Kyle Larson makes his ninth XFINITY Series start of 2015 at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. In two previous starts at the 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval, Larson has two sixth-place finishes. He has an average starting position of 9.5 and has led two laps at Darlington. Larson finished second in his most recent XFINITY Series start, two weeks ago in Bristol.
With two races remaining before the start of the Chase playoffs, Martin Truex Jr.’s current focus is winning at a track that he has penciled in with high priority since 2006, the year he began his full-time campaign in NASCAR’s elite series.
ROAD COURSE REWIND: Tundra driver Erik Jones took the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) points lead with a victory at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park last Sunday, where he was followed to the finish by Toyota drivers Matt Crafton (second) and Ben Kennedy (third).
JD Motorsports with Gary Keller announced Wednesday that the South Carolina Education Lottery will sponsor the No. 4 Chevrolet driven by Ross Chastain in Saturday’s VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway, where vintage race car numbers representing our state’s rich racing history will compete to highlight and support veterans.
Team Penske and The LASIK Vision Institute announced a new partnership today that will see the company serve as the Official Eye Care Provider of Team Penske. The LASIK Vision Institute will have its logo proudly displayed on the Team Penske No. 2 Ford Fusion in Richmond on Sept. 12 and the company will activate on-site at several NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events through the remainder of the 2015 season beginning this weekend at Darlington Raceway.
Texas Motor Speedway announced the addition of Service King Collision Repair Centers and Charlie 1 Horse to its family of sponsors with both signing entitlement deals for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR tripleheader weekend scheduled for Nov. 5-8.
Ned Jarrett won the 1965 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway by a NASCAR-record 14 laps as only 15 of the 44 cars in the race that day made it across the finish line.
Sunday's Southern 500 will be Moffitt's first appearance in his racing career at Darlington Raceway ... Moffitt earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award at Bristol Motor Speedway Aug. 22 and now leads the Rookie of the Year campaign by nine points ... The Dockside Logistics colors return to the No. 34 Ford for the Labor Day weekend race.
Ryan Truex will make his return to the NASCAR XFINITY Series for three races this season with Richard Petty Motorsports and will pilot the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Biagi DenBeste Racing. Truex will hit the track at Richmond International Raceway for his first XFINITY start of the 2015 season.
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.
