TONY STEWART, NO. 14 BASS PRO SHOPS CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed splitting driver duties with Ty Dillon this weekend at Talladega, the Driver Council, recent issues regarding lugnuts, and more.
Darrell Wallace Jr., met with media members prior to XFINITY Series practice Friday at Talladega Superspeedway and spoke about trying to build on his sixth place finish at Daytona, his thoughts on the Dash 4 Cash program and his mom.
TY DILLON, NO. 14 BASS PRO SHOPS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed subbing for Tony Stewart, the difference between driving Richard Childress Racing prepared Chevrolet’s and Stewart-Haas Racing equipment, the prospects of winning on Sunday and many other topics.
Ross Chastain has run only three NASCAR races at Talladega Superspeedway, but he has an interesting history at the track. Chastain finished third in a Camping World Truck Series race at NASCAR’s biggest track in 2013, showing that he quickly picked up the intricacies of running well in Talladega’s big drafting lines.
Rookie Ryan Preece, riding along 17th in Xfinity Series driver points at this early stage of the season, gets a big new test Saturday. Preece will race for the first time at super-fast Talladega Superspeedway in Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 Xfinity race.
Garrett Smithley will run his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway Saturday, but he won’t start the event with zero experience. Smithley raced in an Automobile Racing Club of America event in 2014 at the giant 2.66-mile track. He finished 18th.
Jeremy Clements returns to Talladega Superspeedway with Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet and BRT Extrusions back on board the #51 JCR Chevy Camaro SS for the Sparks Energy 300.
NASCAR’s “Two-Round” qualifying procedure will be in effect this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway when both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) and the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) return to the biggest and baddest track on the planet this Saturday, April 30.
Richmond Recap: Denny Hamlin finished sixth in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway, overcoming an early pit road violation and persistent battery issues to log his fourth top-10 finish of the 2016 season in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota.
Roush Fenway Racing returns to the track that is “like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get,” as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to Talladega Superspeedway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane seven times.
