Stand Alone...While the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) are racing in New Hampshire, the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race will be up for grabs Saturday night in Kentucky. The VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 will be the final stand-alone event of the 2014 season. James Buescher comes into Kentucky with four previous NNS starts at the 1.5-mile oval. Buescher has recorded one top-10 in those four starts. The Texas native has an impressive record at the Kentucky Speedway with two NCWTS wins, both coming in 2012.
NASCAR, Front Row Motorsports, Kyle Busch Motorsports and Martinsville Speedway announced today they will honor 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee Wendell Scott, the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR premier series event, with a series of tributes during the Martinsville race weekend from Oct. 24-26.
Trevor Bayne makes his seventh NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday evening. In six previous starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Bayne has recorded six consecutive top-15 finishes and has an average finish of 12.7.
Brad Keselowski has won the last two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, becoming the first Ford driver to do that since 2010 when Carl Edwards won back-to-back at Phoenix and Homestead.
Ragan has 15 Sprint Cup career starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... He has one top-10 and three top-15 finishes at the 1.058-mile oval ... His best finish at Loudon is seventh (2011).
Gilliland has 15 Sprint Cup career starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... His top finish at the 1.058-mile oval is 18th (2013) ... Clean Harbors, a provider of environmental, energy and industrial services, will makes its first appearance as primary sponsor on the No. 38 for Sunday's race.
For the Mayetta, New Jersey Truex family the roots are deeply embedded at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where three different members of the Truex clan have scored a victory at the 1.058-mile oval.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) returns to the Magic Mile of New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for the first time since 2011. Although Ben Kennedy has never made a NCWTS start at NHMS, he has participated in four previous events there in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. In those races, Kennedy earned a best start of eighth and a best finish of 16th.
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.
