A late-race battle between a rookie and three previous Chicagoland winners ended in Brad Keselowski capturing the checkered flag in his series-leading fifth win of the 2014 Sprint Cup season.
From Kevin Harvick swapping his pit crew to Marcos Ambrose announcing he will leave NASCAR at the season’s end, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 14th annual MyAFibStory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
Brad Keselowski claimed his second victory in a row and fifth for the season at Chicagoland Speedway in the opening race of the chase. With the victory he secured a spot in the Contender round of the run for the championship. The victory was the first for Ford Motor Company at Chicagoland Speedway.
When NASCAR announced the new Chase grid system, and the expansion to sixteen drivers, I immediately cringed. Sixteen drivers, in my opinion, is too many and it “waters down” the significance of the championship.
Kyle Busch battled his way to the front after starting near the rear of the field, leading 66 of 150 laps in the Lucas Oil 225, to claim his sixth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the season in only eight starts. It’s his 41st career victory in the series and also Busch’s fourth win in five starts at Chicagoland Speedway.
Kevin Harvick won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Jimmy John's Freaky Fast 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Harvick led 43 laps in route to his fourth win of the season and the ninth for JR Motorsports.
Kyle Busch will start on the pole in the MyAfibStory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday after Friday’s qualifying session was cancelled due to rain.
On Wednesday, Jeff Gordon was in Toronto as part of NASCAR's promotional driver tour to promote the Chase for the Sprint Cup with sending each of the 16 drivers to a different city, titled the "Chase across North America". While all of the Sprint Cup Series races are in the United States, many fans travel from Canada to see the races live, whether traveling to Michigan or Bristol or all the way down to Daytona.
The Ontario County Office of Sheriff released a statement Thursday stating that its investigation into the death of Kevin Ward Jr. is complete. The investigation began after the fatal crash that took place on August 9 at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York during a sprint car race.
Hendrick Motorsports has the all-time lead in NASCAR Cup Series poles (27), wins (31), top fives (105), top 10s (175) and laps led (2,473) on road courses.
The second stop of the summer “West Coast swing” brings the NASCAR Cup Series to its annual visit at Sonoma Raceway, located in California’s wine country region.
Officially licensed Rolling Stones X NASCAR merchandise, special-edition collector vinyl and a custom listening lounge bring racing and rock & roll together
