The SFP 250 race weekend proved eventful for 20 year old La Grange, MO native Justin Jennings, as he made his debut on NASCAR's mile and a half tracks in the LG Seeds / Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Chevy Silverado.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Timmy Hill used his previous learning experiences and success at the 1.5-mile layout of Kansas Speedway to put forth a strong outing in the FAS Lane Racing No. 32 OXYwater Ford on Sunday.
Ryan Reed will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut with Roush Fenway Racing in the No. 16 Drive to Stop Diabetes Ford Mustang Friday, April 26, 2013 at Richmond International Raceway.
NASCAR Driver David Ragan will take a break from the No. 34 Ford to get behind the controls of one of the most advanced CSX locomotives at 3 pm on Tuesday, April 23, at the Moncrief Rail Yard. There he will learn more about train operations and to promote the "Play it Safe" campaign, which encourages safety among pedestrians and motorists around railroad tracks.
Aric Almirola showed speed early in the weekend posting fast times in practice and qualifying. He started the STP 400 from the sixth spot and battled the handling of the No. 43 STP Farmland Ford.
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished 10th (Paul Menard), 12th (Kevin Harvick) and 18th (Jeff Burton). Menard is 10th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings, trailing leader Jimmie Johnson by 71 markers, while Harvick ranks 12th, 87 points back, and Burton sits 23rd, 133 points out of the top position.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver of the #11 FedEx car, Denny Hamlin, named Zackery and Christian Koroskenyi, ages 6 1/2 and 5, from Fort Mill, South Carolina as Grand Marshals of the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown Presented by FedEx on April 25, 2013 at Richmond International Raceway.
With a second-place finish at Kansas Speedway; Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Farmers Insurance 85th Anniversary Chevrolet SS, moved into the second position in the overall NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) standings behind his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Kobalt Tools Chevrolet SS. It was Kahne’s sixth top-10 finish in 12 races at Kansas Speedway and his fifth top-10 finish of the 2013 season.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 16TH - IF NOT FOR THAT FINAL CAUTION COMING OUT WHEN IT DID, HOW GOOD OF SHAPE WERE YOU TO GO THE WHOLE WAY? “We were fine. We were running in the top five. We had good speed. I think we would have finished in the top five. We had a shot at it. The No. 17 had gotten his car really, really good; so (Ricky) Stenhouse was probably the strongest car that I saw at the end of the race. The No. 20 (Matt Kenseth) was pretty good too.”
Hendrick Motorsports heads to the famed 0.625-mile oval having won four of the last seven races on short tracks (William Byron two, Chase Elliott one, Larson one).
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Retro racing is on tap this weekend at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway, where for the first time in 30 years, the venerable .625-mile oval will host a points-paying NASCAR Cup Series race.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team head to North Wilkesboro Speedway this weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the historic short track for its first points-paying event there since 1996.
