Surprising: Team Penske had an interesting day, with one driver taking the broom while the other driver went boom. Brad Keselowski, this week behind the wheel of the No. 2 Redd's Ford, took his broom to Victory Lane, sweeping both the Nationwide and Cup races and scoring his first lobster trophy at New Hampshire.
Brad Keselowski dominated at New Hampshire Speedway with a sweep of the weekend, leading 137 laps of the Camping World RV Sales 301 and tying Jimmie Johnson with three wins on the season. Keselowski became the 13th different driver to win at NHMS in 13 races and scored the first win for Ford since September of 2008. It was the Penske Racing No. 2's second win in three weeks.
Two winners were declared at the end of Saturdays race. One was the winner of the StaGreen200, the other won $100,000 dollars. Brad Keselowski, driver of the 22 Hertz Ford was able to pull away from Kyle Busch and win the race from the pole position. Regan Smith was able to stay ahead of the 16 of Ryan Reed and was able to win himself and JRMotorsports $100,000 dollars in the Dash-4-Cash.
For the second consecutive weekend in a row, Andrew Ranger and the No. 27 MOPAR team would be celebrating in victory lane as Ranger would lead the final 45 laps en route to victory in the Alberta Has Energy 300 at Edmonton International Raceway.
Ryan Blaney did everything that he could in the final stretch to the checkered to get by, however it wouldn't be enough as Erik Jones would hold him off to score the victory in the American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway. It marks Jones' first victory of the 2014 season and the second victory of his career in nine career starts.
Darrell Wallace Jr. kicked off his search for a second victory this season in the Camping World Truck Series the right way as he scored the 21 Means 21 Pole Award for the American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway. Wallace Jr. drove his No. 54 ToyotaCare Toyota to a quick lap of 22.946 seconds. It marks Wallace Jr.'s first pole of the season and the second pole of his career.
When Alex Tagliani announced that he was running the majority of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule this year, some people wondered how long it'd take him to get used to running ovals in a stock car. The answer - not long at all. On Friday afternoon, Tagliani would score his first career oval pole, setting a time of 12.514 seconds in qualifying for the Alberta Has Energy 300. It marks Tagliani's fifth career pole oval, as he had previously sat on the pole for four road course events.
Over the past four years, one team has had a strangle hold on the 0.0.875-mile oval in Newton, Iowa, letting their competitors follow them throughout the night. Now heading into this year's event, Andretti Autosport will be looking for their fifth straight Iowa Speedway victory. Their chances look strong as AA enters the weekend with four drivers that could potentially snatch up the win, with three of those drivers being past winners.
While most drivers are preparing for one or two races this weekend, Ryan Preece is taking it a step further as he is set to run four races total in the span of three days. Preece will start off the weekend by running Friday's Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout at New Hampshire before heading back to Connecticut to run Friday night's Whelen All-American Series SK Modified race at Stafford Motor Speedway. Then on Saturday, he'll return to New Hampshire to return the Whelen Modified Tour Sunoco 100 and the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sta-Green 200.
On Sunday afternoon when Juan Pablo Montoya won the Pocono 500 presented by Sonoco, it equaled one thing - he's back. Everybody knew it was only a matter of time before Montoya reached victory lane in the Verizon IndyCar Series as he had won before behind the wheel of a open-wheel car. It was all about getting comfortable behind the wheel and figuring out everything that had changed from the last time that Montoya ran open-wheel.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, capped off a triple-header weekend of competing at the World Center of Racing by nearly winning the Daytona 500 prior to a final lap spin.
The 25-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led a race-high 40 of 200 laps and won the second stage before being shuffled to 10th place in his ninth Daytona 500 start.
The 2020 Cup Series champion from Dawsonville, Georgia, was leading on the final lap and with the finish of the 2026 Daytona 500 in sight before he wrecked and ended up in fourth place.
The two-time O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Corning, California, executed two crossover moves and dodged a final-lap multi-car wreck to become the 44th competitor to win the Great American Race.
