McDonald’s Monopoly: Jamie McMurray recently filmed several television commercials to promote the Monopoly game at McDonald’s that started in-stores on Sept. 30 and runs through Oct. 27th. In addition to McMurray, the commercials feature other prominent McDonald’s athletes including Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks), Alex Morgan (US Women’s National Soccer Team) and probably the most recognized athlete on the planet, LeBron James.
Kansas Recap: Denny Hamlin finished seventh in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, a solid finish for the FedEx team, placing them fifth in points after the first race of the Contender Round of the Chase. A two-tire pit strategy call by crew chief Darian Grubb and quick work by the FedEx crew had the #11 machine third in line for the restart with 33 laps to go, however, in the scramble for turn one on the restart, Hamlin got shuffled back to seventh where he would eventually finish in the 267-lap event won by Joey Logano.
On the eve of American Diabetes Month® and World Diabetes Day in November, Lilly Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association have announced a multi-year renewal of their successful Drive to Stop DiabetesSM NASCAR program with Roush Fenway Racing and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) driver Ryan Reed.
The Sprint Cup Series doesn’t travel very far from where most of the industry resides this weekend. The drivers and crew visit Charlotte Motor Speedway, a short distance from most of the sports’ race shops.
Charlotte Motor Speedway: “Hopefully, we can take some of the things we learned at Kansas Speedway into Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend,” Allmendinger said. “Charlotte is a little bit different and a little bit rougher. We will see how it all goes. We tested there not long ago and we were happy with the test. Everybody at our shop has worked really hard on our mile-and-a-half program.
JENNIE LONG: We're joined by Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 42 Target Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kyle, thanks for joining us.
NASCAR, along with the ARCA Menards Series, head out to Phoenix Raceway for the first of two trips this season. The weekend in the desert culminates with a 312-lap race for the Cup Series on Sunday.
JR Motorsports has competed at Phoenix Raceway a combined 117 times in the NOAPS. In those starts at the 1-mile oval, the organization has recorded four wins, 31 top-fives and 61 top-10s. The average finish is 12.9.
Josh Berry and Wood Brothers Racing head to one of Berry’s strongest tracks this weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series visits Phoenix Raceway for Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 500.
At Rick Ware Racing (RWR), consistency extends to the pair of Top Fuel dragsters driven by Clay Millican and Tony Schumacher, where each chassis is the same.
