Perseverance, patience and the right pit strategy lifted Regan Smith from being two laps down to an eighth-place finish in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger, finished 12th Saturday afternoon in the Top Gear 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Chad Finley, a veteran of the ARCA Racing Series, the ASA, and the CRA Late Model Series, is scheduled to make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut June 18 at his home track, Michigan International Speedway.
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger) Finished Fourth “It’s amazing that we can race 600 miles and it comes down to a green-white-checkered finish and fuel mileage. "
DAVID STARR – No. 95 Jordan Truck Sales.com Ford Fusion – “This was a great weekend. I’m just honored and blessed to be driving this Ford Fusion. It was awesome out there."
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 US ARMY CHEVROLET, involved in multi-car accident on lap 301: WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE, I KNOW YOU HAD NO WHERE TO GO? "No we didn't. I couldn't get the car pulled down in time and they (Mark Martin and David Gilliland) bounced off the wall and came back and got me."
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 BASS PRO SHOPS/HOPE FOR JOPLIN MO CHEVROLET, retired from the race on lap 181 with engine failure: DID YOU HAVE ANY WARNING THE ENGINE WAS IN TROUBLE? "No, the car ran really well all night and it ran really well on the restart."
National Guard Panther Racing rookie driver JR Hildebrand led the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 on three different occasions and came within a few hundred yards of winning the Greatest Spectacle in Racing before finishing in second position Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Jason White open the 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season in the #21 A & W Dodge Challenger this past weekend at Mosport Speedway near Bowmanville, Ontario.
DJ Kennington and the #17 Castrol Edge Dodge team began their defense of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship this past weekend at Mosport Speedway near Bowmanville, Ontario.
Crew chief Patrick Donahue, car chief Dillon Bassett and engineer Morgan Olsen have been barred for the next four O'Reilly events due to fallen ballast from Patrick Staropoli's No. 48 entry during this past weekend's event at Sin City.
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway as the facility's all-time leader in wins (16), top fives (58), top 10s (97) and laps led (4,269).
As good as a season-opening win in Gainesville felt for Matt Hartford, a repeat of that at his home track during this weekend’s FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs
