So what will come of all those notes Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team accumulated over the last 12 years at Kansas? Into the recycling bin they go.
Greg Biffle was top of the speed charts after the first session of testing at Kansas Speedway. Rain shortened the team’s track time to just two hours, but Biffle had a fast lap of 29.205 seconds around the 1.5-mile track. All three Roush Fenway Fords found themselves inside the top 10 after the first session.
The Jamie McMurray Foundation announced today that it will provide the greenery for homes in Joplin, MO. The homes are being built as part of the recovery efforts in the wake of the EF5 tornado that ravaged NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray’s hometown on May 22, 2011. The donation is to support Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s, Joplin Challenge with Habitat for Humanity. McMurray will donate all of the shrubs and trees that will be planted around the houses in the NASCAR neighborhood in Joplin as part of this initiative.
Today rain has delayed the two-day NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session at the newly reconfigured Kansas Speedway in preparation for the Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday.
Michael Annett on Having a New Primary Partner in Kansas: “We are proud to have EFS join our team this weekend in Kansas. EFS provides transportation companies with fuel cards and other convenient payment solutions when their fleets are on the go. As a race team, we know the importance of convenience, being on the road all of the time. EFS cards are accepted at thousands of locations across North America, including hundreds of Pilot/Flying J locations. We’ve got a really cool EFS paint scheme on the No. 43 this weekend and I’m going to do my best to run up front and show it off."
In April, the Michael Waltrip Racing driver dominated the Kansas 400 by leading the most laps — 173 — before battling for the victory in the closing minutes with eventual winner and Toyota driver Denny Hamlin.
Charlotte Recap: Denny Hamlin finished second to race winner Clint Bowyer in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota to close the gap on points leader Brad Keselowski as the 2012 Chase for the championship reached the halfway mark.
The pace is rapid, and according to driver Kurt Busch, that’s the way it needs to be as the Furniture Row Racing team is in the midst of getting prepped for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.
Penske Racing and Cintas, a leader in business to business services and the world’s largest corporate identity uniform provider, announced today that the organizations have agreed to a multi-year extension of their current partnership.
Camry driver Clint Bowyer took the checkered flag at Charlotte Motor Speedway after saving just enough fuel to complete Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race on the 1.5-mile track. Bowyer, who led the field three times for 29 laps (of 334), recaptured first place on lap 310 and saved fuel for the final 25 circuits while holding off the field, including Denny Hamlin who finished second after leading 36 laps. Camry drivers Kyle Busch (fifth), Mark Martin (sixth), Joey Logano (ninth) and Martin Truex Jr. (10th) also recorded top-10 finishes at Charlotte.
The three-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, emerged uninjured following a harrowing rollover ride as part of a 15-car pileup in the closing laps of the 2026 YellaWood 500 at Talladega.
Identical brothers Cash and Roman Felber, 16, became the first twins to share a podium in USA Ligier Junior F4 before moving from Ohio to Britain in pursuit of the same Formula 1 dream
Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is the penultimate race on the Cup Series schedule, and it’s where drivers and crews can see the finish-line tape stretched across the end of their season-long run.
Event planner Joe Blackman reveals the behind-the-scenes logistics, production challenges and fan experiences that bring a NASCAR race weekend to life.
Austin Cindric’s afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway came to a premature end Sunday after a late-race, multi-car incident relegated the No. 2 Menards/Knauf Ford Mustang Dark Horse to a 27th-place finish in the YellaWood 500.