After running solidly in the top-three for a number of laps, Martin Truex Jr.'s Furniture Row Chevrolet suffered aerodynamic damage, causing it to fall out of contention in Saturday night's Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway. The end result for the Furniture Row Racing driver was a 17th-place finish.
Jeff Gordon led the way for Team Chevy with a seventh-place finish in his No. 24 AARP Member Advantages Chevrolet SS in the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway. With a new rules package in place and limited practice time due to inclement weather, the Bowtie Brigade took four of the Top 10 finishing positions in the 267-lap/400 mile event on the unique 1.5-mile Tri Oval.
Adapting adroitly to a new competition package for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, Kyle Busch sped to victory in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, taking a giant step toward the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with his second victory since returning from an 11-race injury absence.
Electrical problems forced Harrison Rhodes to the garage after only 90 laps of Friday night’s Kentucky 300, and he finished 35th in the Kentucky Speedway race.
Paul Menard finished sixth and was the highest finishing Richard Childress Racing driver in the Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway. Brendan Gaughan finished ninth, Ty Dillon 16th, and Brian Scott 19th.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Elliott Sadler finished in fifth-place during Friday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Kentucky Speedway. Rain cancelled NXS qualifying on Friday afternoon and the starting positions were set from Thursday’s NXS practice times.
The 19-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, was awarded the pole position for Saturday's Fourth of July event at Chicagoland due to inclement weather forcing NASCAR to replace qualifying with practice.
Will Power and Kyle Kirkwood were 1-2 on the speed chart as the Fourth of July holiday weekend began with a 95-degree afternoon at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Enzo Fittipaldi waited until the closing minutes of INDY NXT by Firestone practice Friday to top the speed chart, turning the fastest lap to kick off this weekend’s doubleheader at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
