What a great night for our team at Sunset Speedway’s final race of the season, the Velocity 250. This was by far the biggest Velocity 250 yet, with 7 classes bringing in over 300 race cars and packed pits and grandstands. The weather was incredible with 70 degree temperatures for the 2 day event.
Tracy Hines has been close a couple of times this year to winning on the dirt with the Honda USAC National Midget Series. He has four more chances to take his Parker Machinery/Powered by Toyota Spike to Victory Lane, with three of those coming this weekend in the Gold Crown Midget Nationals.
“5-hour ENERGY’s breast cancer awareness program with LBBC provides funds for a fantastic organization, and I’m thrilled to help support the cause,” said Bowyer. “Now go buy Pink Lemonade so we can give even more money this year!”
In the past three Sprint Cup Series races, Martin Truex Jr. has driven his No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet to finishes of 14th (Chicago), 12th (New Hampshire) and seventh (Dover) for a three-race average of 11.0.
No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brian Vickers speaks of several objectives he’d like to reach in the final seven races of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.
“I like Kansas a lot and have a couple of wins there. We haven’t been at the level we want to be but I feel like we learned some things testing Texas last week which will help us this weekend. We’ve got a brand new car for Kansas this weekend and I’m ready to get a good finish.”
“We have been working hard on our mile-and-a-half program and showed some improvement at Chicago so I am really looking forward to Kansas this weekend. Kansas is a fast, smooth track, which I like. We led there last year so I feel confident that we can have a strong run this weekend in our Cargill/Sam’s Club Ford.”
This weekend marks the beginning of NASCAR’s Contender Round, which includes the next three consecutive races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Harvick advanced into the Contender Round with the top-12 drivers following Sunday’s race at Dover International Speedway and is seeded third, behind drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano.
TOP SEED STEED: Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion have held the top seed in the Chase since winning the final race of the regular season. The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship-winning squad has four top-two finishes in the last six races, including two victories.
Hendrick Motorsports has extended its strategic relationship with HP Inc. through the 2029 NASCAR Cup Series season, with the agreement continuing HP’s primary sponsorship of driver William Byron and the No. 24 Chevrolet for two races annually.
