David Starr and the SS Green Light Racing team had their strongest run of the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season finishing third Friday night in the ASI Limited/Zachry Toyota in the AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway.
When Courtney Force was 15 and learning to drive, her parents John and Laurie - especially Laurie - taught her to drive slowly. Slowly as in speed, of course.
Five-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion and three-time Brickyard 400 winner Jimmie Johnson powered his No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet to the third-place starting position for Sunday's running of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
KASEY KAHNE, No. 4 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Red Bull Racing Team Starting Position: 2nd Do you feel like the Red Bull Camrys are improving each week? "We've actually been pretty good on and off here for awhile."
DAVID RAGAN - No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion - "It was just a good, solid lap. I always critique myself and think I could have gotten more, but I don't really know. The UPS Ford was fast. It did what I needed it to do."
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S/KOBALT CHEVROLET - QUALIFIED 3rd - As the five-time champion, I guess you get to arrange for a cloud cover when you go out there to qualify, right?
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 4th TALK ABOUT YOUR QUALIFYING RUN: "It was a solid run for our Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger. We were hoping for just a little bit more."
Jason White was off to a strong start in Friday night's AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway (LOR), but heavy damage sustained on a lap-one incident handicapped the No. 23 machine.
CLINT BOWYER, NO. 33 CHEERIOS/HAMBURGER HELPER CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed the Sprint Showdown, racing at Lucas Oil Raceway, getting back into the Chase and much more.
Landon Thrasher was the mane attraction in the roaring Young Lions division for his third win of the season, while Wyatt Linker wheeled through the field to lead the Beginner Bandolero division to a win.
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Since its debut in 2001, Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, has hosted 94 races across seven series on its 1.5-mile oval. None, however, have been in the last seven years.
Thirty years ago, the NASCAR Cup Series last raced for points at North Wilkesboro Speedway, a short track synonymous with the sport’s roots and one that helped define its gritty, blue-collar reputation.
