretty good about it."
The 23-year-old Smith from Talking Rock, Georgia, led eight of 102 over-scheduled laps and went from third to sixth and first on the final lap to win the first Truck event of 2026 at the World Center of Racing.
The 2023 Craftsman Truck Series champion from Seymour, Wisconsin, posted a pole-winning lap at 176.883 mph in 50.881 seconds to claim the first Truck pole position of 2026 at the World Center of Racing.
Gus Dean (No. 25 CAB Installers / IMPACT Toyota) earned the pole for Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series General Tire 200 at Daytona International Speedway.
NHRA officials and FOX Sports released the television schedule for the upcoming 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, a year that also celebrates NHRA’s 75th anniversary.
Ellis will pilot the No. 02 Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro across the full 33-race schedule, culminating with the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway in November.
