Kraig Kinser and his team never give up and that's the approach it takes to compete night in and night out with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Richmond 400 Post Race Report
Richmond International Raceway
April 26, 2014
Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates Ryan Newman, Paul Menard and Austin Dillon finished...
After battling an ill-handling race car for the majority of Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was running lap times faster than the leader before suffering a blown right front tire on his No. 17 Nationwide Insurance Ford forcing the 2013 Rookie of the Year to settle for a 38th- place finish.
Chris Buescher headed to Richmond International Raceway for the second time in his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) career hoping to turn around a late string of bad luck.
Carl Edwards visited Richmond International Raceway as the reigning champ at the three-quarter mile track after his win in September of 2013. The No. 99 Ford Always Racing Fusion started from the 16th spot and the combination of speed and impressive work on pit road put the Roush Fenway driver inside the top 10 about a quarter of the way through the 400 lap race
Saturday night racing under the lights at Richmond International Raceway proved to be eventful for Greg Biffle and his 3M Pit Bulls. Biffle started the race 26th due to qualifying being rained out and looked to have a 3M Scotch Ford capable of a top 10.
Martin Truex Jr. drove the No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet to a 10th-place finish in Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series race, his first top-10 performance of the season, and it could have been even better.
Kyle Busch was the first Camry driver to the finish line in Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Richmond International Raceway.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND - UNFORTUNATELY NOT THE WIN, BUT ANOTHER GREAT RUN: Well, you know, the restarts are something that we’ve been really adamant about this year because it was definitely hurting us last year. Tonight we really didn’t have a good short run car; we had a really good long run car. For about 40 or 50 laps it was about the best car out there. "
Jeff Gordon led 173 of the 400-laps at Richmond International Raceway in an effort to put Chevrolet in Victory Lane for the fifth time in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Gordon narrowly missed his first win of the season by finishing 0.946 seconds behind the race winner in his No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS.
Chicago native T.J. Zizzo made the quickest Top Fuel run in each session on Friday at Route 66 Raceway, taking the provisional No. 1 qualifier at the 24th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance.
Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) completed the final day of Indianapolis 500 practice before Saturday’s qualifying. Tom Blomqvist, Felix Rosenqvist and Helio Castroneves all ran several qualifying simulations on Friday and closed out the day feeling confident heading into Saturday (11:00am ET, Peacock TV, SiriusXM Ch. 218).
If “Fast Friday” is any indication, the record pole speed for the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge could be in jeopardy Sunday, and Team Penske has that mark squarely in its sights.
Team Chevy closed Fast Friday practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with seven drivers and teams in the top-10 of best one-lap speeds, with Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Arrow McLaren Chevrolet leading the Bowtie brand at 234.271 mph.
The 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race's Qualifying and Pit Crew Challenge sessions have been postponed until Saturday, May 18, at 11:40 a.m. ET on FS1 due to ongoing precipitation preventing the session's initial occurrence on Friday evening.
Kevin Harvick met with the media in advance of the practice and qualifying session for the NASCAR Cup Series’ All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, where Harvick will be filling the seat of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1.
