With just one race left before the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Aric Almirola is 29 points outside of a transfer spot. Although the team has a shot at getting in on points, the No. 43 Smithfield/Waffle House team knows a win will lock them into the playoffs and are focused on having a good shot to compete for a win this weekend.
This Week's Shore Lodge Chevrolet SS at Richmond International Raceway ... Brian Scott is scheduled to pilot chassis No. 461 in Saturday Night's Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway. This Chevrolet SS is a new chassis to the No. 33 fleet and made its debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July.
Elliott Sadler will make his 25th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at his home track this Friday night in Richmond, Va. at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). In Sadler’s previous 24 NXS starts at RIR, he’s recorded two top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. Earlier this year, Sadler started 17th and finished 16th.
The 16-driver field in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will be decided this weekend as Richmond International Raceway hosts the 26th and final race of the regular season on Saturday night. Ford drivers Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski have already clinched spots, but a win by anyone from Roush Fenway Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports or Front Row Motorsports would secure an additional berth.
Richard Childress Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon and Paul Menard finished 13th, 22nd and 26th, respectively, in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Honoring David Pearson during NASCAR’s Throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was running in the top 20 when his No. 17 Cargill Beef Ford got loose under the No. 15 machine causing the No. 17 machine to spin sending it to the garage for repair. The crew worked feverishly to repair his Cargill Ford to maximize points but Stenhouse Jr. settled with a 38th-place finish at Darlington Raceway
NASCAR racing returned to their roots with Darlington Raceway returning to Labor Day weekend and the track celebrated the return with a 70’s “throwback” weekend. Greg Biffle’s Ortho Ford took on a throwback scheme in honor of the weekend and led the first of two practice sessions.
Plagued with rear-side damage to his No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet, Martin Truex Jr. held on to post a ninth-place finish in Sunday night's Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, was involved in an incident past the halfway mark during Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Darlington Raceway that ultimately led to a 35th-place result.
Spire Motorsports has logged one top five, four top 10s and one pole award. Corey LaJoie owns the team's best finish, a fourth-place effort earned in October 2023.
NHRA announced today that “Chasing Speed,” a six-part docuseries that recently aired on VICE TV, will debut in full on NHRA’s YouTube page on Wednesday.
