Dashing back into the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards since his victory in August at Berlin Raceway, Erik Jones has been anxiously awaiting his final appearance in the series for the 2013 season. Prior to arriving at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta this weekend, the only laps the 17-year-old colt has made around the 1.5 mile oval was for a test in early July.
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 travels to Kawartha Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 21 for the Pinty’s 250 to wrap up the 2013 season.
The Bluegrass State...The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its second and final trip of the 2013 season to the Bluegrass State and Kentucky Speedway this weekend for the Kentucky 300.
McMurray at New Hampshire: Jamie McMurray has 21 previous starts at the NHMS in NSCS competition. McMurray’s best start of third came in 2003 and his best finish of third came in 2010. He has four top-10 and two top-five finishes with an average start of 21.6 and average finish of 22.8. McMurray has completed 5877 of 6270 (93.7%) laps of competition and has led 32 laps in the Granite State. On his first visit to NHMS this season, McMurray qualified 11th and finished 12th.
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to today's NASCAR Cam teleconference. We are joined by Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet for Furniture Row Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Busch is 6th in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings with nine top 5 and 14 top 10 finishes. He has three wins and 11 top 10 finishes at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the site of Sunday's Sylvania 300.
With a little help from NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Martinsville Speedway announced Tuesday that the North Carolina State University Marching Band will perform the National Anthem prior to the Goody’s™ Headache Relief Shot™ 500 Powered by Kroger on October 27.
KENTUCKY-BOUND: Johanna Long and the No. 70 Foretravel Motorcoach ML Motorsports team will head to the Bluegrass State this weekend for the second time this season to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway. The team will transport chassis No. 65 which was utilized in the July race at Chicagoland Speedway where Long finished 20th.
JTG Daugherty Racing welcomes back Bobby Labonte to the No. 47 BUSH’S Beans Toyota Camry at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after missing races due to three broken ribs from a cycling incident.
Zilisch was originally scheduled to race at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race last year, but sat out due to the late-race Talladega crash, which resulted in a back injury.
One day after veterans dominated the speed chart, rookie Caio Collet rode the aerodynamic wave to the fastest overall speed of the Indianapolis 500 Open Test on Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
