"I am grateful for the opportunity that Michael Waltrip Racing and Toyota have provided me this year. I have worked hard to be a good teammate and spokesperson for all of our sponsors, and as a team we have collectively improved our performance from the beginning of the season. I look forward to staying focused and trying to win a race this season for Aaron's and everyone at MWR.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will make his 100th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start this weekend at Bristol, a track where he has seen success scoring two top-five and three top-10 finishes in his last three starts.
Toyota driver Matt Kenseth won from the pole at Bristol Motor Speedway in April to capture his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) win at the track in a Camry. Kenseth started from the pole and led 47 laps (of 511) en route to his fourth career Cup win at the 0.533-mile track, his most NSCS victories at any one facility.
After racing on the big screen in Days of Thunder in 1990 and the NASCAR circuit for four seasons, the classic Mello Yello paint scheme is set to return to the track over Labor Day weekend for the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) Chevrolet SS.
This Week's No. 28 JGL Racing Toyota at Bristol Motor Speedway: J.J. Yeley will pilot Chassis No. 233 in the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This will be the fifth race of the season for this chassis with Chicagoland being the most recent.
Kyle Larson makes his eighth XFINITY Series start of 2015 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday. In four previous starts at the .533-mile high-banked short track, Larson has three top-five finishes, including two runner-up finishes in the Spring races in 2013 and 2014.
Friday’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway marks Bubba Wallace’s second NASCAR XFINITY Series start at the .53-mile track. Earlier this season, Wallace started seventh and finished 12th.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher makes his fifth NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday. In his four previous starts, Buescher’s best starting spot is 11th (2013) and his best finish is third (2015). In his four starts at the .53-mile track, the sophomore in the NASCAR XFINITY Series has completed all but two laps.
Over the years, the Wood Brothers have focused their attention on NASCAR’s biggest, fastest tracks. But they’ve also run 65 races on the half-mile oval at Bristol Motor Speedway, where this weekend Ryan Blaney will drive the No. 21 SKF Ford Fusion in Saturday’s 500-lap race under the lights.
Michael Waltrip Racing and Clint Bowyer have mutually agreed to separate at the conclusion of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Bowyer, currently 16th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase standings, will be free to pursue other career options in 2016 and beyond.
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.
