Falling victim to an incident in the early stages of the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300, Nelson Piquet Jr. and the No. 30 WORX Yard Tools team were forced to retire early from Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Auto Club Speedway has hosted 23 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races with 14 race winners and 15 pole winners. Bobby Labonte has competed in all events collecting four top-five, five top-10 and one pole (2001).
Biffle has 18 Sprint Cup Series starts at Bristol, earning one win, four top-five and six top-10 finishes. He has an average starting position of 14.0 and finishing position of 17.2 at the track.
Jason White is primed for his first Nationwide Series start at Auto Club Speedway. The driver of the No. 00 HEADRUSH Apparel Toyota has two Truck Series starts at the two-mile oval, where he's achieved a best finish of 27th place. He's ready to start his Nationwide Series record off on the right foot in Saturday's Royal Purple 300.
Blake Koch and the No. 24 SR2 Motorsports squad are heading west for the Royal Purple 300 at Auto Club Speedway. Koch is coming off his third straight top-25 finish of the season and looks to carry the momentum into this weekend.
After a successful debut with new sponsor OXYwater™ last weekend in Bristol, FAS Lane Racing heads west for another debut this weekend. “Rookie of the Year” contender Timmy Hill will make his first start of the 2013 season as he pilots the No. 32 OXYwater™ Ford in the running of the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
Stenhouse on Auto Club: “We are bringing the same car that we tested with at Las Vegas. We had a lot of speed during the test so I feel confident going into this weekend."
Eric McClure Quotes - You survived one of your most difficult tracks last weekend, and now you head to another; what are your expectations for this weekend?
Bristol Recap: Denny Hamlin led a race-high 117 laps Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, but a cut tire with less than 10 laps remaining forced him to limp to the checkered flag in the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota, finishing 23rd in the event won by Kasey Kahne.
The NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series are at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend while the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series is at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Hendrick Motorsports has piled up more than twice as many wins as any other organization (11) in the crown jewel event and also leads in top fives (29), top 10s (46) and laps led (1,101).
Funny Car driver Daniel Wilkerson was .042 of a second away from securing his first NHRA win on Sunday in Sonoma and he will have another opportunity for redemption at this weekend’s 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
