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.
At first, I was not keen with the new points system, then I looked at it with an open mind, then I decided, again, that it was not a great thing for the sport.
After losing the Don Biederman Memorial Championship last year in a tie-breaker, Kevin Cornelius would come back stronger this year and score the feature victory on Sunday night at Sunset Speedway. The feature victory marks Cornelius’ second in the last three events and third straight top-two finish.
In his first career OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modified start on Sunday, Cayden Lapcevich would impress as he grabbed the lead late in the feature to pick up the victory. The 14-year-old becomes the youngest OSCAAR modified feature winner in series history.
Under a slight drizzle, T.J. Marshall would hold off a last lap charge by Adrian Donkers to grab the win in the Lucas Oil Canadian Vintage Modified feature at Sunset Speedway.
From the jaw-jarring bumps of the old pavement in which Kentucky Speedway takes such pride, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 4th Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts.
The Quaker State 400 failed to live up to its expectations, as expected. From my vantage point behind my television screen and microphone, attendance looked poignant. The state of NASCAR is a sad one, but fans and NASCAR should share the blame.
The 21-year-old rider’s latest win in his currently perfect season increases his points lead over second place Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa to 72 points. Marquez became the first rider to win the first eight premier-class races of the season since Giacomo Agostini in 1971.
Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports, qualified 15th for the 68th Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
Joey Logano and No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse team were in contention for the win in the closing laps of Sunday's 68th running of the Daytona 500 and came away with a third-place finish
From a determined comeback by Brad Keselowski to Chris Buescher’s charge from the rear and Ryan Preece’s strategic push toward the front, the organization placed all three entries squarely in contention on NASCAR’s biggest stage.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team rallied from being a lap down at the end of Stage 1 and navigated late-race chaos on the frontstretch to secure a ninth-place finish in Sunday’s Daytona 500.
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