Bubba Wallace started third with a strong No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Mustang for Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Michigan International Speedway. After losing track position midway through the 125-Lap race and damage sustained after a late race accident, Wallace ultimately finished 15th.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang (Finished 7th) – YOUR SIDE OF THE CONTACT WITH KEVIN HARVICK.“We were racing for a win here and it just seems like he drove in there pretty hard trying to slide me. I drove up in there too and he got loose underneath me and got into my left rear and up we both went into the race track. It is unfortunate. I had a fast Discount Tire Ford, obviously the winning car, leading a ton of laps and up there at the end of the race. I was racing hard and he just drove over his head a little bit.
NFL veteran wide receiver and former Detroit Lion Nate Burleson is now teammates with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Cole Whitt. Burleson, who is also the owner of Lionblood Clothing, has partnered with the 23-year-old driver to offer Whitt-branded merchandise in the company's collection of shirts, hoodies and accessories.
Ross Kenseth said he came to Michigan International Speedway for one thing Friday: “learn to win.” Mission accomplished. Kenseth, 22, making his third career ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards start, won Friday’s Corrigan Oil 200, winning at the two-mile speedway by 2.1 seconds over Frank Kimmel.
ROOKLYN, Mich. (June 12, 2015) – Kasey Kahne had to get a little footloose but then danced to the FireKeepers Casino Hotel pole position today for the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race scheduled for Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
With a fast lap of 35.645 seconds, 201.992 mph at the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway, Kasey Kahne captured the pole position in his No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS for the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race. It was the first pole and ninth top-10 start of the 2015 season for Kahne, and also marked his 27th career Cup pole.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 4th - How was the car in qualifying? “The ARRIS Toyota is pretty good and I thought I messed that lap up and it was still fast. I think we have a good race car and now we’ll just work on race trim tomorrow and hopefully be good in the race. There is some stuff we can work on, but qualifying trim is so different than race trim. It will be a lot different tomorrow.”
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 GREAT CLIPS CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER “I got through (Turns) 1 and 2 pretty good. I just got a little free but was able to stay in it. And then in (Turn) 3 I was like man, I was a little loose there and I’ve been back-pedaling more than I wanted to. So, I pushed harder in (Turn) 3 and I started to kind of slide the nose, so I had to backpedal and go back down. I knew it killed my exit a little, but it was still a great lap. Our Great Clips Chevrolet has had speed all three runs, so I knew we’d have a shot today, so that was cool. It’s been a while since we’ve had a pole.”
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion (Qualified 3rd) – “It was a good lap. This is one of our weakness tracks here at Michigan International Speedway. We are working on it and trying to get better. I honestly didn’t think we would qualify this well. We came with some new stuff on the car which seems to be working. I am proud of everyone at Team Penske, Ford and Roush Yates engines for that.”
Zac Emmons, PIR Director of Communications: “We are joined here by Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan Sperber and four-time Sprint Cup series Champion Jeff Gordon. Gordon is a four-time winner at Phoenix, three times in NASCAR-sanctioned competition and Bryan’s got a really special announcement about our November race in Phoenix.”
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.
NHRA is celebrating at tracks across the country, including one of its most historic venues and races during the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at the famed In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on April 9-12.
