Simply put, David Gravel had a battle on his hands all night at Salina Highbanks Speedway in the World of Outlaw STP Sprint Car Series event on Saturday, April 27. First, he took on a blazing fast surface that was even quicker due to Mother Nature dumping quite a bit of rain in the area over a two-day period.
It’s starting to feel like the movie Groundhog Day for Tracy Hines and his fellow USAC competitors, as rainouts continue to dominate the early part of the season. After getting in a full show with the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series on Friday, April 26 at Gas City Speedway in Indiana, the originally scheduled event on Saturday, April 27 at Lincoln Park Speedway was interrupted by rain after the first heat race, while the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series event on Sunday, April 28 at the Terre Haute Action Track fell to rain.
The #99 SchoolTipline.com Toyota Camry came into Richmond International Raceway with high hopes of a good finish coming off RAB Racing's first NASCAR pole award at Texas Motor Speedway.
The RAB Racing #29 Toyota Care Camry with Kenny Wallace at the wheel made its first start of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide season at a place where Wallace has quite a history. In 24 yeas of experience racing at Richmond International Speedway Wallace has found victory lane three times, including 18 top 10 finishes and 432 total laps lead
Ryan Reed posted a solid 16th-place finish in his Roush Fenway debut in Friday night’s Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway. The 19-year old driver, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 17, advanced his No. 16 Drive to Stop Diabetes Ford Mustang all the way to the sixth position and was battling for fifth with just 10-laps remaining when he was involved in an altercation which led him to clip the outside wall – relegating the team to a 16th-place finish.
Harvick and Menard are tied for ninth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings, trailing leader Jimmie Johnson by 72 markers, while Burton sits 19th.
"We were there, but on the wrong sequence at the end," said Kurt Busch, who saw a race-contending performance drop to a solid ninth-place finish in the closing laps of Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
Rocketing ahead of the field on a green-white-checkered finish, Kevin Harvick powered his No. 29 Bell Helicopter Chevrolet SS to victory in the Toyota Owners 400 Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.
Frank Kimmel, the nine-time ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards champion who's the career victories and poles leader at Salem Speedway, Saturday qualified eighth for Sunday's third race of the ARCA season, the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 presented by Crosley Radio.
When Justin Boston took the checkered flag to win the pole for Sunday's Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 presented by Crosley Radio, crew chief Billy Venturini immediately started passing out high five's and handshakes from his seat above the pit box for the 25 team.
Ryan Preece, driver of the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse, is currently in a battle to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series Chase, which will begin at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 6.
It was just three years ago that one of the sport’s most iconic venues, North Wilkesboro Speedway, was revived to welcome NASCAR back to its hallowed grounds.
