Richard Childress Racing in the Bluegrass State ... In 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Kentucky Speedway, Richard Childress Racing holds an average starting position of 16.6 and an average finishing position of 18.4, completing 4,254 of the contested 4,272 laps (99.6 percent).
After a great weekend in Daytona for Aric Almirola, he heads to Kentucky Speedway in the No. 43 Smithfield Ford with renewed confidence. Almirola took the No. 98 Fresh From Florida Ford to Victory Lane in the XFINITY Series and recorded a Top-15 finish in the Sprint Cup Series on Saturday night.
Brian Scott will make his Sprint Cup debut at Kentucky Speedway this weekend, but he won't be the only one. Kentucky Speedway recently underwent a repave of the 1.5-mile tri-oval, making it in prime condition for NASCAR to make its annual visit to the Bluegrass State this weekend.
“The key to success at Kentucky is going to be survival. With any track repave the very first race there are a lot of unknowns. We were fortunate to test there. It’s going to be tough to get that second lane to come in but I think it’s going to. So pushing the grove up the track on a brand new surface is going to be key.”
The two-time XFINITY champion has three career NSCS starts at Kentucky with an average starting position of 17.0 and average finishing position of 17.7.
Ryan Reed has competed at Kentucky Speedway four times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS). In this race last year, Reed finished 14th after starting 12th. In his last appearance at the track, he finished 25th after starting 19th and getting caught up in an early-race incident on Lap 2.
After sweeping the NASCAR XFINITY and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway last weekend, Ford Performance heads to Kentucky for its only visit of the season. Brad Keselowski, who is the only Ford driver with a NSCS win at the 1.5-mile track, will be looking to make it two straight after taking the checkered flag Saturday night in the Coke Zero 400.
American Diabetes Association® representative and diabetes advocate Stewart Perry will ‘ride’ along with Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed during Friday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Kentucky Speedway. The Lexington, Ky., resident will have his name featured on a decal above the passenger-side window on the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford Mustang.
The 33-year-old Hill from Port Tobacco, Maryland, will pilot Team Reaume's No. 2 Ford F-150 entry for the entire 2027 FedEx Freight Truck Series season nearly a week after capping off his career as a driver/owner of Hill Motorsports.
The NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series head to Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend for the season-ending races of 2026.
In 74 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Richard Childress Racing-prepared Chevrolets have earned 12 top-five and 30 top-10 finishes.
Daniel Hemric looks to capture the final triumph of the 2026 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks Series (NCTS) campaign as Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS) hosts the season finale for the first time since 2019.
