One of the most promising up and coming drivers in NASCAR, Wallace heads into Richmond fourth in the NASCAR XFINITY Series point standings; only seven races into his rookie season. Last season he took the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series by storm, winning four races and finishing third in the points in only his second season.
You can’t blame Martin Truex Jr. if he is a little antsy to start Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
In four XFINITY Series starts in 2015, Poole has one top-10 and three top-15 finishes with an average start of 19.0 and average finish of 14.8. This will be Poole’s debut at the 0.75-mile oval this weekend.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS): Camry drivers Matt Kenseth (eighth), Denny Hamlin (11th) and Carl Edwards (15th) currently rank in the top-15 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) point standings.
No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brett Moffitt races in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway Saturday night. The .75-mile, D-shaped oval is one of Moffitt’s favorite tracks and the site of his 2012 K&N East Series victory.
Chris Buescher makes his fourth NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night. In his previous three starts, Buescher has two top-10s, with his best finish of seventh coming in this race last year. He also finished 10th the last time the series visited the .75-mile track. In his three starts, Buescher has completed all but two laps.
When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to Richmond International Raceway (RIR) this week, 2010 Daytona 500 Champion Jamie McMurray will sport the new colors of Energizer® EcoAdvanced™ Batteries.
JUST THE FACTS: Sorenson has 14 Sprint Cup starts at Richmond International Raceway ... He has two top-10 finishes at the 3/4-mile track ... The race will be the 29-year-old's first with Front Row Motorsports, filling in while David Ragan subs for the injured Kyle Busch in the No. 18 car.
The Pete Store will go racing once again with David Gilliland's No. 38 Ford in 2015. The largest privately owned Peterbilt dealer by sales in the country reached a multi-race agreement with Front Row Motorsports for the current season, starting with Saturday night's race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
Biffle started the race 26th due to qualifying being rained out and looked to have a Ford capable of a top 10. As the laps dwindled down a tight handling condition developed, and that combined with a few mishaps on pit road resulted in lost track position. Biffle battled back and earned a 15th-place finish.
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.
