The No. 11 OneMain Financial team and Elliott Sadler travel to the Irish Hills of Brooklyn, Mich., to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Michigan International Speedway.
No. 15 5-hour ENEGY Toyota crew chief Brian Pattie says his team’s work in the upcoming races will pay dividends in the fall during NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup. His Michael Waltrip Racing team is third in points with 12 races remaining before the start of the Chase.
Last June, Marcos Ambrose had a magical day when he became the first driver in NASCAR history to win the pole with a lap faster than 200 miles per hour on a non-plate track. Ambrose and the No. 9 Stanley Ford team posted a lap of 203.341mph, the first time a team broke 200mph since 1987 when Bill Elliott posted a lap of 203.827mph at Talladega Superspeedway. The pole was the first in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Ambrose.
You can't blame David Ragan for looking forward to a trip to Michigan International Speedway. In 12 Sprint Cup Series starts at the two-mile oval, Ragan has only finished outside the top-25 twice. Those starts include one top-five, two top-10s and five top-15s.
There's no comparing notes from other tracks when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series goes to Michigan International Speedway these days. Since the track was repaved last year, David Gilliland says the two-mile oval is now unique in its racing characteristics.
