In the first race for the Chase of the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove his Fastenal Ford to a 25th-place finish after long green flag runs kept him from getting back on the lead lap in Sunday’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 at Chicagoland.
A late-race pit strategy gamble put Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion in position to win the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in overtime, but cars with newer tires passed the Wood Brothers’ rookie on the last re-start and he ended up with a very strong fourth place.
CHASE ELLIOTT: I expected it. We've all watched this stuff long enough; we know these races don't go green that long typically. We know that we see late‑race cautions way more often than not. That's a part of racing from short‑track racing all the way up to this stuff.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – Finished 5th “It was a solid day for us out there, nothing flashy. We ended up with a pretty decent finish."
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 3RD - WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN THAT CAUTION CAME OUT WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THE RACE WAS YOURS? “Expect it nothing is yours until it’s over."
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – Finished 2nd “It was awesome execution by the 22 team. From every angle. We had a very fast race car and were awesome on pit road."
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 “Shredder” TMNT Ford Mustang, recorded a 20th-place finish in the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Chicagoland Speedway in the final race of the 2016 regular season.
Kyle Busch opened the door, and that was all the invitation Erik Jones needed. When Busch, the polesitter for Saturday’s The Drive for Safety 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, spun with a tire down while leading on Lap 182 of 200, Jones took full advantage of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate’s misfortune.
Recap: Joey Logano started ninth, led laps and finished seventh in the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang for Team Penske in Saturday afternoon’s Drive Safe 300 and the Chicagoland Speedway. Logano brought excitement to the race early as he went three wide for position twice in the opening two laps of the race working his way toward the top-five. Logano battled a car that was tight on the bottom and loose on the top of the track throughout the first run.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – Finished 7th “That was probably the best we were going to finish, seventh. We just struggled today. I don’t know. We were kind of weak in every department today. We were just slow."
The 2020 Truck Series champion from Alpine, California, posted a qualifying lap of 160.820 mph in 33.578 seconds to achieve the pole position in his final start with Haas Factory Team and in preparation of his 2026 championship bid in Miami.
Daniel Hemric brought down the curtain on the 2026 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks Series (NCTS) campaign with a poignant statement performance at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Tyler Ankrum, driver of the No. 18 LIUNA Chevrolet Silverado RST was forced to end his 2026 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season a few short laps early after getting collected in an incident with 21 laps to go.
