For the second straight season, Roush Fenway Racing will give fans an inside look at an often overlooked part of the #NASCARGoesWest trip for teams by riding in the No. 16 hauler from Las Vegas to Phoenix. The team will document the 300-mile journey across its robust social media channels, encouraging fan interaction throughout the voyage.
Kurt Busch captured the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) by posting a new track record of 196.328 mph in his No. 41 Monster Energy/Haas Automation Chevrolet SS. It was Busch’s second consecutive pole for 2016, the 21st of his career, and second at his hometown track.
Joey Logano, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion -- “It was better than last week. Second is so close. Second always stings the most. I felt like that last run I just – I told Todd that our car was close I just had to want it more. I pushed as hard as I could and got a little tight in one and two and that was enough to give up that speed we needed to get the pole tonight. I am so proud of what this Pennzoil team has done to pick up over last week. Dang it. It is so close. It was a lot of fun out there tonight and we are looking forward to Sunday.”
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 DeWalt Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 3rd - How was your qualifying effort? “It was good. I thought we made improvements every run."
KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 MONSTER ENERGY/HAAS AUTOMATION CHEVROLET SS – Pole Winner - WAS THAT FAST LAP A LUDICROUS SPEED LAP? “It was insanely fast. It’s amazing all the detail that goes into qualifying with finding that perfect lap three times out there. My second outing we were way tight and I didn’t know where it came from."
Wheeling his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 183.094 mph, Erik Jones soared to the top of the leaderboard in the final minutes of Friday's opening practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
On the heels of two back-to-back respective performances in the first two NASCAR XFINITY Series at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway, B.J. McLeod Motorsports is feeling recharged heading to Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (LVMS) this weekend.
NASCAR officials have suspended crew chief Cole Pearn for one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points race and fined the Furniture Row Racing employee $50,000 for a rules violation that took place during last week's race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
After its summer break, the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports jumps right back into its Road to the Championship playoffs in a major way
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB announced today that Riley Herbst will join the organization as the driver of the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season in a multi-year deal.
