Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 Valvoline NextGen Ford Fusion, is second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings to Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle. Kenseth, who is 20 points out of the top spot, met with reporters before Friday’s first practice session.
Sprint (NYSE: S) and Ford (NYSE: F) have added to the excitement of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as one lucky fan will drive away with the actual pace car being used during Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Nov. 16-18 – a new 2013 Ford Fusion Titanium.
DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY.COM CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway and discussed her outlook on both the Nationwide and Cup races this weekend, what goes through her mind when she is leading a race, expectations for next week’s events at Atlanta and much more
As the summer winds down so does NASCAR’s regular season of racing. Only three races remain before the cutoff to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Richmond on September 8. Carl Edwards currently sits 12th in the points but the next three races are at tracks where he runs well and could help secure his seventh Chase berth.
Toyota Racing today announced 'Racing For Awareness,' a friendly competition among women affiliated with the Toyota NASCAR program -- including wives, girlfriends, mothers and sisters, as well as one racer -- in support of breast cancer awareness. Nine women affiliated with the Toyota Racing program have each used their creativity and vision to design a T-shirt to recognize breast cancer awareness. Fans can vote for their favorite design at www.toyotaracing.com/RacingForAwareness from now through Oct. 4, 2012 at 12 PM (ET).
Today, Friday August 24th 2012, the #44 BanditChippers.com Toyota takes back to the Bristol Motor Speedway with Mike Bliss behind the wheel for some short track racing under the lights. The Black & Yellow Chipper paint scheme adorned the #44 at Bristol earlier this year, where Mike finished 15th. Bliss had 14th and 13th place finishes on the back to back NNS road races and currently sits firmly in 8th position in the NNS standings.
THE NUMBERS for The IRWIN Tools Night Race: Bristol Motor Speedway (all 103 Sprint Cup Races) 0 – fewest cautions for a race at Bristol Motor Speedway (7/11/71)
Ford Racing comes into this weekend off back-to-back victories in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by Marcos Ambrose (Watkins Glen) and Greg Biffle (Michigan). The last time Ford won three straight NSCS races came at the end of 2010 and start of 2011.
On Thursday, Aug. 23, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon and defending winner of the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, visited the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta to host a dolphin race between two of the aquarium’s resident dolphins.
For the first time since 1997, a driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series led all of the laps en route to the victory. Wednesday night, Timothy Peters was the driver who repeated history and made it happen in dominating style in the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Starting from the outside of the front row and leading all 204 laps, including a green-white-checkered finish, Peters nabbed his second victory of the year.
Chevrolet heads to Martinsville Speedway with its reigning champions leading the standings in NASCAR’s top-two divisions and a milestone victory within reach in the Craftsman Truck Series.
Kris Wright and the No. 81 F.N.B. Corporation team for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing (MHR) make the short trip from Statesville, N.C. to Martinsville Speedway for round 24 of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) season.
Tyler Ankrum, driver of the No. 18 LIUNA Chevrolet for McAnally Hilgemann Racing (MHR) is headed just a short drive North up to Virginia for the sixth race of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) Chase at Martinsville Speedway.
