The NASCAR Nationwide Series teams and drivers continued their western swing this past weekend, competing in the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), Autism Speaks and Dover International Speedway are pleased to announce that FedEx will return as the title sponsor for the spring NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway, the June 3, 2012 "FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks."
Trevor Bayne and his Donnie Wingo-led crew finally got a finish to match their intermediate-track performance as Bayne drove the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to a ninth-place finish in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Regan Smith turned the wheel when he needed to, picking up five positions in the final four laps to finish 15th in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 Sprint Cup race.
Camry driver Clint Bowyer (sixth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1/OFFICE DEPOT CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: ON HIS VICTORY TODAY AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY: "Man, I'm just finally glad to win one here. We were so close last year and had a dominate car. I'm not sure we had the dominate car, but we had an awful fast Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy."
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 Meguiars Ford Fusion – WHAT WENT ON WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAMMATES AT THE END? “I don’t know if Matt was outside of me. They told me that Matt had a run at the top and Carl was inside of me and drifting up."
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 32nd “We had a pretty decent Dodge Charger all day, probably not as good as Tony’s (Stewart) but really strong. We were going to give him a run for his money and I was going to drive my butt off."
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished third (Elliott Sadler), fifth (Brendan Gaughan) and seventh (Austin Dillon). Sadler leads the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by 15 points over Dillon.
In a span of 367 grueling laps of the 2024 Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Chris Buescher and Bubba Wallace went from competing against one another for the 16th and final berth to this year’s Playoffs to both being knocked out of contention amid a new race winner capitalizing on the Playoff’s “Win and You’re In” format.
Briscoe’s victory in Cook Out Southern 500 marked the 104th overall win for SHR. It was the organization’s milestone 70th points-paying NASCAR Cup Series victory, its first of the season and its fourth at Darlington.
In a three-way battle for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Championship, Chevrolet’s Kyle Larson put on a commanding performance in much of the 500-mile event.
If controlling his own destiny were the bottom line Sunday night at Darlington, Chris Buescher would’ve been in the right position as the 2024 NASCAR Playoffs picture was decided.
