Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team travel to Darlington (S.C.) Raceway this weekend for the Bojangles’ Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race.
A PREVIOUS WINNER: Of Joey Logano’s 21-career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) wins, one of them came at Darlington Raceway. In 2012, when Logano won nine NNS races, Logano took the lead late from Elliott Sadler to take the victory. He led only four laps in the event en route to the victory.
Power Of Bleach: “It's great to have Clorox return to our No. 47 Chevrolet SS at Darlington Raceway,” Allmendinger said. “I don't know about you guys, but I'm so ready for spring after a long winter and Clorox is on our car at the right time. We know things are going to get messy at Darlington Raceway and there are bound to be a few Bleachable Moments during the race, but we are confident that our Clorox car will clean up the competition.”
No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brian Vickers grew up in Thomasville, N.C. about 140 miles from Darlington Raceway in South Carolina where the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races Saturday night.
Dancing With The Lady In Black...Coming off the team's third top-15 of the season, James Buescher and the No. 99 Ruud team will try to tame "The Lady In Black" Darlington Raceway. Buescher has two previous NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at the 1.366-mile oval,in those two starts Buescher recorded one top-10.
DID YOU KNOW? … Ford Racing driver Joey Logano is the only current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to advance to the final round of qualifying for every event this season.
If you look up the word "Rookie" in the Marriam-Webster Dictionary, you'll find this definition: a first-year participant in a major professional sport. While 22 year-old Dakoda Armstrong has plenty of experience behind the wheel of a racecar, he'll make his first NASCAR start at Darlington Raceway this weekend, making him a rookie at the track in every sense of the word.
Jimmy Weller will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Richmond International Raceway on Friday, April 25. The Hubbard, Ohio native will pilot the No. 55 Chevrolet Camaro in a partnership effort between Viva Motorsports and SS Green Light Racing in the 250-lap event at the Virginia short track.
The No. 43 team wants to win every week, but this week, they have an additional incentive. Crew Chief Trent Owens grew up just a few miles from Darlington Raceway and says a win at the track "Too Tough To Tame" would rank up with a Daytona 500 win. Aric Almirola will look to continue Owens' success at the track. With consecutive top-10 finishes in the last five seasons as crew chief, Almirola would like to add a Sprint Cup Series top-10 to the list.
Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC) and Coca-Cola Consolidated joined 23XI Racing and NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace to celebrate the opening of newly enhanced spaces at the Boys & Girls Club of Cabarrus County
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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).
