A total of 18 Team Chevy drivers will start the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Michigan International Speedway, round 15 of the 2011 season.
Following a 14th place qualifying effort, Rusty Wallace Racing's Steve Wallace (No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry) battled ever-changing track conditions and potential engine woes, for a 14th place finish in today's 250-mile NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Michigan.
Dario Franchitti's 25th Indy car pole, tying Paul Tracy for ninth all time, could be the most direct path to retrieving some of the points he lost to IZOD IndyCar Series leader Will Power in last week's Firestone Twin 275s.
Carl Edwards passed teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. with only nine laps remaining to post the victory in a dominating Roush Fenway effort in Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
The Race Recap: Joey Logano and the GameStop team had a strong run on Saturday afternoon at Michigan International Speedway, but fell one-spot short of earning their first-career top-five finish at the 2-mile oval.
DAVID REUTIMANN, No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing Starting Position: 2nd How was your qualifying lap? "I just had a great Aaron's Dream Machine and the difference is that the guys are just doing an incredible job in the shop and my guys here this weekend have done a great job."
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 1st (Note: Third straight pole for Kurt Busch and fourth straight for Penske Racing and Dodge.) “It’s amazing how it comes down to these thousandths of a second."
Regan Smith, No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet, scored another top-five starting spot and was followed by Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, and Paul Menard, Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Chevrolet, in the top ten.
MATT KENSETH PRESS CONFERENCE TALK ABOUT YOUR QUALIFYING RUN. "I thought it was a great lap. We aren't really known for qualifying and to qualify third is really good for us."
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing wasn’t fueling around in Talladega Sunday. Brad Keselowski was the mastermind of a Stage One strategy that became the talk of the race.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 23 of 189-overscheduled laps and went from 11th to 1st in half of the final lap during an overtime shootout to score his first superspeedway victory and increase his points lead by 73 points with two-scheduled events remaining.
