Biffle qualified 19th and steadily advanced though the field with air pressure and track bar adjustments. The 400-lap race saw only four cautions and the longer the run, the better Biffle’s Ford was. Biffle earned a ninth-place finish.
Bobby Labonte Racing (BLR) announced today the team will cease operations at the end of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season. Since 2007, BLR and driver Earl Pearson, Jr. have enjoyed championship success together. They won back-to-back Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championships and some of dirt late model top events including the Indiana Icebreaker, Colossal 100 and the Dirt Track World Championship among others. The team was also the founder and house team of the Longhorn Chassis beginning in 2011.
Blake Koch is back behind the wheel of the No. 44 Camry this weekend at the Monster Mile. Koch has seven previous NNS starts at the 1-mile speedway and has an average starting position of 30.4 and an average finishing position of 33.9. After his 25th place finish last weekend at Kentucky Speedway, Koch is ready to head to one of his favorite tracks this weekend.
Mike Bliss and "Miles the Monster" have tangoed 19 times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and this weekend will mark his 20thstart at the 1-mile concrete oval. Bliss has an average starting position of 15.0 and an average finishing position of 13.6 at the "Monster Mile." Currently sitting 14th in the NNS Driver points standings, Bliss is ready to get back to the track where he has four top-5 and eight top-10 finishes.
This weekend's Dover 200 will mark Jeff Green's final race of the 2014 season in the Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® Camry. In the four races Green has piloted the No. 14 car, he has an average starting position of 23.25 and an average finishing position of 25. Earlier this season at the "Monster Mile," Green posted an 18th-place finish; his best of the four races.
Twisted Tea will bring primary sponsorship to the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) Ford this weekend at the Dover International Speedway. Marcos Ambrose will race the blue and yellow scheme of the hard iced tea company. Twisted Tea joined RPM at the end of 2013 and has been an associate sponsor on the No. 9 Ford throughout the season.
A sixth-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway put Aric Almirola and No. 43 team back in the hunt of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. This weekend, the Nathan's Famous team will focus on what they can control and get the highest possible finish.
“Dover International Speedway is one of my all-time favorite tracks and a lot of it comes down to the fact that it is a track you can be aggressive at with just the way it’s designed - - the banking and everything,” Allmendinger said. “I have had an enjoyment factor out of all the tracks that you can be the most aggressive at and attack the race track.
“Overall, I like the 2015 rules package. Reducing the downforce should make the driver a greater part of the success equation. We can debate whether NASCAR should have gone further, but it is a step in the right direction. Our racing has been good this year and I think these rules will make the racing even better for 2015 and beyond.
Chase Update… NASCAR’s Challenger Round – the first of the four rounds that make up the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship – comes to an end this weekend at Dover. Harvick sits third in the driver point standings, seven points behind leader Brad Keselowski.
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.
