Martin Truex Jr. is in position to help Pocono Raceway establish a Super 8 Sweeper’s Club. No, it’s not about a new hotel on the grounds of the Long Pond, Pa. track, but it’s about Truex becoming the eighth driver in Pocono Raceway history to sweep the two Sprint Cup season races at the 2.5-mile triangular venue.
This Week's No. 26 JGL Racing Toyota at Iowa Speedway: Matt Wallace will pilot Chassis No. 213 in the US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. This is the same car the younger Wallace drove a few weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in his NASCAR debut.
BUSCH BOWS AGAIN: Camry driver Kyle Busch has won four of the last five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races and is poised to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup is he continues his recent ascent in the standings. With his victory in Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – a win Busch called the “biggest of my career so far” – the Toyota driver has won three-consecutive NSCS races and is the first to do so since 2007.
Utah driver Michael Self is scheduled to make his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Saturday at Iowa Speedway in a Chevrolet entered by JD Motorsports with Gary Keller.
You don’t have to be a mathematician to understand Pocono Raceway but it couldn’t hurt. The 2.5-mile track, nestled in the mountains of Pennsylvania, is certainly atypical. It’s the only non-road-course track without a turn 4.
This Week's No. 28 JGL Racing Toyota at Iowa Speedway: J.J. Yeley will pilot Chassis No. 222 in the US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. This will be the third time Yeley has raced this chassis this year. Yeley last raced this chassis a few weeks ago in New Hampshire on his way to a 15th-place finish. He also raced the car at Kentucky Speedway where he finished 18th after starting from the pole with qualifying being rained out and the field set by practice speeds.
Brett Moffitt | No. 34 A&W All American Food Ford - "Going back to each of these tracks a second time will really help shorten the learning curve for me. I think at the first Pocono race, we actually ran pretty good. So, that will definitely help going back and we'll be in a better position from the start."
For more than 20 years fans at Martinsville Speedway have grown accustom to seeing Jeff Gordon dominate. After all, he has eight wins, 28 top-five finishes and more than 3700 laps led.
FIRST AT POCONO: Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 AARP Member Advantages Chevrolet SS, holds the record for most wins at Pocono Raceway with six. The 43-year-old driver leads active drivers in top-five finishes and top 10s.
After Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, where they both earned top-five finishes, Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin continue atop the Cup Series points standings entering this weekend at Watkins Glen International.
Andrew Nembhard, point guard for the Indiana Pacers, will ride in the Fastest Seat in Sports at the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 9.
Front Row Motorsports announced today a new partnership with physical operations software developer Ribbiot, an industry leader in the highly competitive space of platforms created to streamline operational productivity.
Team Penske announced today that it has reached a long-term contract extension with 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Ryan Blaney, while also confirming a multiyear renewal of its longstanding partnership with Menards®.
