NFL veteran wide receiver and former Detroit Lion Nate Burleson is now teammates with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Cole Whitt. Burleson, who is also the owner of Lionblood Clothing, has partnered with the 23-year-old driver to offer Whitt-branded merchandise in the company's collection of shirts, hoodies and accessories.
Ross Kenseth said he came to Michigan International Speedway for one thing Friday: “learn to win.” Mission accomplished. Kenseth, 22, making his third career ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards start, won Friday’s Corrigan Oil 200, winning at the two-mile speedway by 2.1 seconds over Frank Kimmel.
ROOKLYN, Mich. (June 12, 2015) – Kasey Kahne had to get a little footloose but then danced to the FireKeepers Casino Hotel pole position today for the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race scheduled for Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
With a fast lap of 35.645 seconds, 201.992 mph at the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway, Kasey Kahne captured the pole position in his No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS for the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race. It was the first pole and ninth top-10 start of the 2015 season for Kahne, and also marked his 27th career Cup pole.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 4th - How was the car in qualifying? “The ARRIS Toyota is pretty good and I thought I messed that lap up and it was still fast. I think we have a good race car and now we’ll just work on race trim tomorrow and hopefully be good in the race. There is some stuff we can work on, but qualifying trim is so different than race trim. It will be a lot different tomorrow.”
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 GREAT CLIPS CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER “I got through (Turns) 1 and 2 pretty good. I just got a little free but was able to stay in it. And then in (Turn) 3 I was like man, I was a little loose there and I’ve been back-pedaling more than I wanted to. So, I pushed harder in (Turn) 3 and I started to kind of slide the nose, so I had to backpedal and go back down. I knew it killed my exit a little, but it was still a great lap. Our Great Clips Chevrolet has had speed all three runs, so I knew we’d have a shot today, so that was cool. It’s been a while since we’ve had a pole.”
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion (Qualified 3rd) – “It was a good lap. This is one of our weakness tracks here at Michigan International Speedway. We are working on it and trying to get better. I honestly didn’t think we would qualify this well. We came with some new stuff on the car which seems to be working. I am proud of everyone at Team Penske, Ford and Roush Yates engines for that.”
Zac Emmons, PIR Director of Communications: “We are joined here by Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan Sperber and four-time Sprint Cup series Champion Jeff Gordon. Gordon is a four-time winner at Phoenix, three times in NASCAR-sanctioned competition and Bryan’s got a really special announcement about our November race in Phoenix.”
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 GREAT CLIPS CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER “I got through (Turns) 1 and 2 pretty good. I just got a little free but was able to stay in it. And then in (Turn) 3 I was like man, I was a little loose there and I’ve been back-pedaling more than I wanted to. So, I pushed harder in (Turn) 3 and I started to kind of slide the nose, so I had to backpedal and go back down. I knew it killed my exit a little, but it was still a great lap. Our Great Clips Chevrolet has had speed all three runs, so I knew we’d have a shot today, so that was cool. It’s been a while since we’ve had a pole.”
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) returns to the track this weekend in Madison, Illinois, just outside of St. Louis, for the Drivin’ For Linemen 200. Travis Kvapil will make his 6th NCWTS start at the Gateway Motorsports Park.
The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season kicks off with the Clash at Bowman Gray this Sunday, February 1 at the narrow quarter-mile oval inside the legendary Bowman Gray Stadium.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Dark Horse are set to compete this weekend in the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., a venue deeply rooted in the history of Wood Brothers Racing.
An executive order signed today by President Donald J. Trump directed the White House Task Force on Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday to designate a race route through Washington, D.C. and the National Mall for the purposes of conducting an NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on August 21-23, 2026.
This weekend’s Cook Out Clash will combine NASCAR with the legacy of grassroots racing. LEGACY MOTOR CLUB drivers John Hunter Nemechek and Erik Jones both came up through the grassroots.
Paper-based friction plates do not just transmit torque; they function as a vital part of the hydraulic control system. Their microscopic structure directly dictates the vehicle’s drive quality.
