CGR in XFINITY at PIR: PIR was the sight of CGR’s first XFINITY Series win with driver Jamie McMurray in 2004. McMurray led four times for 47 laps that day. In 14 XFINITY Series starts CGR drivers have combined for one win, two top-five and five top-10 finishes.
TJ will be making his sixth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Phoenix International Raceway to go along with three previous starts in Camping World Truck Series competition at the one-mile track. He most recently competed at the track last fall for JGL Racing.
Fresh off their best finish of the young 2016 NASCAR season, Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Team are riding a wave of momentum into this weekend’s Good Sam 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
KYLE CONTINUES CAMRY LEAD: Toyota driver Kyle Busch leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) point standings by six points over second-place Jimmie Johnson after three races this season. Busch is the only driver in the series to earn three consecutive top-five finishes this year, and is on a current streak of seven straight top-fives dating back to last season. The Las Vegas native has recorded 13 top-10 finishes in 21 career NSCS starts at Phoenix International Raceway, where the series heads this weekend.
MB Motorsports looks to serve as the launching pad for yet another young driver with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut of Spencer Boyd and his sponsor, Go-Parts. Spencer, who has had a successful run in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, will pilot the No. 63 Go-Parts Dodge Ram, powered by War Hawk Performance in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 on April 2, 2016 at Martinsville Speedway.
Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Phoenix International Raceway ... Team owner Richard Childress has five victories at Phoenix International Raceway, ranking him third on the all-time car owner victories list at the Avondale, Ariz. facility.
Dustin Scott, a professional multi-championship dirt modified driver from the Midwest, has now officially announced a co-primary sponsorship for the complete Stadium Super Truck Series for 2016 beginning at the St. Petersburg, FL event.
Coming off of a 10th-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kasey Kahne heads to Phoenix International Raceway this weekend in the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS.
Elliott, he 2020 Cup Series champion from Dawsonville, Georgia, led nine of 60-scheduled laps and fended off Carson Hocevar with eight laps remaining to record his third career Daytona Duel victory.
The three-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, led 15 of 63 over-scheduled laps and survived an overtime shootout for his fourth Daytona Duel victory.
Blaney will be right where he wants to be. Being able to put his drafting skills with his strong finishes gives him a great chance of finding his way to the front.
