Richard Childress Racing teammates finished fourth (Austin Dillon), sixth (Elliott Sadler) and 28th (Kevin Harvick). Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings over Dillon by four points.
Despite the fact that Joe Gibbs Racing machines normally struggle in qualifying at restrictor-plate tracks, Joey Logano qualified his No. 18 Sport Clips Toyota a solid eighth for Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Daytona International Speedway.
For a team not assured of a starting spot, just making the field for a Sprint Cup race is a significant accomplishment in itself. But the members of the Motorcraft/Quick Lane crew, who have become accustomed to strong qualifying runs at restrictor-plate tracks
Camry driver Joey Logano (fifth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Friday evening's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Daytona International Speedway.
SAM HORNISH JR (No. 12 WÜRTH Dodge Challenger R/T) Finished 10th CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH YOUR RACE? “Yeah, it was a strange race. We were able to miss a lot of the carnage and that helped us a lot."
RICKY STENHOUSE – No. 6 NOS Energy Drink Ford Mustang – “That late restart, we didn’t have many people to work with and I saw him hung out there in the center and I got a good restart and jumped to the middle and caught up with the 1."
Ryan Newman, No. 39 Aspen Dental Chevrolet, was nothing but smiles after he narrowly missed placing his Chevrolet in the top spot for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400. Newman’s lap was a mere eight one-thousandths-of-a-second off of the pole speed of 192.386 mph. The run marks Newman’s seventh top-five start of the 2012 season.
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 2nd, then time was disallowed by NASCAR. STEWART WILL START 42ND: WHAT DID THEY DO TO THE CAR THIS TIME? “You asked me if I did anything different, I said ‘I held it wide open."
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 3M Ford Fusion – “I’m pretty happy with the car. The car drove really good in practice and actually the first practice it was a little bit tight, so we made some adjustments and put a little downforce in the front of the car, which hurts overall speed and we knew it would and we’d pay for it today in qualifying,
the dominant Pro Stock team was guaranteed a win in the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Pro Stock Challenge Saturday at the Muckleshoot Resort Casino NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
The 2021 CARS Super Late Model Tour champion from Mooresville, North Carolina, led the final 22 of 100 laps and fended off teammate Justin Allgaier to become the 185th competitor to win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series division.
William Sawalich earned his second straight top-five finish as he brought his Supra home in fifth overall to lead Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
