Surprising: In spite of the fits and starts of the race due to the rain, the Coke 600 was still the stuff of legends, from the anniversary victory for The King and Richard Petty Motorsports to the last call of Barney Hall of Motor Racing Network.
For the third consecutive year in a row, Andrew Ranger would celebrate in Circuit ICAR victory lane after making the pass on Alex Guenette with nine laps to go on the 2.113-mile, 14-turn road course on the grounds of Montreal-Mirabel International Airport. It marks Ranger's 18th NASCAR Canadian Tire Series career victory and his first of the 2014 season.
For the first time since 2000, Juan Pablo Montoya would return to Verizon IndyCar Series victory lane after taking the lead with four laps to go when Tony Kanaan would have pit for fuel.
After dominating the previous two events at Circuit ICAR, Andrew Ranger kept the positive momentum going as he would score the pole for Sunday's Jiffy Luke 100. Ranger lapped the airport-based road course in 95.956 seconds (79.274 mph) during qualifying for his 14th career pole, tying him with J.R. Fitzpatrick for the NCAT all-time record.
In Friday night's Nationwide Series race, Ryan Seig made the most of the restrictor plates being the "the great equalizer" as he pushed Kasey Kahne to victory, scoring a third place finish. It marks Sieg's best career finish and his second top-10 at Daytona International Speedway.
This weekend at Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400, Brian Vickers' Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing will feature a special paint scheme, featuring Florida State University.
Throughout the race, Kasey Kahne could be found no where near the front of the field leading laps with his JR Motorsports teammates. However on the final restart with three laps to go, Kahne cut his way through the traffic after starting third and at the line, was only 0.021 seconds ahead of Regan Smith en route to grabbing the victory in the Subway Firecracker 250.
Everybody expects the likes of Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing or Roush Fenway Racing to be on the pole for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway - however, Front Row Motorsports? Really? That's exactly what happened on Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway as David Gilliland put the underfunded team on the pole with a lap of 45.153 seconds.
This past weekend at Sunset Speedway, Canadian motorsports history was recognized as Gary Elliott made his 700th consecutive start behind the wheel. In a combination of Canadian Vintage Modified events, Late Model events and Hanover Holiday OSCAAR Modified events, Elliott hasn't missed a night of racing since June 5th, 1987.
Haiden Deegan came into St. Louis with a shot at securing a second straight Western Divisional 250SMX Class Championship and did so by dominating against a full field of the class’ top talent during the East/West Showdown.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, led 80 of 250 laps and became the 183rd competitor to win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series division by winning for the first time ever at The Rock.
