Ryan Blaney, his crew chief Jeremy Bullins and the rest of the crew of the No. 21 Snap-on Ford Fusion are headed to Texas Motor Speedway hoping to build on strong runs in their last three races in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series.
Jeff Gordon took the lead late in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway to score his first win of 2015 and ninth overall at the Virginia short track. The emotional win was significant in many ways for the driver of the No. 24 AARP Member Advantages Chevrolet SS.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO RETIRE NOW? “No way, man. (Teasing, again). This is the sweetest, most amazing feeling. I am so proud of this team. You want to talk about holding back emotions; right now man, wow, we’re going to Homestead! I can’t believe it. What an incredible battle that was. We just stuck with it all day long and I was just trying to protect those rear tires and then that incident with the No. 22 (Joey Logano) and those other guys…."
In a race that saw many twists, turns, crashes and spins, Martin Truex Jr. rallied to finish sixth in the drama-filled Chase event at Martinsville Speedway.
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) drivers Denny Hamlin (third) and Kyle Busch (fifth) earned top-five finishes for Toyota in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Martinsville Speedway that was won by Jeff Gordon.
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – ARE YOU SURPRISED? “Yeah. I think what happened at Kansas is a completely different deal. We were racing for the win and he blocks you a few times and then we raced hard and he blocked me the last time and we spun out."
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What is your reaction to what happened? “Well it’s a really disappointing day. I thought we were going to have a shot at the win there and they were jacking up the restart real bad to let each other in as teammates which is fine and I probably went in there and I got on the other side of Joey (Logano) and I was going to try to race him for the win and Brad (Keselowski) wiped me out for some reason."
Ryan Ellis and Young’s Motorsports are shifting into the final stretch of the year with a new partner joining the No. 02 Chevrolet for Saturday night’s Fleetio 200 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
AAG Racing competed at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) earlier this year in USAC competition with Mustang Cup USA, with Chris Clarke piloting the No. 9 entry.
Fleetio announced an expanded multi-year partnership with 23XI Racing, continuing Fleetio’s primary sponsorship of Corey Heim in select NASCAR Cup Series races.
Bettors looking at race markets through FanDuel can consider those factors alongside qualifying position, practice speed, and how consistently a driver has maintained competitive pace over longer runs.
