The TriStar Motorsports teams are heading home after a long, successful week at Kentucky Speedway. All three teams took part in the NASCAR Nationwide Series test session on Wednesday. Below are the post race results for the John R. Elliott Hero Campaign 300 Presented by Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over:
Coming off a 20th-place finish at Road America, Eric McClure and the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® team headed to Kentucky Speedway to compete in Friday night's John R. Elliott HERO Campaign 300. Despite qualifying 31st, the team was able to make adjustments to improve the car's handling to post a 24th-place finish.
Entering the 18-race 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season, drivers and team personnel predicted that the competition at each of the 15 venues would be exceptionally competitive.
The 2014 season was supposed to be Andrew Ranger’s triumphant return to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1. The road to a potential third championship has been quite bumpy to start, but this week’s Jiffy Lube 100 presented by La Petite Bretonne at Circuit ICAR provides Ranger with the perfect opportunity to get back in the Winner’s Circle.
Brad Keselowski outran the field with his Team Penske Ford powered by Roush Yates Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway to claim his second win of the season. Keselowski drove through the field over the final 47 laps making him the first two-time winner at the 1.5 mile speedway in three years.
Simon Pagenaud and Mikhail Aleshin turned heartbreak in Race 1 of the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston presented by the Greater Houston Honda Dealers into celebration in Victory Circle following an exhausting 90-lap battle in Race 2.
INDYCAR announced today that it has issued penalties against Verizon IndyCar Series driver Marco Andretti and entrant Andretti Autosport for actions in Race 1 of the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston presented by the Greater Houston Honda Dealers on June 28.
Greg Biffle drove his No. 16 3M ACE Brand Ford Fusion to a 14th-place finish under the lights at Kentucky Speedway. Biffle started the 267-lap event 24th and worked hard on handling throughout the race. In the final laps, the 3M Ace Brand Ford was fast on long green flag runs giving Biffle the advantage to gain positions in the closing laps.
Chevrolet’s Ryan Newman continued to build on a solid and consistent season at Kentucky Speedway by finally breaking through in the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race to earn his first top-five finish of the season to come home third. The driver of the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS led a contingent of Chevrolet power in the top-10, six teams strong. Newman’s third-place run marks his best career finish at the 1.5-mile Sparta, Kentucky track, and his third top-10. The strong run kept Newman in eighth position on the chart, making him the second highest driver in the current standings without a win this season.
NASCAR veteran Matt Mills will return to the driver’s seat of the Niece Motorsports No. 4 Chevrolet Silverado on Friday, October 9 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Mystik® Lubricants will expand on their existing partnership with the team, joining Chandler Smith and the No. 38 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series entry as the primary sponsor for the event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, October 9.
After starting from the rear in a backup car, Josh Berry and the No. 21 eero team battled to a 26th-place finish in Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
