Trevor Bayne makes his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon. In three previous starts at the 2.450-mile road course, Bayne has recorded two top-10 finishes.
This weekend Roush Fenway Racing rookie Ryan Reed visits Watkins Glen, which is the second road course of the season for the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS). This is Reed’s first start at the 2.45-mile course.
“Road racing presents a tough set of scenarios. You have to be careful with the gear box, the braking and staying on the race track. So those are three challenges of road racing to start with. I like Watkins Glen and I’ve been fairly successful there, even won in the trucks and had some good finishes. I like that track and I’m looking forward to this weekend.”
“We had a really great car at Road America earlier this year, so I’m excited to bring that same car back to the track. It’s really cool to have Cheez-It on our Mustang, especially since this is such a big race weekend for Kellogg’s. I know we’ll have a strong car, hopefully we can play the road course strategy right and end up in victory lane.”
Hitting The Road...James Buescher will make his second start at the 11-turn, 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International (WGI) road course on Saturday afternoon. Buescher's first and only start at WGI came back during the 2011 season when he started in the 10th position and went on to finish in 17th. In the only road course race of the 2014 season, Buescher brought the No. 99 Rheem Toyota Camry home just outside the top-15 in the 17th-place.
Randy Humphrey Racing announced today that Nelson Piquet Jr., the first Brazilian to win in two of NASCAR's top-three national series, will pilot the No. 77 WORX Yard Tools Ford Fusion for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International this weekend. The Cheez-It 355 at The Glen marks the 29-year-old's first attempt to race in NASCAR's premier series.
When Marcos Ambrose won at Watkins Glen International in 2012 he became only the fourth driver in NASCAR Sprint Cup history to post victories in back-to-back years. Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are the others.
In an effort to gain valuable track time in his first visit to Watkins Glen International, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Reed will pull double duty competing in both the K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) races.
On a racetrack with 43 other drivers doesn’t seem to faze NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano one bit. Working out with Major League Soccer (MLS) champion Sporting Kansas City was a different story.
World Wide Technology Raceway announced today that Hall of Fame baseball manager Tony La Russa has been named Grand Marshal for Sunday's Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Josef Newgarden will serve as the Chevrolet celebrity pace car driver for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Simulator work may build on those details. However, the return trip asks a harder question. Which lessons still apply, and which belong to conditions that no longer exist?
Drivers who add an electrolyte powder for hydration to the bottle take in sodium with the fluid, and the concentration that suits one driver will be far too dilute for a teammate on the other end of the range.
