Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 1 OneMain Financial Ford Mustang, returns to his home track this weekend looking for his first win in 2015. Sadler spoke about coming home, the season to date and more with members of the media Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway.
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How does it feel to come to Richmond after a win? "Yeah, it was good to get that win, obviously. It's been a long time, so that was I think great for everybody at JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) and everybody on our team."
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed his outlook for this weekend at Richmond, the tire test he participated in a few weeks ago, getting his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win and many other topics.
The 2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama will mark the fourth IndyCar Series race for the team at Barber Motorsports Park (BMP). A recent two-day test at BMP in March went well and Rahal was the fastest Honda-powered driver at seventh fastest over two days. Last year, Rahal started 18th on a wet track, ran as high as 10th, dropped four places after being hit by two cars and ultimately finished 17th.
Larson has two NSCS starts at RIR, both of which came during last season’s rookie campaign. Larson started on the pole for last season’s spring race at RIR after qualifying was canceled due to rain and starting order was set by practice speeds. In his two races, Larson has an average start of 4.5 and has completed every race lap on the way to an average finish of 13.5.
JJ will be making his 15th career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at the Richmond International Raceway to go along with his 11 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the track. Yeley has six Top-20 finishes in XFINITY Series competition at RIR with a best finish being a 12th-place effort in 2007.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to its second consecutive short track this weekend, Richmond International Raceway and the Toyota Owners 400. The .75-mile, D-shaped oval is one of Clint Bowyer’s best and logically, one of his favorite tracks.
Roush Fenway Racing returns to the site where the famed words “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” were first uttered by Patrick Henry this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to Richmond International Raceway, a track Roush Fenway hopes to visit Victory Lane at for a 16th time.
Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Richmond International Raceway marks Bubba Wallace’s second start at the .75-mile track. His previous start came in the fall of 2012, where Wallace started 20th and finished 10th.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 74 of 110 laps and fended off Chase Briscoe over a 47-lap dash to the finish to notch his eighth Cup victory on a road course and his second in a row in Sonoma, California.
Kevin Rivenbark opened the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports Road to the Championship with a victory on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park
Shane van Gisbergen, driver of the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, was first to the checkered at Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway.
The 19-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, achieved a career-best seventh-place result amid a difficult Cup Series rookie campaign in Sonoma, California.
RFK Racing put on a show of determination at Sonoma Raceway, led by Ryan Preece's eighth-place finish in the No. 60 Consumer Cellular Ford Mustang Dark Horse.
