Miguel Paludo brought home a hard-fought top-15 in a caution-filled race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, gaining one position in the driver point standings. Paludo surged as high as third and avoided multiple on-track incidents, but tight handling ultimately resulted in a 14th-place finish for the No. 32 Duroline Brakes and Components Chevrolet.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn’t won a race since 2008, and he knows that any win – including this weekend’s non-points NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race – would provide a huge boost.
The Wood Brothers had quite a day on Friday, as Trevor Bayne qualified the No. 21 Good Sam/Camping World Ford Fusion 11th for Saturday’s Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (No. 19 Cooper Standard RAM) Finished 2nd “We had a great Cooper Standard RAM. I’m really proud of everybody at BKR. This was the truck to beat tonight and they worked their butts off to make it happen."
Tundra driver Todd Bodine (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Starting Position: 1st How was your qualifying lap? "It was just a whole team effort -- that's what it boils down to. The guys unloaded with a really good M&M's Camry today and we just kept playing with some things on what we wanted to do for the race stuff and then what we wanted to do for qualifying stuff."
Ryan Newman was the fastest among nine Team Chevy drivers in today’s qualifying session and secured a second-place starting spot for Saturday’s NASCAR’S Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Ryan Preece, driver of the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse, is currently in a battle to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series Chase, which will begin at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 6.
It was just three years ago that one of the sport’s most iconic venues, North Wilkesboro Speedway, was revived to welcome NASCAR back to its hallowed grounds.
