Clint Bowyer recorded his seventh top-10 finish of the season last weekend in a rain-shortened race at Daytona International Speedway where he finished ninth. The Michael Waltrip Racing driver in his No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota will look to add to that total when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend.
Granite State...James Buescher comes in to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend making his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at the one-mile oval. Buescher, however, is no stranger to the track having made five previous starts at NHMS in other NASCAR series. In three previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at NHMS, Buescher has recorded two top-10 finishes including a runner-up finish in 2010
Daytona Recap: Denny Hamlin finished sixth in Sunday’s rain-shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway, avoiding major damage in a pair of multi-car incidents in the 112-lap event won by Aric Almirola, to record his third-straight top-six finish in points-paying restrictor plate races in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota.
Ford Racing is in the midst of a three-race winning streak as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and it’s happened on three different styles of race tracks by three different organizations. The one consistent in all three victories has been the power of Roush Yates Engines, which now has 83 series victories since beginning operation in 2004.
Richard Childress has four victories as a team owner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with Robby Gordon (2001), Kevin Harvick (2006) and Clint Bowyer (2007 and 2010). In 100 starts at the 1.058-mile oval, Childress also has two pole awards, 15 top-five and 36 top-10 finishes with 10 different drivers including Dave Blaney, Jeff Burton, Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Green, Gordon, Harvick, Steve Park and Mike Skinner.
GMS Racing's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series History at Iowa Speedway ... This weekend will mark GMS Racing's first start at the Newton, Iowa, facility.
Former NASCAR K&N West Series champion Butch Gilliland will dust off his old racing uniform to take on his son and grandson -- current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David Gilliland and up-and-coming late model driver Todd Gilliland -- in a Super Late Model Series race at Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway on July 19. The 75-lap feature event will be the first time the three generations of Gillilands will compete against each other on track.
Scott McLaughlin had a great time in the first practice Friday for the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington, and his pleasure didn’t come just from the fast digits next to his name on the results sheet.
Scott McLaughlin, in the No. 3 DEX Team Penske Chevrolet, was the quickest of the drivers sporting a Bowtie during the first practice of the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington.
Max Taylor was the star student in the opening practice for the Grand Prix of Arlington, leading the field by more than a second Friday as 24 drivers in the INDYCAR development series learned the new circuit at this inaugural event.
Larson who fended off a young racer in the making and Hendrick Motorsports developmental Corey Day in the waning laps of the 25-lap feature by 0.096 seconds.
NHRA is celebrating at tracks across the country, including one of its most historic venues and races during the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at the famed In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on April 9-12.
