Motocross and rally car champion Travis Pastrana enters 2012 with a new challenge on his plate. Never one to shy away from an opportunity to quench his thirst for competition, Pastrana is making his NASCAR debut in 2012 on multiple series platforms.
Following the first off weekend of the season, Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet team travel to Fort Worth, Texas, for Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Texas Motor Speedway.
RCR in the NSCS ... In 2,183 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, Richard Childress Racing has amassed 100 wins, 430 top-five finishes, 889 top-10 finishes and 42 pole awards with an average starting position of 17.9 and an average finishing position of 15.7 among all races contested.
Kenseth on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “I really enjoy racing at Texas, and especially the added fun of it being a night race now, just adds some excitement to the weekend."
Ron Hornaday participated in a test with Joe Denette Motorsports in June of 2011 at Rockingham Speedway Hornaday is one of 22 drivers on the entry list for this weekend's event that have raced at "The Rock."
RAB Racing with Brack Maggard and two-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion Ryan Truex will team up for this weekend's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Coming off of a top-20 finish at Martinsville two weeks ago, the Ricky Benton Racing (RBR) Enterprises No. 92 BTS Tire and Wheel Distributors/fleetHQ.com/QMI team and driver David Reutimann are ready to tackle the high banks of the Rockingham Speedway for the inaugural Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200 presented by Cheerwine at the venerable one-mile track.
Leavine Family Racing and driver Scott Speed hope to prove that big things come in little packages when the team makes its 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at the Samsung Mobile 500.
Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “After two weekends off, I am ready to race. Racing under the lights at Texas always brings excitement."
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, enters the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs with the top seed amid a strong regular-season stretch highlighted with four victories, 10 stage victories and 13 top-10 results despite missing a single race.
Elliott and Bowman are set to commence the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs in seventh and 12th, respectively, in the Playoff standings in a season where both snapped a one-year winless drought and returned to NASCAR's postseason battle for a season title.
The 2016 Xfinity Series champion from Monterrey, Mexico, is set to commence the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs in 11th place in the Playoff standings following a regular-season stretch where he notched his second Cup career victory at Atlanta and finished in the top 10 six times.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, will commence the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs in ninth place in the Playoff standings following a roller coaster regular-season stretch where he won at Nashville in June and recorded four top-five results and eight top-10 runs.
The 2022 Daytona 500 champion from Mooresville, North Carolina, is set to commence his second career Cup Series Playoffs in 10th place in the Playoff standings with 2,007 points amid a difficult 2024 regular-season stretch despite recording a final lap victory at Gateway.
The 2023 Cup Series Rookie of the Year from Charlotte, North Carolina, will commence his first Cup Series Playoffs in 15th place in the Playoff standings after recording seven top-five results, 11 top-10 results and an average-finishing result of 14.7 throughout the 2024 regular-season stretch.
