In his second NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Chris Buescher battled a No. 60 Zest Ford Mustang that started too loose and ended too tight to finish 16th. With the finish, Buescher maintains his lead in the driver point standings.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Elliott Sadler finished fifth during Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sadler qualified sixth on Saturday morning for the 100 lap, 250 mile event at the historical race track. Not long after the green flag dropped, Sadler radioed to the team the car is extremely tight. Cautions on Lap 12 and on Lap 22 allowed for the No. 1 OneMain Financial crew to make critical adjustments on Sadler’s car. Running well, Sadler pitted under green on Lap 67, which turned out to be his last pit stop of the day. Sadler managed his fuel in the final 30 laps and the pit strategy worked out perfectly. Sadler crossed the line fifth and the No. 1 OneMain Financial team was able to bring home a great top-5 finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Paul Menard finished fourth and was the highest finishing Richard Childress Racing driver in the Lily Diabetes 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ty Dillon finished ninth, Brian Scott 11th and Brendan Gaughan 13th.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association team finished 20th on Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Lilly Diabetes 250.
If Toyota and Ford are to break the Chevrolet stranglehold on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the two manufacturers took a positive step in that direction during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series time trials on Saturday.
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – “It’s my fault, obviously. You saw it. I screwed up. This team doesn’t deserve that. I dropped the ball for them today and I take full responsibility. It’s all my fault.”
Two-time Brickyard 400 winner and Indiana native, Tony Stewart, turned a lap of 49.228 seconds/182.82 mph in his No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS to earn a fourth-place starting spot in Sunday’s Crown Royal presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How confident were you about the lap you posted in the second round to secure the pole? “Tony (Stewart) had me nervous – he was so fast in that first round. Our guys did awesome. Yesterday they worked so hard – everybody in the garage worked hard changing engines."
Leonard Wood, whose work over the years on the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane/JDRF Ford earned him induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, has a special appreciation for Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Miner Ltd., the self-perform, national service partner for smarter, safer loading docks, will return to Spire Motorsports and NASCAR Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar’s No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for multiple races in 2026 and beyond.
Nestled in Surry County, NC, Friendship Motor Speedway is looking to hop back into action later on this month for the NC Speedweek on February 25th-27th.
Tickets are now on sale for the first two races in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs, as the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series prepares for its full national-event debuts at both U.S. 131 Motorsports Park and Rockingham Dragway.
