The last time the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series raced at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), Jeff Gordon picked off 15 positions in the final 40 laps to finish 10th in July. But Gordon has been back to the 1.058-mile track since.
Team Penske announced today that Juan Pablo Montoya will join the team in 2014. Montoya will drive the No. 2 Team Penske IndyCar for the full season as he will join Will Power and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves in the team’s IZOD IndyCar Series lineup beginning next season.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – CAN YOU SUM UP YOUR EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW WITH THE ENGINE FAILURE TONIGHT? “I am pretty angry. That was such as fast race car we had. After the rain delay we came in and put on four tires and lost some track position but we were going to take two on the next one, kind of like the 24 did and he cycled out to the lead there."
Following lengthy rain delays before and during the opening round of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Kevin Harvick led the way for Team Chevy in his No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS at the GEICO 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway with a third-place finish. It was Harvick’s seventh top-10 finish of the season and eighth top-10 finish at Chicagoland.
A five-hour rain delay, a flat tire and a speeding penalty couldn’t stop Kurt Busch’s momentum as the Furniture Row Racing driving made another comeback to post a fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Geico 400, the first of 10 Chase playoff races.
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 BUDWEISER DESIGNATE A DRIVER CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED THIRD - TELL US ABOUT THE CLOSING LAPS AND THE BATTLE WITH YOUR FUTURE TEAMMATE KURT BUSCH: “Yeah, we had a lot of fun. Obviously our Budweiser Designate a Driver Chevrolet was running really good after the break there."
CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion – “There are a couple of things I wish I could take back. I tried the high side one time and about five or six guys freight-trained me on the bottom. The last restart we all just kind of fought for the bottom and I had to check up or I was going to wreck Greg (Biffle)."
RICK HENDRICK, OWNER OF HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS, met with media and discussed NASCAR’s rulings following last weekend’s race at Richmond, Jeff Gordon making the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field, his thoughts on sponsors, pressures and expectations, and more.
Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) fans following the team’s 2013 bid for the Sprint Cup Championship on RFR’s social channels are encouraged to use the new #DRIVENfortheChase hashtag when discussing NASCAR’s winningest organization during the 10-race stretch that will decide the 2013 Sprint Cup Champion. The special hashtag is a part of Roush Fenway’s 2013 ‘Driven’ marketing program, designed to showcase the team’s continued dedication and desire to be the best on and off the racetrack.
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.
