FOUR IN A ROW: Camry driver Matt Kenseth held on to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race decided by fuel mileage at Pennsylvania’s Pocono Raceway on Sunday – the fourth-consecutive Cup Series victory for Toyota. With Kenseth’s win, the four-victory streak is the longest for the manufacturer since entering NSCS competition with the Camry in 2007. Kyle Busch won three-straight races at Kentucky Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway prior to Kenseth’s triumph. The victory was Kenseth’s second NSCS win in 2015 after also visiting victory lane at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway in April.
Chris Buescher | No. 34 Bully Hill Vineyards Ford "I'm really excited to go racing again in the Cup car. I've had some success on road courses last year, and I think Watkins Glen was a good track for us. I didn't get to do Sonoma earlier this year, but I feel like we can get back into it at Watkins Glen and have a good day."
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will take to the road for the second and final time this season as the annual race at Watkins Glen International is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Ford has seven all-time series wins at the famed road course by four drivers.
When it comes to getting NASCAR’s biggest names in the Green Flag Experience, Martinsville Speedway delivers. Kurt Busch is the second driver scheduled to take part in a moderated question-and-answer session prior to the Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 on November 1, Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell announced today.
Chris Buescher will have a new partner aboard the No. 34 Ford when he returns to the Sprint Cup Series at Watkins Glen International this week. Bully Hill Vineyards will join the Front Row Motorsports entry as primary sponsor for the team for Sunday's Cheez-it 355 at The Glen. The Hammondsport, N.Y.-based winery will also be an associate sponsor on Front Row teammate Cole Whitt's No. 35 Ford for the road course race in the popular Finger Lakes region.
EARNHARDT AT WATKINS GLEN: In 15 Sprint Cup starts at Watkins Glen International, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has posted six top-15 finishes and completed 92.7 percent of the laps he has attempted (1,255 laps of 1,354 total). He scored a career-best third-place finish at the road course in 2003.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Trevor Bayne attended several events in Detroit on Tuesday to promote the Aug. 16 Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (CGRT) announced today a partnership with Procter & Gamble and their brand Crest, a trusted leader in oral health care. Crest will partner with 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Rookie of the Year Kyle Larson on the No. 42 HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi Chevrolet Camaro for two NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Watkins Glen International (WGI) on Saturday, Aug. 8 and in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Attack the track: “You can really attack the racetrack Turn 1 up through the Esses into the bus stop and it’s a real high speed place where you can be more aggressive and find lap time, whereas, Sonoma Raceway is a place where if you get more aggressive, you can easily burn the tires off and lose lap time," Allmendinger said. "I've always enjoyed Watkins Glen International for that reason. Watkins Glen is a fine line when it comes to car setup. You’ve got to get the car turning.”
When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series holds its second and final road course race of the season this weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y) International, No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver David Ragan hopes his Toyota will be as fast in New York as it was in California in June.
Prior to Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver Jimmie Johnson debuted the paint scheme for the No. 48 Toyota Camry XSE that he will run in the 2027 Daytona 500.
The 27-year-old Herbst from Las Vegas, Nevada, will be replaced by Harrison Burton for Saturday night's Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway due to lingering effects from last weekend's incident at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Tristan McKee (No. 77 Zeigler.com Chevrolet) scored his third ARCA Menards Series victory of the season in Friday’s Atlas 200 at Madison International Speedway.
Brandon Jones was the top-finishing Toyota with a fifth-place result in Friday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) race at Daytona International Speedway.