Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) STP 400 at Kansas Speedway was won by polesitter Matt Kenseth. This was Kenseth's second win and the fourth top ten finish for Kenseth since joining Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). Kenseth lead four times for 163 laps.
When it was announced that Joey Coulter would be racing full time for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2013, immediate thoughts pointed towards Coulter contending for wins and the championship. Coulter lived up to those expectations, finishing second at Kansas Speedway.
Over the course of several decades, Americans have found ways to turn their favorite social habits into competitive party games. From old fashioned beer chugging contests at college fraternity houses to highly organized happy hour contests at neighborhood sports bars, competitiveness has always been somewhat of a national past time.
Matt Crafton stormed to the victory for the Camping World Truck Series tonight, holding off Joey Coulter in the late stages of the race. This is Crafton’s first win of the 2013 season and fourth top 10 finish.
Matt Crafton would make a three-wide move with 30 laps to go to grab the lead and held Joey Coulter off in the final laps to win the SFP 250 for his first victory of 2013, the third for ThorSport Racing in four races this year.
After Penske Racing received their penalties on Wednesday, the question was then raised - who ratted them out? One of the first suspects was Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports, but Johnson says they did not.
The pole was won by Matt Kenseth with a time of 28.145 seconds/191.864 mph around the 1.5 track. The outside front row belongs to Columbia, Missouri native Carl Edwards with a time of 28.162 seconds/191.748 mph. The top-4 qualifiers broke the track record in qualifier.
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) takes its racing heritage to one of motorsport’s most hallowed venues this weekend as the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Goodyear joins the Le Mans Classic Legend at Circuit de la Sarthe from July 3 - 5.
On-track action begins tomorrow (July 3) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Ohio’s biggest racing event, The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the 2027 CR-V Hybrid.
