The No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team will “Join the Nation” in 2015 thanks to a new three-year partnership that will pair Nationwide Insurance, a leading insurance and financial services organization, with driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, is coming off his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win of the season after taking the checkered flag in Saturday’s race at Richmond International Raceway. Logano held a Q&A session in the infield media center at Talladega to talk about a variety of issues.
Marcos Ambrose, driver of the No. 9 Stanley Ford Fusion, was involved in a post-race altercation with Casey Mears last weekend at Richmond International Raceway. Ambrose, who was fined $25,000 and put on probation until the end of the year by NASCAR for his role, spoke publicly for the first time about the incident on Thursday during a press event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
I don't really view Talladega or Daytona any different than any other track. I think to be successful at a plate track, you have to be ‑‑ I don't know that you go there with the mindset of winning. I always go to plate tracks with the mindset of running second and pushing somebody to the win, and if the circumstances work out that you find yourself in the lead, it's great.
When Trevor Bayne takes the green flag on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, it will mark his 50t career Sprint Cup race, and all of them have come in the No. 21 Ford Fusion fielded by the famed Wood Brothers race team.
Coming off his best finish of the season, Martin Truex Jr. feels his Furniture Row Racing team is prepared for more success in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Buescher ran at the 2.66 mile superspeedway twice in the ARCA Racing Series. During his first visit to the track in 2011 he started from the 14th-spot, finishing in fifth. In 2012 Buescher started in second, finishing in the 17th-position.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will be making his 500th career NASCAR Cup Series start with Team Penske this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Christian Eckes has been on the brink of returning to victory lane as the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks Series (NCTS) Chase enters round three on Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS).
For the first time since 2017, NASCAR’s fall weekend at “America’s Home for Racing” will return to the track’s oval as all three of the sport’s national touring series will continue their title runs on the traditional 1.5-mile layout.
