Garrett Smithley continued his recent streak of great races Saturday, finishing 17th on the lead lap in the Menards 250 Xfinity Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
"We were so close. We had a fast Richmond/Menards Chevrolet today. The handling was just a little bit off which made the car too loose in the opening laps. Danny (Stockman, crew chief) and the guys made good changes on pit road. We adjusted a little too far so had to dial it back after the car got too tight. We were right there all day and overall I was happy with our Chevy.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association team finished 14th on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway after starting 11th.
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 LoudMouth Exhaust Ford Mustang, improved eight positions throughout the course of the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday afternoon to earn a ninth-place finish.
Daniel Suárez earned his first career NASCAR XFINITY Series win on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, becoming the first Mexican-born driver to capture a NASCAR national series victory.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – Finished 6th “Man, there is not much good I can say about that. I don’t know how we finished sixth. We were missing it everywhere. Everyone made a mistake."
MARTIN TRUEX, JR., No. 78 Furniture Row Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Starting Position: 2nd - How was the qualifying run? “It was definitely an exciting run that third round – we freed the car up quite a bit and it was pretty ‘slideways’ going into turn three so it was a lot of fun out there."
Tony Stewart powered the No. 14 Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS to the top qualifying position among the Team Chevy drivers for Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a time of 198.950 mph/36.190 seconds. It marks Stewart’s 10th top-10 start at the super-fast 2.0-mile Michigan international Speedway, his second in seven races this season.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – Qualified 1st “It feels good. Finally we were able to break through. The last two weeks have stunk for me and my team. We have won the first two rounds the last few weeks and qualified second."
Haiden Deegan came into St. Louis with a shot at securing a second straight Western Divisional 250SMX Class Championship and did so by dominating against a full field of the class’ top talent during the East/West Showdown.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, led 80 of 250 laps and became the 183rd competitor to win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series division by winning for the first time ever at The Rock.
