Stewart-Haas Racing stole the show from what looked to be a storybook day for Hendrick Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway for the 63rd Annual Goody’s Fast Relief 500.
Camry driver Martin Truex Jr. (fifth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway. Toyota drivers Denny Hamlin (sixth) and Clint Bowyer (10th) also earned top-10 finishes in the 515 lap event at the half-mile oval.
A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 2nd HOW DID YOU FINISH SECOND? “The medical nurses to begin with, because I felt horrible this morning, just been sick."
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE CHEVROLET – RACE WINNER: TELL US ABOUT THAT END OF THAT RACE. HOW DID YOU WIN IT? “Well, the first green-white-checkered, I told the guys on the radio, I said, ‘Listen, good job today."
Matt Kenseth scored a fourth-place finish in Sunday’s 500-lap Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway to lead the Roush Fenway effort at the short track.
MATT KENSETH – No. 17 Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation/Gary Sinise Foundation Ford Fusion – “We were pretty good. We weren’t as good as those three Hendrick cars and sometimes the 11, especially on a short run"
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CHEVROLET – SIDELINED WITH AN ENGINE FAILURE ON LAP 256: THIS HAS TO BE A VERY DISAPPOINTING DAY. TELL US WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE WITH THE CAR? “We had a great Hendrickcars.com Chevy."
NASCAR and Google today confirmed what many expected throughout the morning – the two companies working together to bring autonomous vehicle technology to NASCAR race cars was Google’s very popular, annual April Fools’ Day joke.
Bobby Gossett (No. 44 BSI Racing) might have thought lady luck was not on his side at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Saturday when his provisional pole time was disallowed, but she made herself known in the race.
Daniel Hemric continued his consistent road course handiwork with a sixth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park and substantially increased his cushion on the provisional Chase cutline.
Christian Eckes notched a gritty fifth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park to advance to fourth in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) standings.
