MB Motorsports, one of the original NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ teams, is set to return to Daytona International Speedway for the first time in four years. 19 year old Abingdon, VA native Caleb Roark will pilot the #63 Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool Ford F-150 in his maiden voyage at the world famous superspeedway.
Before 5-hour ENERGY Toyota driver Clint Bowyer makes his seventh appearance in the Daytona 500 on Sunday, he’ll run in the second of the two 150-mile qualifying races on Thursday that sets the 43-car starting grid.
In 2011, Stenhouse had two wins, 16 top-five, 26 top-ten, three poles and claimed the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver’s championship. This is Stenhouse’s first start in the Daytona 500. He has started five races(4 Nationwide and 1 ARCA) at Daytona International Speedway and completed 444 laps.
When Regan Smith was repeatedly told after last year’s Daytona 500 that he and his Denver, Colo.-based Furniture Row Racing team were no longer running under the radar, it was taken as a reassuring compliment.
The No. 31 AccuDoc Solutions team will bring chassis TMS-015 to the season- opening race at Daytona International Speedway. TMS-015 ran both restrictor plate races in 2011, scoring one top-five and two top-10 results.
The No. 30 Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet Impala team will bring chassis TMS-317 to the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway. TMS-317 is a brand new chassis to the No. 30 FOE Chevrolet team.
Mike Skinner will make his return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the first time in nearly a year. The inaugural NCWTS Champion spent 2011 searching for a full-time opportunity after competing in the first two events of the year for Eddie Sharp Racing.
NASCAR veteran J.J. Yeley will drive the No. 5 Jobber Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Hettinger Racing in the Ag-Pro 300 Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
One-point-one seconds made the difference for Alex Palou to exit pit lane ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and score the victory on the streets of Long Beach.
It was a challenging day for Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team at Kansas Speedway, ending in a 27th-place finish in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 after starting 30th.
