The Sprint Cup Series takes its Gen-6 car to Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for the first time this weekend, but David Gilliland already has plenty of laps under his belt on the 2.45-mile road course. The No. 38 Long John Silver's team tested at the track last week to prepare for the series' second road race of the year.
Michael McDowell will bring his extensive road course-racing background to Front Row Motorsports for the Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International race weekend, as he'll get the nod to pilot the No. 35 Dockside Logistics Ford in the Sprint Cup Series' second road race of the season.
Travis Pastrana will make his first start at Watkins Glen International this weekend in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS). This is his second road course race in the NNS, having finished 16th at Road America earlier this season.
The all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series leader in road course victories with nine, Gordon has experienced success at Watkins Glen International. In 20 starts at the 2.45-mile track, the driver of the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet SS has four wins, two poles, six top-fives and nine top-10's. But while he has reeled off eight consecutive top-10 finishes at Sonoma, Gordon has only two here during that span.
Kasey Kahne saw a seven-second lead in his No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet SS erased by a late caution, but rallied back on the final restart of the GoBowling.com NASCAR Sprint Cup race to make an impressive pass on the outside in turn two for the win, with two laps remaining. It was a bittersweet win for Kahne in that he had to take it from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS, on his birthday. With their 1-2 finish today, both drivers moved up one position in the point standings, to eighth and ninth respectively.
Kurt Busch and the Furniture Row Racing team executed a solid performance and brought home a third-place finish in Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.
Kyle Busch (eighth) was the first Toyota driver to the finish line in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway to earn his 13th top-10 result of the season.
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS – WINNER - TALK ABOUT THOSE LAST RESTARTS: “I ‘bout gave it away when Jeff (Gordon) got by me. And then I spun the tires a little bit and he got a great jump and Kurt (Busch) pushed me all the to Turn 1"
CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion (Finished 11th) – “We ended up 11th which is probably about where we deserved to end up. I thought we would be worse after that speeding penalty. I am glad we were able to bounce back from that. I would have loved to finish better than that but that is as hard as I can go. Me, Greg and Marcos were racing and doing everything we could. I watched them and we did everything we could do but wreck at the finish there. We need to keep working on our cars. It is better than last week, which is good.”
Paul Wolfe, crew chief for Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite team, spoke with Ford Racing during rain delay action at Pocono Raceway Saturday morning. Wolf discussed where team moral is at in the 2 team and what they hope to accomplish down the stretch run to Richmond.
Bobby Gossett (No. 44 BSI Racing) might have thought lady luck was not on his side at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Saturday when his provisional pole time was disallowed, but she made herself known in the race.
Daniel Hemric continued his consistent road course handiwork with a sixth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park and substantially increased his cushion on the provisional Chase cutline.
Christian Eckes notched a gritty fifth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park to advance to fourth in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) standings.
RAFA Racing Team enjoyed a historic Saturday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, claiming its first-ever IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge victory and a record-breaking seventh consecutive IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX win.
