CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Was there any testing done at Darlington that could indicate a rules package change? “Everybody in this sport, the drivers, NASCAR, the owners – everyone wants it to be the best possible racing it can be. I know everybody is working towards that. I don’t know all the details of what’s going on, but I think we’re going to have better and better racing coming. I’m excited to find out exactly what it is.”
Phoenix International Raceway will officially be renamed Jeff Gordon Raceway on Nov. 15, 2015 for the NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesQuicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, PIR President Bryan R. Sperber announced today. The race is the semifinal race for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and will be Gordon’s last Sprint Cup Series race at the track as a full-time competitor.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion met with media members at Michigan International Speedway Friday morning. Logano discussed the importance of the Michigan race to Ford and Team Penske and his prospects for the weekend.
Harrison Rhodes will be eyeing a strong finish in the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller No. 0 Chevrolet in Saturday’s Great Clips 250 Xfinity Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
“Michigan is the kind of track you get used to in a hurry,” Chastain said. “You can run all over the track, so you can quickly pick out which lane is best for your car. Then, as the tires wear, you start moving around. It’s a fun track both for the speed and the strategy.”
“I have a wealth of experience at Michigan,” said Cassill, who has driven in nine Sprint Cup and two Xfinity races at the fast two-mile track. “The best thing about the track is that the racing surface is so wide. You can run fast in just about any groove.”
Watkins Glen International is thrilled to announce the addition of “Full Throttle at The Glen”, a new VIP all-access experience available for the August 6-9 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It™ 355 weekend.
After an off weekend for the XFINITY Series, Larson returns to make his fifth start of the season and third at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) this weekend. In two previous starts at the 2.0-mile speedway, Larson has one top five and two top-10 finishes.
'We had a strong run there last August, and hopefully we can build on that for this weekend. Dave (Rogers, crew chief) and the crew have been bringing faster and faster cars each week, and Michigan is definitely one of those tracks that you need a lot of horsepower and raw speed.
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 will contest its milestone 100th all-time event with the Budweiser 300 Saturday at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing wasn’t fueling around in Talladega Sunday. Brad Keselowski was the mastermind of a Stage One strategy that became the talk of the race.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 23 of 189-overscheduled laps and went from 11th to 1st in half of the final lap during an overtime shootout to score his first superspeedway victory and increase his points lead by 73 points with two-scheduled events remaining.
