The 16-driver field in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will be decided this weekend as Richmond International Raceway hosts the 26th and final race of the regular season on Saturday night. Ford drivers Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski have already clinched spots, but a win by anyone from Roush Fenway Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports or Front Row Motorsports would secure an additional berth.
Richard Childress Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon and Paul Menard finished 13th, 22nd and 26th, respectively, in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Honoring David Pearson during NASCAR’s Throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was running in the top 20 when his No. 17 Cargill Beef Ford got loose under the No. 15 machine causing the No. 17 machine to spin sending it to the garage for repair. The crew worked feverishly to repair his Cargill Ford to maximize points but Stenhouse Jr. settled with a 38th-place finish at Darlington Raceway
NASCAR racing returned to their roots with Darlington Raceway returning to Labor Day weekend and the track celebrated the return with a 70’s “throwback” weekend. Greg Biffle’s Ortho Ford took on a throwback scheme in honor of the weekend and led the first of two practice sessions.
Plagued with rear-side damage to his No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet, Martin Truex Jr. held on to post a ninth-place finish in Sunday night's Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, was involved in an incident past the halfway mark during Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Darlington Raceway that ultimately led to a 35th-place result.
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUDWEISER/JIMMY JOHN’S CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 5TH “We had a great Budweiser/Jimmy Johns Chevrolet all night long. I’m definitely happy with that part. All in all, the car performed really well when we needed it to. "
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – Finished 2nd “I needed to be a little bit better everywhere. Needed to be better on the restarts and a little better probably because I brushed the wall a little bit there. I just needed to be a little bit better everywhere to have a shot at the win.”
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association team finished 23rd on Saturday at Darlington Raceway after blowing a right-front tire with under 15 laps to go in the race.
Much like in Race 2 a few hours earlier, Pato O'Ward benefitted from another driver's misfortune on the final restart to sweep the day at the Milwaukee Mile. Also Alex Palou won his fifth title.
Turner made the first statement of the weekend by pacing each Qualifying session. Her time of 2:18.740 placed her well ahead of Cannon’s 2:21.082, with the title combatants separated by 2.3 seconds.
Don’t tell the principal, but Max Garcia may have earned the right to skip school Monday after his stirring first career INDY NXT by Firestone victory Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile.
