After overcoming being two laps down and two green-white-checkered attempts, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove his EcoPower Ford to a 23rd-place finish in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE - TALK ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE TODAY. “Yeah, we just weren’t as fast as we wanted to be. Pretty much all weekend that was the case. It was a scratch and claw fest. We needed some breaks to get back in it and every time I thought we were going to catch one it would kind of fall short."
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S RED VEST CHEVROLET SS - RACE WINNER - CONGRATS ON THE WIN. NOT SURE IF YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON PIT ROAD AFTER THE RACE: “I saw a little bit on the big screen going down the back straightaway."
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion | FINISHED: 3rd (PIT ROAD INTERVIEW) - WHAT WAS YOUR VIEW OF THE CONTACT WITH JEFF GORDON? “There was a hole and I went for it. It closed up and we bounced off each other and kept going. It was just a battle for the win.”
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S RED VEST CHEVROLET SS - RACE WINNER - WHAT DOES THIS WIN MEAN FOR YOU CONSIDERING WHAT THIS TEAM HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS SEASON? “It’s a testament to this team and the fact that we’ll never give up."
Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced today that the track’s grandstands are sold out for the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Nov. 9.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – FINISHED 2nd “We had a good Discount Tire Ford. The long run is where we got beat and that is when they got by us there right before that last pit stop and was able to put some ground on us and able to hold it that last run. We just have to figure out how to get the long run going. We were good up to 15 or 20 laps but then got so loose you couldn’t hang onto it and he drove away. We will have to look into that a little bit.”
At a press conference today at the Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) for the start of National Adoption Month, it was announced that NASCAR Driver and Champion, James Buescher and his wife Krishtian Buescher have launched the Buescher Foundation. The Buescher Foundation is committed to providing financial support to families who have been called to adopt. Their personal experience has taught them that all children deserve a family who can help them grow into loving and caring individuals. The Buescher Foundation's mission is to provide support and resources to families going through the adoption process domestically.
The 20-year-old Day from Clovis, California, led the final four of 200 laps and overtook Justin Allgaier amid a late battle to notch his second O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career victory at Dover.
Corey Day made a late-race pass with four laps remaining to win the BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway, securing his second career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory.
Top Fuel points leader and the sport’s fastest driver Shawn Langdon picked up his first victory in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge this season on Saturday at Route 66 Raceway
Rockingham winner William Sawalich had another strong run at Dover as the Minnesota-native led 15 laps and finished fourth to lead Team Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday evening.
