Teams aligned with either Chevrolet or Honda have taken delivery of the initial corresponding road/street course and short oval aerodynamic bodywork kits that will debut in competition in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 29.
Trevor Bayne will make his fifth career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. In four previous starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Bayne has recorded one top-10 finish, a ninth-place result in 2012.
The last time Sam Hornish Jr. visited Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he celebrated in Victory Lane. Hornish won the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at the 1.5-mile track in 2013. This weekend, he returns competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Petty Motorsports.
Scoring two consecutive Top-15 finishes in the first two races of the season, the No. 43 Smithfield team looks to continue momentum as they head west to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Fresh off his best Sprint Cup season in 2014, Aric Almirola is having a great start to the 2015 season sitting ninth in the Championship Point Standings.
The 27-year-old driver will make his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at the 1.5-mile speedway, in only his eighth career Sprint Cup start. Scott will also be making his sixth NASCAR XFINITY Series start this weekend in the Boyd Gaming 300.
When the Sprint Cup Series returns to Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500 on March 29, Chad Johnston is optimistic his team will have fully adjusted to the new technology NASCAR is using to monitor pit road.
"I love Las Vegas. I love the atmosphere, I love the speed of the track and I love the bumps. I've won a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas, so I like going there. We did qualify well there last year and that was my first 1.5-mile track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with this team, so I think it was a solid run.
Going into Sunday's Kobalt 400, Bliss will be making his third career NSCS start at the 1.5 mile track. The Oregon native has a best finish of 16th, which came back in 2005. The 2001 NCWTS Champion will once again be pulling double duty, running for Tri-Star Motorsports in Saturday's Xfinity race.
The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is always a special race for six-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and this year’s trip to Summit Motorsports Park gives him a chance to add two more trophies to his extensive collection
osh Berry and the No. 21 eero team are headed into this weekend’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway looking forward to a more traditional road course contest after racing on the temporary street course at Naval Base Coronado last week.
