Another late-race rally by Kurt Busch boosted the Furniture Row Racing driver to a sixth-place finish in Sunday’s rain-delayed Quaker State 400. The Sprint Cup Series race, originally scheduled for Saturday night, was postponed due to wet weather at Kentucky Speedway.
Matt Kenseth corralled his first Kentucky Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) victory by gaining the race lead on a fuel-only pit stop with 23 laps remaining and raced away to a 0.699 of a second victory in the Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts.
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 HELLMANN’S CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED SECOND - ON HIS RACE AND RUN THAT GOT SECOND PLACE FINISH: "Yes, it was a really good day for us. I wasn't sure after Happy Hour what we had."
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion (Finished 4th) – “I felt like we were good enough to win for a little bit. I thought we were as good as the 20 or even better. It is all about getting the clean air. It was hard to pass out there. The guys did a great job with the Shell Pennzoil Ford. We lost track position on the restart before the last one and then we made up a lot at the end. We were sitting pretty in fourth when the caution came out and that usually puts you second or third at first. I was hoping for one more caution because I thought I was in the cat-bird seat if that happened.”
The OSCAAR Modified tour brings an upstart roster with it to Sunset Speedway this weekend after putting its best show on display last Friday at Delaware Speedway. The Modifieds, like the Super Late Models, will take part in their first ever set of back-to-back shows as part of the Don Biederman Memorial weekend.
OSCAAR Racing will make history this weekend with back-to-back 50-lap feature events at Sunset Speedway on June 29 & June 30 to mark the 15th annual Don Biederman Memorial. OSCAAR has never raced complete shows on consecutive days, but will do so this weekend for the first time as part of its biggest event of the season.
The Honda Indy Toronto officially welcomes four new partners, WIND Mobile/Samsung Galaxy 4, RUSH, Porter Airlines and Hyatt Regency Toronto, to the roster of sponsors for its 2013 event, taking place July 12-14.
As happy as Frank Kimmel was to get through his first road race at Wisconsin's Road America with a top-10 finish, he's ecstatic heading to the Winchester (Ind.) Speedway short track, site of Sunday's Herr's Chase the Taste 200 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards race, with his No. 44 Ansell / Menards Toyota.
Doubleheaders always invoke a sense of excitement and a bit of nostalgia in baseball. Same goes for racing, as doubleheaders are not quite as prevalent as they used to be.
RYAN PREECE, No. 60 Kroger/Viva Towels Ford Mustang Dark Horse – WHAT IS THE EMOTION FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, BEING ONE SPOT OUT OF CLINCHING A FRONT ROW SPOT BUT STILL QUALIFYING THIRD OVERALL?
The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas, Nevada, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 183.651 mph in 49.006 seconds to become the 47th competitor to achieve the pole position for the Great American Race.
Hendrick Motorsports has signed defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson and majority sponsor HendrickCars.com to matching five-year contract extensions, solidifying one of the most successful partnerships in modern NASCAR through the 2031 season.
