Electrical problems forced Harrison Rhodes to the garage after only 90 laps of Friday night’s Kentucky 300, and he finished 35th in the Kentucky Speedway race.
Paul Menard finished sixth and was the highest finishing Richard Childress Racing driver in the Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway. Brendan Gaughan finished ninth, Ty Dillon 16th, and Brian Scott 19th.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Elliott Sadler finished in fifth-place during Friday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Kentucky Speedway. Rain cancelled NXS qualifying on Friday afternoon and the starting positions were set from Thursday’s NXS practice times.
Bubba Wallace had a fast Ford EcoBoost Mustang in Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Kentucky Speedway, ultimately earning his sixth top-10 finish of the year after crossing the finish line in seventh.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association team finished 14th on Friday night at Kentucky Speedway after starting 12th and running inside the top-15 the majority of the race.
For the second week in a row, Chris Buescher was able to overcome adversity to maintain his points lead in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Buescher battled a vibration in his No. 60 Cheez-It Ford Mustang late in the race, ultimately finishing 11th in Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Kentucky Speedway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – “The racing was cool, but that jukebox is cool as hell. I’m really pumped about the jukebox. That’s awesome."
Toyota driver Erik Jones (second) was the top-Camry finisher in Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Kentucky Speedway, which was won by Brad Keselowski.
Tony Stewart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster team rallied to the first nitro victory for Elite Motorsports Sunday at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip. It was Stewart's third career Top Fuel victory and his first at Pomona Dragstrip.
Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Discount Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse team nearly came away with their second win of the season in Sunday's Food City 500 but ultimately settled for a second-place result in an overtime finish at Bristol.
After showing solid speed through the opening two stages of Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team saw their strong run slip away in the closing stage, ultimately finishing 32nd.
It’s always a hard-fought race on the high-banked half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway and the Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing teams were up for the challenge Sunday.
