DANICA PATRICK, NO. GODADDY CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the differences between IndyCar and stock car racing at Indianapolis, her expectations for Sunday’s race, her comfort level and rookie expectations, and more
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed his success at Indy, what it would mean to win this weekend and other topics.
Sam Hornish Jr., comes back to Indianapolis Motor Speedway looking to add a NASCAR Nationwide Series win to his previous Indianapolis 500 victory at the Brickyard. The current NNS points leader spoke about that feat along with his NASCAR racing with media members Friday afternoon.
Fans have until Monday, August 5th to take advantage of ticket specials for the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR night race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Offers include a free Sunday pre-race pit pass in addition to being able to purchase two front stretch tickets for $99.
Trevor Bayne will once again pilot the No. 6 Ford Mustang in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but this time the car has a distinct look, with a bright pink Pillow Pets sponsor wrap. Bayne passed out Pillow Pets in the media center and then answered a few racing questions Friday.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 PEPSI MAX CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed returning to the track, growing up as a racer in the Indianapolis area and other topics.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, sponsorship, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway and other topics.
CLINT BOWYER, No. 15 RKMotorsCharlotte.com Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing - Are you happy to be back at the race track? "It's good to be back to the race track -- it seems like we've been gone a month. It seems like I've been gone a month. That was a big off-weekend for me. We had our charity golf tournament, dirt racing, Truck racing on dirt -- there were a lot of things going on."
Taylor Ferns has only raced three times at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis during her young career, but she knows the track like the back of her hand. She has turned countless laps in testing at the 0.686-mile paved oval over the last few years in three different types of race cars, including a Silver Crown car and a Midget.
Caracas, Venezuelan native Nelson Canache will make his triumphant return to the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards in the Barbera's Autoland 150 presented by Driven Racing Oil this weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park behind the wheel of his familiar Venezuelan Tourism Toyota with Venturini Motorsports.
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.
