After a much appreciated off-weekend, Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Nathan's Famous Ford team are ready to tackle the first road course race of the season. The team will head to the 10-turn Sonoma Raceway and compete to stay on the Chase Grid and work their way back into the Top-10 in Championship Points.
Richard Childress Racing in Wine Country ... In 58 starts at the 10-turn stadium course, Richard Childress Racing owns two wins, with Dale Earnhardt in 1995 and Robby Gordon in 2003, one pole award (Earnhardt 1995), 14 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.,-based team has led 137 laps at Sonoma, completed 6,234 of the 6,280 laps contested (99.3 percent) and recorded just one DNF (Did Not Finish) through that stretch (1989-2015).
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series hits the road this weekend for the first of two road course races this season. Sonoma Raceway plays host to Sunday’s Toyota SaveMart 350 in which Ford is the defending winner. Here is a look closer look at Ford’s history on the 12-turn track.
Stenhouse Jr. has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Sonoma Raceway with an average starting position of 30.5 and average finishing position of 29.0.
The statistics and performances bear out that Martin Truex Jr. has been competitive at all shapes and sizes of racetracks during the first 15 races of the current NASCAR Sprint Cup season.
Alex Tagliani has had a winning car more than once since his return to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 in 2014, but couldn’t close the deal. He left no doubt Saturday at Sunset Speedway.
Bobby Gerhart, filling a substitute role for the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller team, experienced engine problems in Sunday’s Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway and finished 36th.
Harrison Rhodes brought the Chicago Blackhawks/Gerber Collision & Glass Chevrolet home 25th in Sunday’s Owens Corning AttiCat 300 Xfinity Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Ross Chastain racked up his sixth top-20 finish of the Xfinity Series season Sunday, scoring an 18th-place run in the Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.
Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport heads to the Nevada desert this weekend looking to build on recent momentum as the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series returns to the high speeds of Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Saturday’s The LiUNA!
Scott McLaughlin had a great time in the first practice Friday for the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington, and his pleasure didn’t come just from the fast digits next to his name on the results sheet.
Scott McLaughlin, in the No. 3 DEX Team Penske Chevrolet, was the quickest of the drivers sporting a Bowtie during the first practice of the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington.
Max Taylor was the star student in the opening practice for the Grand Prix of Arlington, leading the field by more than a second Friday as 24 drivers in the INDYCAR development series learned the new circuit at this inaugural event.
Larson who fended off a young racer in the making and Hendrick Motorsports developmental Corey Day in the waning laps of the 25-lap feature by 0.096 seconds.
