Husky Liners®, a leading supplier of automotive accessories for light trucks, SUV's, vans and cars, has entered into a partnership agreement with Richard Childress Racing. The Winfield, Kan.-based company will be the primary sponsor of RCR's No. 22 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team driven by Joey Coulter for two races during the 2012 season.
Two-time Truck Series champion Todd Bodine will once again climb behind the wheel of the No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra for the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200 presented by Cheerwine for the Sunday showdown. The Red Horse driver sits 10th in the point standings heading into this weekend's event.
It has been eight years since the one-mile track of Rockingham Speedway has seen one of NASCAR's three premier series in action. The Sunday's spectacle will be the debut for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the historic track.
After the Easter weekend off, Roush Fenway heads to one of its top tracks on the circuit - Texas Motor Speedway - where RFR has won 16 NASCAR races, including three there last season.
In Trevor Bayne’s brief, 20-race Sprint Cup career, there are only two tracks where he and his No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion team have raced three times. One is Daytona International Speedway, and everyone knows how that’s turned out.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 DIET MOUNTAIN DEW/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET – 2nd IN STANDINGS: “At Texas, you can expect pushing in the middle of (Turns) 1 and 2 and that you’ll be really loose into (Turn) 3."
Biffle on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “I’m jacked up going to Texas and I cannot wait. I love that race track and we have Filtrete on the car this weekend."
Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an Engine (JJAWAE) by Autumn Games will join forces with Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR). The game, available now on all three major home consoles, will adorn Dave Blaney’s No. 36 Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an Engine Chevrolet for the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Dodge has the only Sprint Cup win from the pole at the 1.5-mile track. Kasey Kahne led five times for 63 laps en route to victory in the 2006 spring race, his second win of the season in the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge from Evernham Motorsports.
Carl Edwards on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “I love racing at Texas and it’s been one of our best race tracks. I’ve got some great memories from that place and it’s a fun place to win a race."
