DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET – 2nd IN STANDINGS: “I really like New Hampshire, and it’s a lot of fun to race. There’s lots of ways to get around a corner. It is really hard to pass, but it is a fun racetrack, and I look forward to coming here every time we get the opportunity.”
Mike Wallace and the No. 01 Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports with Gary Keller are looking to have solid results at New Hampshire International Speedway on Saturday.
John Blankenship and Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) are pleased to announce a partnership that will move the 2009 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Rookie of the Year into the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
This Week's Toyota Tundra ... John Wes Townley will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 47 in Saturday's American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway. This chassis last saw action at Rockingham Speedway, where the 22-year-old driver brought home a 20th-place finish.
On July 10, 2012, the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel heard and considered the appeal of the #41 Rick Ware Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series team.
This Week's Silverado... The No. 31 AccuDoc Solutions team will bring chassis TMS-204 to Saturday night's short-track showdown at Iowa Speedway. TMS-204 is the same chassis that finished seventh earlier this season at the "Monster Mile."
“I’m looking forward to Loudon this weekend. I like that race track and I have a win there, so I’m looking forward to going back and getting a good solid top-five finish, and possibly a win to get away from these two 21st-place finishes in a row.”
“New Hampshire is a short, flat track that is fun to race. Last year we had a solid fourth place finish and led some laps. This track is unique which makes it challenging but I am looking forward to it. As an organization, we always want to run well at New Hampshire because it is in Fenway Sports Group and the Red Sox’s backyard. It would be extra special to get a win this weekend for them.”
Dodge’s Brad Keselowski finished second in last year’s fall event at NHMS. With the finish in the first race of the Chase, he moved up to third in the point standings, just three behind the leader. This year, Keselowski is ninth in the season standings, the highest he has been this season.
RAB Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that Canadian driver Patrick Carpentier will drive RAB Racing with Brack Maggard’s No. 99 Napa Auto Parts Toyota in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal on Aug. 18.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing wasn’t fueling around in Talladega Sunday. Brad Keselowski was the mastermind of a Stage One strategy that became the talk of the race.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 23 of 189-overscheduled laps and went from 11th to 1st in half of the final lap during an overtime shootout to score his first superspeedway victory and increase his points lead by 73 points with two-scheduled events remaining.
