Kokomo Speedway is about 70 miles from Tracy Hines’ shop in New Castle, Ind., and while the quarter-mile is not technically his home track, it might as well have been this year. The veteran has made nine starts at the venue, picking up eight finishes of sixth or better, of which seven have been top-five performances.
When listing some of her favorite race tracks, Taylor Ferns is quick to mention Kokomo Speedway. The Northern Indiana oval holds a special to place to her, after she raced wheel-to-wheel for the lead with open wheel legend Dave Darland for a number of laps at the track last season, turning many heads and gaining a great deal of respect in the process.
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) CAN YOU TALK ABOUT BEING HERE AT KANSAS AND LEADING THE POINTS AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE CHASE AND HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR GUYS? "Sure. You know, just every week it's just another opportunity to get ourselves that much closer to having a realistic shot at the championship."
The Toyota Racing Dream Build Challenge -- a vehicle-modification build competition where fans will determine the winner among four Toyota Racing drivers who are competing for charity -- is giving fans a chance to win too when they finally get to see the completed vehicles unveiled on the Dream Build website this Saturday, Oct. 20.
The Chief Judge of the USAC Court of Appeals has rescinded the penalties assessed to driver Levi Jones and car entrant Tony Stewart Racing as a result of an incident arising from the August 25 “Sprint Car Smackdown” USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car race at Kokomo, Ind. which also involved driver Jon Stanbrough.
Thrust & Son and H.I. Technologies will present The Supportmilitary.org car for the Kansas Lottery 300 this Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Jason Bowles will pilot the No. 81 Dodge for MacDonald Motorsports around the 1.5 mile D-shaped oval. This will mark the second time that The Support Military Foundation’s colors will run in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion, and Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion, both came into the Kansas Speedway infield media center after testing yesterday. Bayne was driving the new 2013 NASCAR Fusion while Kenseth was in the current model preparing for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Following is a transcript of their comments:
For the Oct. 21 race in Kansas City, Montoya’s No. 42 Target racecar will be painted “Red”—not the color, but the highly anticipated, deluxe album from six-time GRAMMY-Award winning artist Taylor Swift.
Trevor Bayne and the Wood Brothers race team return to Kansas Speedway this weekend. This race is particularly unique in that Bayne arrives for the first time in a Sprint Cup car and the first time since a Nationwide Series appearance last year and the Woods for the first time since 2010.
Clint Bowyer’s No. 15 Pink Lemonade 5-hour ENERGY Toyota returns to Kansas Speedway for Sunday’s 400-mile race - the sixth stop in the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Zilisch was originally scheduled to race at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race last year, but sat out due to the late-race Talladega crash, which resulted in a back injury.
One day after veterans dominated the speed chart, rookie Caio Collet rode the aerodynamic wave to the fastest overall speed of the Indianapolis 500 Open Test on Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
