The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads to Eldora Speedway for its second year of dirt racing. Four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr. has one start at the 0.5-mile-oval, coming home 28th in last year's inaugural showdown.
In his third-career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Chicagoland Speedway, Kyle Larson and his Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM) team appeared to be the duo to beat for much of the 200-lap race, but several close battles, along with pit-stop issues, left Larson with a third-place finish in the EnjoyIllinois.com 300.
Making his first-career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday night, Dylan Kwasniewski and his No. 31 Rockstar Energy team looked to put down laps and get familiar with the 1.5-mile oval in the 200-lap race.
Accomplishing feats uncharacteristic for a rookie, Chase Elliott won again, leading 85 of 200 laps en route to his third win of the season in Saturday's EnjoyIllinois.com 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Landon Cassill finished 21st Saturday night in the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
The finish kept Cassill in 11th place in Nationwide driver standings.
Brian Scott qualified on the pole for the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Richard Childress Racing teammate Ty Dillon started on the outside pole position in second, followed by Brendan Gaughan and Cale Conley wrapping up the ninth and 10th-place starting positions, respectively.
Roush Fenway Racing rookie Ryan Reed visited Chicagoland Speedway for the first time Saturday for a race under the lights. The rookie had a strong car with competitive lap times for the entirety of the race, but untimely cautions left the American Diabetes Association Drive to Stop DiabetesSM presented by Lilly Diabetes team with a 15th-place finish. The finish is Reed’s eighth top-15 finish of the season.
Chris Buescher headed to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time in his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) career this Saturday. After qualifying in 13th the No.60 Ford EcoBoost Mustang started off slightly loose but tightened up as the race went on and gained significant speed throughout the day.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No.6 AdvoCare Ford Mustang recorded his second runner-up result of the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season on Saturday evening at Chicagoland Speedway, coming home in second.
The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is always a special race for six-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and this year’s trip to Summit Motorsports Park gives him a chance to add two more trophies to his extensive collection
