JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AARP MEMBER ADVANTAGES CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed rules packages, different challenges of racing at Pocono and his memories of this particular track, how he feels about making the Chase at this point in the season, his feelings about going to various tracks for the final time as a competitor, and more.
MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW/VISSER PRECISION CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his win at the ‘Tricky Triangle’ in June, his thoughts on the recent developments at Michael Waltrip Racing and many other topics.
MATT CRAFTON, No. 88 ChiChi’s/Menards Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing - What is your outlook for this weekend at Pocono Raceway? “Just go into this race like we do each and every race. Just try to go and lead laps and put ourselves in position to win. We haven’t really honestly looked at points."
Earlier this season, Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher led 94 laps at Iowa Speedway en route to his first victory of the 2015 season. It was the start of a good month for Buescher, who earned another victory just two weeks later at Dover International Speedway.
What Turn Four?... The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads to the track this weekend in Long Pond, Pennsylvania known as the “Tricky Triangle” for the Pocono Mountains 150. Travis Kvapil will make his 1st NCWTS start at the Pocono Raceway.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How much momentum does your team have at Pocono after winning four of the last five races? “I’d say we’re certainly doing the right things and our momentum is certainly high at this point. The guys have just done a phenomenal job both at the shop – everyone there at Joe Gibbs Racing as well as here at the race tracks that we’ve been to."
Last week at Eldora Speedway, Korbin Forrister created quite a firestorm in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series garage when he decaled his unsponsored Chevy Silverado with his own “Trump for President” paint scheme.
Watkins Glen International has announced a full lineup of guest and driver appearances in the Budweiser Turn One Tavern fan hospitality area for the upcoming Cheez-It™ 355 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekend, August 7-9.
The 2015 Honda Indy 200 will mark the 18th Indy car event for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) here. The team also competed in the Atlantic Series race in 2003 with Danica Patrick and has competed in ALMS races here in 2007 and from 2009-2012. The highest IndyCar finish for the team here is two third place finishes (Rahal 1997, 1998) and the highest start is pole (Herta 1997). Another front row start came in 1999 (Herta; 2nd).
Juan Pablo Montoya leads the Indy car championship with three races to go for the second time in his career. He also led the CART point standings with three to go when he won the 1999 championship.
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.
The 39-year-old Sieg from Tucker, Georgia, led the final two of 105 over-scheduled laps and capitalized on an overtime shootout to notch his first career victory in his 424th series start at the World Center of Racing.
The 2025 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Alva, Florida, posted a pole-winning lap at 184.396 mph in 48.808 seconds for his first Cup pole nearly two years at the World Center of Racing.
