The National Rifle Association, America’s oldest civil rights and sportsmen’s group, and its NRA American Warrior magazine, will serve as title sponsor of the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 1, with the event being called the NRA American Warrior 300.
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished first (Austin Dillon), third (Kevin Harvick) and ninth (Elliott Sadler). Dillon leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings over Elliott Sadler by two points.
High hopes for a good run by both the No. 01 G&K Services and No. 4 Tradebank Chevrolet teams of JD Motorsports with Gary Keller didn’t pan out the way they hoped in Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Kentucky Speedway.
Michael Annett started the 200-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Kentucky Speedway from the ninth position, his best qualifying effort this season. Annett finished the Feed The Children 300 fourth.
“This just started off perfect last night at practice when we unloaded and were really happy with it. We tried something new on this Mustang and it was even better. We had a car that could run the bottom, run on the line and move up three grooves and we knew that is what we were going to need tonight after watching the truck race and seeing how hard it was to pass."
Camry driver Kurt Busch (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Friday evening's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Kentucky Speedway. Kurt Busch's top-10 performance on the 1.5-mile track was his ninth top-10 result of the season in just 10 NNS starts, including seven consecutive top-10 finishes.
Jimmie Johnson earned his first pole position in almost two years in posting the fastest time in qualifying today at Kentucky Speedway for Saturday night’s Quaker State 400. Johnson ran a lap of 181.818 mph in 29.700 seconds in his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet.
The three-time Daytona 500 pole winner from Tucson, Arizona, reflected on his Cup Series career driving for Hendrick Motorsports ahead of his decision to retire from full-time racing after the 2027 season.
The 24-year-old Riggs from Bahama, North Carolina, clocked in a fast qualifying lap at 108.292 mph in 22.805 seconds for his third consecutive Truck pole in recent weeks and of 2026 in Brownsburg, Indiana.
Christopher Bell led practice Friday for the Brickyard 400 presented by PPG, turning a top lap of 183.512 mph in the No. 20 Rheem Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Justin Grant, who was the defending event winner, came back to capture another victory after starting on the pole position and also collected his 100th career USAC win across all three divisions.
