Smart pit calls, strategy changes, and multiple race car adjustments were the keys to victory for Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS in the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - AFTER QUALIFYING YESTERDAY YOU WERE SO FRUSTRATED, YET YOU KEPT YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. YOU HAD THE BEST SAVE OF THE NIGHT HOW DO YOU STAY SO FOCUSED?
Reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Will Power backed up his Verizon P1 Award and track qualifying lap record with a dominant victory today in the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis.
Today during a NASCAR media availability at Kansas Speedway, AJ Allmendinger revealed to media members that he has signed an extension to his driver agreement with JTG Daugherty Racing that will make him the driver of the No. 47 Chevrolet SS for at least through the 2020 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race season.
Matt Crafton didn’t have the fastest truck in Friday night’s Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway, but he had the best feel for fuel mileage and what his crew chief would call their lucky fuel cell. The result was Crafton’s seventh series career victory.
Kasey Kahne came very close to capturing his first pole position of 2015, but will start on the front row in his No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS after posting the second-fastest time in qualifying for Saturday night’s SpongeBob SquarePants 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Kansas Speedway.
"It is cool to get another pole. Last year it too us pretty much the whole year to get one pole and we won a lot of first and second sessions and would fall on our face in the third session. It is good to figure out the third session and have speed in our car when we get there. You don’t get anything for winning the first and second round. That is what I figured out last year.”
Erik Jones - Starting Position: 12th- Were you pleased to make it to the final round of your first Sprint Cup qualifying effort? “It was a little disappointing because we’d run better laps in our first two rounds, but we just tried to make an adjustment there to take a stab at trying to go faster. It just didn’t work out.
"Our last one was our best one, but it wasn’t enough. It was a really good lap and my best lap of the day so I feel good about that and what we are bringing tomorrow night. We had some good practices today and Keith Rodden (crew chief) and the guys are doing a really nice job and hopefully we can bring that again tomorrow night.”
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Cheez-It Patrick Star Ford Fusion – “We just got a little better speed in our car and this racetrack has been pretty good for us. We barely made the first round and barely made the second and then I just drove it – over drove it. I just said I was going to go for it. I didn’t care what happened.
Since its debut in 2001, Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, has hosted 94 races across seven series on its 1.5-mile oval. None, however, have been in the last seven years.
Thirty years ago, the NASCAR Cup Series last raced for points at North Wilkesboro Speedway, a short track synonymous with the sport’s roots and one that helped define its gritty, blue-collar reputation.
A specialist like Rivalane Auto Transport can coordinate door-to-door pickup from a residential street, race shop, or track and deliver to the next event or buyer with minimal handling.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 eero team wrapped up the road-course portion of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season with a 28th-place finish in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
