After going 75 races without a win, Frank Kimmel would get by rookie Mason Mitchell with 44 laps to go and held the field off in a late race restart for his 75th career win in the Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 presented by Federated Car Care at Lucas Oil Raceway.
NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series teams are busy preparing for one of the most prestigious events on their schedule-Sunday's running of the Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
After practice was able to start following a rain shower, it'd be 15-year-old Erik Jones topping the charts in final practice late in the session at Lucas Oil Raceway. The rookie Venturini Motorsports driver lapped the 0.686-mile oval in 22.217 seconds in his No. 55 Chevrolet.
Ask any NASCAR fan which two names are brought up most. They're answer to you would be Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Danica Patrick. Earnhardt Jr. and Patrick are two of the most popular drivers in the sport, but at the same time, they're two of the most hated as well.
Who would have thought that 19 races into the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season we would be talking about Carl Edwards and Desperation? That answer would have been probably nobody. But here we are heading into this weekend at Indianapolis with Carl and the No. 99 team's backs squarely against the wall.
Despite being very busy overseeing his three NASCAR Sprint Cup teams at Indianapolis on Sunday, Michael Waltrip will be be spending Friday and Saturday night in Denver-Colorado for a very special reason.
When a driver gets on a roll, it's sometimes hard to get them off of that streak. That could be said for D.J. Kennington as he won the Velocity Prarie Thunder presented by Bayer Crop Science for his fifth straight NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobile 1 victory in a row.
For the second time this year, J.R. Fitzpatrick will lead the field to the green flag. The first time was earlier this year in June after qualifying was rained out at Circuit ICAR.
The 27-year-old Jones from Atlanta, Georgia, will rejoin Joe Gibbs Racing to pilot a Toyota Supra entry on a multiyear basis following a two-year campaign at JR Motorsports.
