NASCAR’s No. 88 driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Carolina Panthers No. 88 tight end Greg Olsen have teamed up to raise money for the Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. The fundraising event called, “Weekend with the 88s,” will offer one lucky winner and their guest an unprecedented experience in sports spectating.
Michigan Recap: Denny Hamlin finished fifth in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway, logging his fourth top-five result in the previous seven events in the 200-lap race won by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth. Hamlin lined up fourth for the final restart with 13 laps remaining at the wide, two-mile track, and settled for fifth at the checkered flag behind Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., and Austin Dillon.
Harrison Rhodes will return to the cockpit of the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller No. 0 Chevrolet for Friday’s Food City 300 Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ross Chastain is ready to challenge Bristol Motor Speedway again. Chastain finished 27th in mid-April in his first Xfinity Series race at the track. Chastain also has Camping World Truck Series experience – including a top-five run – at the half-mile track.
Tundra driver Kyle Busch (second) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Wednesday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway. Ryan Blaney won the event.
A spin with four laps to go in Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway proved to be the saving grace for Brad Keselowski Racing’s Ryan Blaney, who grabbed the lead on a green-white-checkered restart to win his first race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
Even though he has seen what was a commanding championship lead become tenuous, Team Penske's Juan Pablo Montoya maintains an unwavering mental approach for the final two races of the Verizon IndyCar Series season.
Larson will be making his fourth NSCS start at BMS this weekend, where he has finishes of 10th and 12th last season, and seventh earlier this year. During the Bristol race earlier this season, Larson led 90 consecutive laps, which ranks as the most laps he’s led during a NSCS race.
NASCAR veteran J.J. Yeley will drive the No. 5 Jobber Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Hettinger Racing in the Ag-Pro 300 Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
One-point-one seconds made the difference for Alex Palou to exit pit lane ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and score the victory on the streets of Long Beach.
It was a challenging day for Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team at Kansas Speedway, ending in a 27th-place finish in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 after starting 30th.
