NASCAR® announced today that the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ Awards – and all of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week™ – will return to Las Vegas in 2015 as part of a renewed partnership with the destination. The agreement ensures that Las Vegas will continue hosting the week-long celebration, offering fans and industry members a chance to see the sport’s stars and congratulate the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion.
Richard Childress Racing drivers Paul Menard, Austin Dillon and Ryan Newman finished 11th, 13th and 23rd, respectively, in the Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway.
Matt Kenseth, the unexpected winner of Sunday’s Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway, had to do a double-take. So did second and third-place finishers Brad Keselowski and Jeff Gordon.
In his final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, Jeff Gordon improved his chances for championship playoffs with a solid third place finish in his No. 24 AARP Member Advantages Chevrolet SS. Gordon slipped into the top-five and then into third as several race leaders ran out of fuel with less than three laps to go at the 2.5- mile track dubbed the “Tricky Triangle”. It was Gordon’s 32nd top-ten finish at Pocono, and moved him to 10th in the overall point standings with just five races before the cut-off to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Greg Biffle drove his No. 16 Roush Performance Ford Fusion to a fifth-place finish at Pocono Raceway. Biffle had worked his way into the top 10 and was able to capitalize on pit strategy, stretching fuel mileage to the end. Biffle ran out of fuel coming to the white flag, but was able to coast his way to a fifth-place finish while many others had to pit for fuel.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, was battling for a top-20 position before striking a piece of debris entering Turn One on Sunday afternoon in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Pocono Raceway, ending the Roush Fenway Racing driver’s afternoon just past the halfway point of the event.
After starting in the 34th position, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gained seven positions in the first 15 laps before the No. 9 machine slowed in the high groove leaving Stenhouse Jr. nowhere to go. The damage on his Ford Ecoboost Ford was irreparable leaving Stenhouse Jr. with a 41st-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Pocono Raceway.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AARP MEMBER ADVANTAGES CHEVROLET SS – Finished 3rd - THIS IS YOUR 32ND TOP 10 AT POCONO AND THIS MIGHT BE THE CRAZIEST EVER. TELL US ABOUT THE END OF THIS RACE “Well, it would be a long, long list if we talked to a bunch of people in the grandstands and myself, and everybody on pit road and probably people watching at home to find out who was more surprised."
For the first time in nearly a decade, the fall NASCAR race weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway will return to the historic 1.5-mile oval, as NASCAR revives its iconic Chase format and as officials answer the call of fans who have long celebrated the speedway’s oval-racing roots.
An incredible list of NHRA legends will help kick off NHRA’s 75th anniversary season, as some of the biggest names in NHRA history will be appearing at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals on March 5-8 at famed Gainesville Raceway.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, American Dairy Association Indiana and the Prairie Farms Family of Companies once again are collaborating to bring Indianapolis 500-branded single-serve milk bottles and cartons to fans across 20 states.
TRICON Garage announced today that four-time IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti will make his return to NASCAR in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series takes to the streets of St. Petersburg.
Modo Casino will expand its partnership with Spire Motorsports in 2026 beginning with the 68th running of the Daytona 500 where the premier free-to-play social+ gaming platform by ARB Interactive will serve as the primary sponsor aboard Michael McDowell’s No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
