CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion – “It was a decent finish. We didn’t deserve to finish that far forward, but we had some lucky breaks and my guys did a good job on pit road. Chad did a really good job with pit stall selection and that really helped us. We’ll go back and work on it and figure out what we were missing there because it seemed like all of us struggled a little bit.”
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Race Winner HOW DID YOU WIN THE RACE BY DRIVING SLOWER? “It wasn’t easy. The Dodge team and Penske have done an incredible job with these engines with power and fuel balance to go faster. Everybody at Penske Engines I want to say, ‘thank you’, I know you’re watching on TV. You guys are digging and made this happen. Just proud of the effort."
Ron Hornaday went into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Smith's 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) as a dark horse with advertised odds of 25-1. Hornaday, a four-time series champion, has a history of working odds against him to his favor. However, Saturday night, the circumstances that kept him from overcoming those odds were beyond his control. Hornaday lost two engines over the course of the weekend which relegated the Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff No. 9 to a 27th-place finish in Sin City.
Cale Gale and the No. 33 Rheem team brought home their fifth top-10 finish of the 2012 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Gale raced a clean, hard race, avoiding several on-track incidents to come home in the seventh position.
Justin Lofton and the No. 6 Imperial Valley Full Plate Chevrolet finished 20th on Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. While running inside the top five with 30 laps to go, Lofton was involved in a multi-truck incident on the front stretch resulting in heavy damage to his Silverado and eliminating him from contention.
Driving the beautiful looking Support Military Foundation No. 81 at the “Monster Mile” Saturday, Jason Bowles brought home a solid 20th place result. Bowles had a very quick race car during the late stages of the race and earned his 15th top-20 finish of the 2012 season.
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second (Paul Menard), fourth (Elliott Sadler) and 10th (Austin Dillon). Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by nine points over Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while Dillon ranks third in the standings, 25 markers behind his RCR teammate.
Grant Enfinger (No. 29 Reese Towpower RAM) Finished 12th “You know we definitely improved the whole time. Doug Randolph made some great calls on pit road. We gave up a little track position at the beginning to gain some in the middle."
Tundra driver Matt Crafton (second) was the top-finishing Toyota in Saturday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The four-time world champion for Tony Stewart Racing has been a model of consistency through 18 races and it’s a major reason why he’s the points leader and on the verge of a fifth world title heading into this weekend.
Penultimate event in The Chase, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series postseason that features the top ten drivers in the regular season standings competing for the 2026 championship.
In 31 previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Spire Motorsports has seven top-20 results and a best finish of 12th earned by Michael McDowell in March 2025.
In 14 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Spire Motorsports has earned one win, four top-five and nine top-10 finishes.
Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford) heads into the ARCA Menards Series West finale, the NAPA Auto Parts 150 Presented by West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway
The MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas is the 19th race on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ 20-race schedule
