RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 QUICKEN LOANS CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the final appellate ruling, the Kansas track, the upcoming All-Star race, the schedule, and more.
CLINT BOWYER, No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing - What was the experience like with the Kansas City Royals this week? “I’m thinking go to the game, tailgate with friends in the parking lot, have a couple beers, take in a ballgame – like everybody else and enjoy the night."
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AMERICAN RED CROSS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media today at Kansas Speedway. He discussed his record and expectations at Kansas, tire development, diversity in NASCAR and having American Red Cross on his Chevy SS this weekend.
ERIK JONES, No. 18 M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What are you doing to prepare for both the NSCS and NCWTS races this weekend? “I watched quite a few videos from last year’s race – not only on the Cup side, but the truck side too. Talked to Kyle (Busch), he won the Truck race here last year and on the Cup side he gave me a few tips.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion, presented a check to Folds of Honor from his Joey Logano Foundation to help military families in need of education assistance. After the presentation, Logano met with media members Friday morning at a soggy Kansas Speedway and fielded one question pertaining to the race weekend.
“It was good to be the fastest Honda in the second session but we’ve got to get some predictability in the car. It’s pretty difficult to drive; it’s on edge which is how it’s been all year but as I said to someone earlier, if it’s on edge and fast, that’s cool but if it’s on edge and its slow, that’s obviously not so at least we’re at the fast end. We’ve got to find some more things to make the Steak ‘n Shake car faster to be good in qualifying and on race day.”
Nickelodeon today announced world-renowned artist KAWS is reimagining SpongeBob SquarePants for the SpongeBob 400 Sprint Cup race on May 9, at the Kansas Speedway. Through this collaboration, KAWS will bring his dynamic, and avant-garde, interpretation of the most absorbing personality on all TV to NASCAR fans across the country. Elements will feature the artist’s KAWSBOB character and include a custom 3-ft. trophy and a 70-ft. x 900-ft. mural spanning the track’s backstretch
Joey Gase and Go Fas Racing announce their sponsorship line up for the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 at Kansas Speedway. Tri State Tower, the premier cell phone and data National Turnkey Construction and maintenance company in the Midwest, will be the hood sponsor on the #32 Ford Fusion.
“It’s just about having good trucks. These guys bring really, really good Menards Toyota Tundras each and every week to the mile-and-a-half stuff. I think our short track stuff is just as good as our mile-and-a-half stuff. I look forward to each and every week that we go to the race track to be totally honest.”
“First of all I want to say thank you to Kyle Busch Motorsports because to be honest they’ve been super helpful to me through all this learning process that I’ve been through so far in 2015 with them – with three races. There’s been a lot of things to learn and to improve and to work on. They’ve been super helpful to me and helped me with a lot of key points and helping me to be competitive at every race track. "
The NASCAR Cup Series will hit the track for the first time in 2026 this weekend as the sport’s top division makes its return to the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, short-track famously known as “The Madhouse” for the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Josh Berry, driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will be starting his second season behind the wheel for Wood Brothers Racing when the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium kicks off the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
By 2026, Asian sports fans – especially in the Philippines – engage through streaming, social communities, real-time stats, and interactive features, with betting platforms becoming a natural second-screen layer.
Sioux Chief Manufacturing, one of America’s leading manufacturers of rough plumbing products, will sponsor the pole award across the ARCA Menards Series platform in 2026.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin has Jack Roush’s lone win in the Clash event, winning back in 1999. He started from the 13th position and went on to lead the final 16 laps, topping Ken Schrader and Bobby Labonte on the podium for the victory.
