Martin Truex Jr. has been on his game this season, with six Top 10 and three Top 5 finishes, including winning the pole award at Texas Motor Speedway. He has been oh so close to victory lane, but just hasn’t been able to get his second Sprint Cup career win.
From the command to start engine from Victory Junction Gang campers to Brad Keselowski manning the tank to rip up the Kansas track after the race ended, here is what was surprising and not surprising in the 2nd Annual STP 400.
In the end the dominate car would be the no.11 Fed Ex Toyota of Denny Hamlin. With the win the no.11 passed the no.43 for number of wins the number has achieved with 199.
Ty Dillon has a long and successful NASCAR career ahead of him and as a rookie in the Camping World Truck Series there’s going to be really good days and really bad days
The infield was bustling with busy hands and bright shining cars with numbers and sponsor names proudly emblazoned on their wings. Outside the t-shirts swung from trailer awnings of bright oranges, reds and blues.
James Buescher passed Brad Keselowski in the final laps of Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway and pulled away to win his first NCWTS race.
At Texas Motor Speedway, Michael Annett scored his second top-10 and fifth top-15 finish in just six races with his new team, Richard Petty Motorsports. And with that good run, he officially moved up two spots to fifth in the Nationwide Series point standings.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be at the Kansas Speedway for the running of the STP 400. The occasion is very special in light of the fact that it's also the 40th anniversary of the ground breaking motorsports partnership between "King" Richard Petty and STP.
Richard Childress Racing will suspend the use of the No. 8 in the Cup division to pay homage to the late Kyle Busch and switch to the No. 33, beginning this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
As the NASCAR community continues to mourn the sudden loss of the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, several icons of the sport have shared their memories and experiences with him both on and off the track.
