KYLE’S COMEBACK CONTINUES: Camry driver Kyle Busch returns to the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) this weekend at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway (MIS). Busch, who was injured in the season-opening NXS race at Daytona International Speedway, made his return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) four weeks ago at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In seven career NXS starts at MIS, the 30-year old racer has claimed one victory (2004) and six top-five results. Busch’s schedule for additional NXS races is yet to be determined.
There are a number of reasons why Martin Truex Jr. can’t wait to strap himself in his No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet for Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Brett Moffitt | No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford "Michigan is definitely fast and it's smooth. But it's very aero-dependent. So, if you get behind a few cars, you can really struggle for grip. Clean air is just such a benefit. You can maximize all the speed that you can."
Driver Ryan Blaney and crew chief Jeremy Bullins expect to get the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion up to speed in short order this weekend for Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway, despite the rookie racer’s relative lack of experience at the two-mile oval in the Irish Hills.
Heading into Sunday's Quicken Loans 400, Bliss will be looking to make his 176th
career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start. The Milwaukie, OR native will be making his ninth NSCS start at the fast 2.0 mile D-shaped oval in Brooklyn, MI. Bliss has nine starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, obtaining two top-ten finishes. The 2002 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) champion has three truck starts in Michigan with one top-five and two top-ten finishes. This weekend's battle in the Irish Hills will also mark Bliss's eighth start with Go Green Racing.
The Honda Indy Toronto will mark the 16th year of Indy car racing for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) here and fourth since 2003. The team also competed in the Atlantic Series races here in 2003 and 2004. The team earned a total of four second place finishes (Rahal 1992, 1994, 1995; Michel Jourdain Jr. 2003) and best start was pole in 1992 by Bobby Rahal.
There have been seven different winners in nine Verizon IndyCar Series races in 2015: Juan Pablo Montoya (Streets of St. Petersburg and Indianapolis 500), James Hinchcliffe (NOLA Motorsports Park), Scott Dixon (Streets of Long Beach and Texas Motor Speedway), Josef Newgarden (Barber Motorsports Park), Will Power (Grand Prix of Indianapolis), Carlos Munoz (Raceway at Belle Isle-1) and Sebastien Bourdais (Raceway at Belle Isle-2).
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 will make history with the drop of the green flag in Saturday’s Budweiser 300 at Autodrome Chaudiere, and defending race winner Jason Hathaway will share in the milestone event.
Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Panasonic Chevrolet SS, is scheduled to visit the Michigan International Speedway media center at 1:45 p.m. local time Friday.
Ragan’s late grandfather Hugh “Preacher Ragan” owned cars that raced on the beaches of Daytona in NASCAR’s infancy. David’s late Uncle Marvin owned and drove cars for 30 years in the sport often employing David’s father Ken who ran 50 Sprint Cup races. David’s mother Beverly visits the track to support her son when she isn’t watching her granddaughter Julia, born to David and wife Jacquelyn last year.
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.
