Timothy Peters and the No. 17 Red Horse Racing team traveled to Phoenix International Raceway on Friday night for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150 looking to improve on their previous record at the 1-mile oval.
Miguel Paludo and the entire Turner Motorsports fleet were on track for a solid, successful night at Phoenix International Raceway before bad luck struck. Paludo and the No. 32 World Diabetes Day/Duroline team were on the way to perfecting the handling of their Chevy Silverado when they were collected in a lap-66 incident, hindering their performance in the caution-filled race and resulting in a 14th-place finish.
Each race weekend, selected SRT Motorsports engineers, Penske Racing engineers and crew chiefs, drivers or engine specialists give their insight on the ‘Keys for Success’ for the upcoming race. This week, Howard Comstock, SRT Motorsports Engineering, provides the keys for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race.
Alan Kulwicki won the first race of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career in the inaugural event at Phoenix International Raceway in 1988 and introduced the “Polish Victory Lap” to the sport.
Dillon is third in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship point battle, 12 markers behind the leader; while Coulter ranks fourth in the standings.
James Buescher and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) made their final trip out west for the 2012 season to the 1-mile tri-oval of Phoenix International Raceway (PIR). This trip marks the NCWTS’ first trip back to PIR since the track went through a major transformation during the summer of 2011.
Tundra driver Brian Scott claimed his first NASCAR victory of 2012 in Friday evening's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR).
Ryan Blaney (No. 29 Draw-Tite RAM) Finished 5th “We definitely had a good Draw-Tite RAM. We qualified second and we were running up there all night. We had a little bit different pit strategy and put us back and we had some nose damage and that really slowed us down. At least we know we had a very fast truck and looking forward to going to Homestead and seeing what we can do there.”
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) “Obviously Phoenix is a very important race with the Chase winding down and having two races left. We were fortunate to be able to come out here and do some of the tire test stuff. That was great but the track has changed a tremendous amount as the different series have been running on it."
Denny Hamlin drove his damaged Camry to a top-10 finish at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday evening to lead Toyota. All nine Toyota Camrys were involved in various incidents across multiple major multi-car wrecks.
Freeway Insurance will return to Spire Motorsports in 2027 and continue its longstanding support of Daniel Suárez as the anchor partner of the team’s No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series.
