Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Fusion, needs a win tomorrow in order to automatically advance into the Championship 4 at Ford Championship Weekend. He spoke after today’s first practice about the opportunity he has in the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500.
Toyota clinched its eighth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) manufacturer’s championship when Timothy Peters crossed the finish line first in Friday night’s race at Phoenix International Raceway.
For the first 80 percent of Friday’s Lucas Oil 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway, Timothy Peters, driver of the No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota, looked like he had no chance to win. But on Lap 120, the two leaders crashed into each other during a restart and took themselves out of contention, giving first place to Peters, who battled off a last lap attack to claim his first-career win at the one-mile oval in the Arizona desert.
After the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series battle changed dramatically with a wreck involving the two series leaders, Timothy Peters held off John Hunter Nemechek to win Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S PATRIOTIC CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - A WIN AND A POLE, ARE YOU ON A ROLL? “Yeah, we are. We didn’t have the summer that we wanted, but these guys have been working so hard on the No. 48 team and at Hendrick Motorsports."
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 STANLEY Tools Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 4th - How was your Camry in qualifying? “Our STANLEY Camry was pretty good."
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “You always look at things you could do differently. As a driver, I can always find things that could be better and as a driver you always look at your car and where it could be better as well. "
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, needs a win on Sunday to advance to the Championship 4 next week at Ford Championship Weekend. Logano, who leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with six wins this season, spoke to members of the media after today’s practice session about his chances.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 PEPSI CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Phoenix International Raceway and discussed this weekend’s race, if his looming retirement is hitting him yet, his thoughts on racing in the championship finale next week at Homestead-Miami Speedway and many other topics.
The 29-year-old Nemechek from Mooresville, North Carolina, will part ways with Legacy Motor Club following a three-year campaign at the conclusion of the 2026 Cup Series season.
Niece Motorsports welcomes a partnership extension with Circle B Diecast / Motorsports Auctions to serve as the primary sponsor for drivers Connor Hall and Landen Lewis in the upcoming NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) race at Kansas Speedway.
Chevrolet’s championship title-defending campaign in the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series begins this Labor Day weekend as the sport heads to the historic venue tapped as “The Track Too Tough To Tame” - Darlington Raceway.
