In this week’s NASCAR Behind the Scenes, one race fan Carol Messinger, who has been battling Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for eight years, experienced one of the best days of her life thanks to Pocono Raceway and the Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Foundation.
Greg Biffle could not have written a more perfect story on Sunday in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Partnering with the American Dental Association’s Give Kids A Smile Campaign, grabbing the 1000th victory for Ford Motor Company, and celebrating his victory with his daughter on Father’s Day all made for an unforgettable weekend.
To say the least, it has been a very frustrating season for Jeff Gordon. 14 races into the season, Gordon only has four top-10’s, and an average finish of 16.3. Perhaps the stat that concerns Gordon the most, however, are the three DNF’s.
In the good ole’ days, as many people that follow this sport like to say, most Sprint Cup teams (formerly known as Grand National), were single car operations. Of course there were a few, teams that occasionally had multiple cars. Larger teams such as Petty Enterprises would often field a second car. However, for the most part single car teams were the norm.
I'm back after my yearly boycott of one of the two Pocono races, and I come back amidst a shake up in both the number 1 seed for The Chase, and a hot streak out of the Stewart-Hass stable has mixed up the standings for the two Wild Card spots at the end of the season.
As rain loomed over Michigan International Speedway, every driver scrambled for position, and every crew chief formulated a strategy in an effort to beat Mother Nature. Several teams elected not to pit in an effort to gain track position hoping to be at the front of the pack in case a red flag fell on the field.
Tri-Star Motorsports has named Todd Myers as the crew chief for the #14 Hefty Toyota driven by Eric McClure, beginning at the Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Myers has been with the team since 2011. Recently, he has handled the crew chief duties for the #10 Toyota driven by former series champion, Jeff Green.
Driver of the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet, Austin Dillon, captured the Coors Light Pole Award for the 22nd Annual Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway. With a qualifying lap of 37.523 seconds, 191.882 mph, Dillon broke the track qualifying record of 190.375 mph, which he set at Michigan last year.
Chevrolet heads to Martinsville Speedway with its reigning champions leading the standings in NASCAR’s top-two divisions and a milestone victory within reach in the Craftsman Truck Series.
Kris Wright and the No. 81 F.N.B. Corporation team for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing (MHR) make the short trip from Statesville, N.C. to Martinsville Speedway for round 24 of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) season.
Tyler Ankrum, driver of the No. 18 LIUNA Chevrolet for McAnally Hilgemann Racing (MHR) is headed just a short drive North up to Virginia for the sixth race of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) Chase at Martinsville Speedway.
