Bass Pro Shops-sponsored Tony Stewart will race a retro-inspired No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobile 1 Chevrolet SS in the Sept. 6 Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington as a part of the track’s The Tradition Returns weekend.
Throwin' It Back at Darlington...HScott Motorsports is participating in this weekend's throwback theme at Darlington Raceway. Justin Allgaier's No. 51 BRANDT Professional Agriculture throwback Chevy for this weekend was inspired by the No. 51 Cup car driven by AJ Foyt between 1977 and 1982.
Taking On Darlington...The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, the oldest oval on the circuit, for a 500-mile race this Sunday night. Michael Annett will wheel a throwback Pilot Flying J Chevrolet, attempting his second ever Cup Series start in the Palmetto State.
Kyle Larson makes his ninth XFINITY Series start of 2015 at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. In two previous starts at the 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval, Larson has two sixth-place finishes. He has an average starting position of 9.5 and has led two laps at Darlington. Larson finished second in his most recent XFINITY Series start, two weeks ago in Bristol.
With two races remaining before the start of the Chase playoffs, Martin Truex Jr.’s current focus is winning at a track that he has penciled in with high priority since 2006, the year he began his full-time campaign in NASCAR’s elite series.
ROAD COURSE REWIND: Tundra driver Erik Jones took the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) points lead with a victory at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park last Sunday, where he was followed to the finish by Toyota drivers Matt Crafton (second) and Ben Kennedy (third).
JD Motorsports with Gary Keller announced Wednesday that the South Carolina Education Lottery will sponsor the No. 4 Chevrolet driven by Ross Chastain in Saturday’s VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway, where vintage race car numbers representing our state’s rich racing history will compete to highlight and support veterans.
Team Penske and The LASIK Vision Institute announced a new partnership today that will see the company serve as the Official Eye Care Provider of Team Penske. The LASIK Vision Institute will have its logo proudly displayed on the Team Penske No. 2 Ford Fusion in Richmond on Sept. 12 and the company will activate on-site at several NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events through the remainder of the 2015 season beginning this weekend at Darlington Raceway.
Texas Motor Speedway announced the addition of Service King Collision Repair Centers and Charlie 1 Horse to its family of sponsors with both signing entitlement deals for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR tripleheader weekend scheduled for Nov. 5-8.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, led 40 of 200 laps and rallied from starting at the rear of the field and being involved in a Lap 82 multi-car wreck to tie the late Kyle Busch for ninth place on the all-time Cup wins list at 63.
In a historic drive for the ages, Myles Rowe climbed from 24th and last in the starting field Sunday to win the INDY NXT by Firestone race at World Wide Technology Raceway.
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It was a scrappy day and honestly not very good, but we kept working on it and got it a little bit better all day."
