Talladega Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 31st in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway after a being involved in multi-car accident with just 28 laps left in the race won by Brad Keselowski.
Heading into this weekend's event, the No.32 Sparks Energy Go Fas Racing(GFR) team will travel to the "The Sunflower State" with Cedar Rapids, IA native Joey Gase for the 6th annual GoBowling.Com 400 at the Kansas Speedway, in Kansas City, KS.
After nearly a five-week sabbatical, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) driver Tyler Young is ready to get back to business this weekend at Kansas Speedway and he’ll return to the new circuit with some new support for Friday night’s Toyota Tundra 250.
On Wednesday, AJ Allmendinger and JTG Daugherty Racing’s family of brands revealed their Darlington Raceway Bojangles' Southern 500 throwback paint scheme, raced by Topeka, Kan.-native Bruce Hill in the 1970s (1974-1977). The throwback No. 47 Kroger/Kingsford Chevrolet SS maintains its continuity with the red, white and blue theme.
It was a finish that will go down in NASCAR XFINITY Series history, as no one was sure who actually won the Sparks Energy 300 when the checkered flag flew at Talladega Superspeedway.
KANSAS STATS: While Dale Earnhardt Jr. has yet to win a race at Kansas Speedway, he has earned solid stats at the 1.5-mile track. The driver of the No. 88 Axalta/CARSTAR Chevrolet SS has one pole (2002) at the speedway, and scored a third-place finish in the spring race last year.
Aric Almirola will return to Kansas Speedway piloting the No. 43 Smithfield Ford in the Go Bowling 400. This will be the series' fifth visit to an intermediate track of the 2016 season. Richard Petty Motorsports has placed an important focus on developing the intermediate track program. With varied results at intermediate tracks so far this year, Almirola is looking for a consistent and strong run to revitalize what has been a rocky season for the team thus far.
After a wreck-filled race in Talladega, Brian Scott and the No. 44 GoBowling.com team are powering through to a track familiar to Scott in the Sprint Cup Series, Kansas Speedway. Scott has experience racing at the 1.5-mile track in the Sprint Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series and is looking forward to racing with a new partner in GoBowling.com, who is also the race sponsor for this weekend's GoBowling.com 400.
Sponsors this weekend: "We have Dillons and Glad as primary sponsors this weekend at Kansas Speedway," Allmendinger said. "Both Dillons and Glad are activating this weekend, which is pretty cool.
The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is always a special race for six-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and this year’s trip to Summit Motorsports Park gives him a chance to add two more trophies to his extensive collection
osh Berry and the No. 21 eero team are headed into this weekend’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway looking forward to a more traditional road course contest after racing on the temporary street course at Naval Base Coronado last week.
