Following a flat tire that caused heavy contact to his No. 3 Chevrolet resulting in many laps behind the wall, it looks as though Miles the Monster has taken a big bite out of Ty Dillon's championship hopes. With a 28th place finish at Dover, Dillon has slipped back to fourth in the XFINITY series standings, 39 points behind Chris Buescher.
The first elimination race, otherwise known as ‘It’s Over in Dover’, produced some very surprising and not surprising moments in the 46th running of the AAA 400 at the Monster Mile.
After hitting the wall head-on on lap 15 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350(k) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Austin Theriault was airlifted to hospital.
Waiting until week three to comment on the Chase is probably unorthodox, but, as many readers know, hating the Chase is typical of old-timers like this writer. It’s like a team that was horrible all season and barely got in the playoffs still has a chance to win it all.
Stewart announced his retirement on September 30 from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series following the 2016 season, adding that Clint Bowyer will replace him in the No. 14 Chevrolet.
With the Dover, Delaware race weekend up next on the NASCAR schedule, fans are no doubt following Dover International Speedway on Facebook and @MonsterMile on Twitter to catch all the track doings, news and updates.
In the second race of the 10-race 2015 Sprint Cup Chase here is what was surprising and not surprising in the 19th annual Sylvania 300 from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.
With only seven races left on the 2015 schedule for the NASCAR XFINITY Series, Ty Dillon enters this weekend sitting second in points, 25 points behind Chris Buescher. It goes without saying that the driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing would like to start gaining points on the Roush Fenway Racing driver as we start to close out the season.
Over the course of the last 12 races, nine of them have been won by Joe Gibbs Racing drivers - Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards. Wit Hamlin locked into round two with the victory at Chicagoland, and the other three drivers starting off with top-10 finishes, it seems as though Joe Gibbs Racing is easily the early favourite to take home the championship.
Following the myAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, the big story was the on-track contact, followed by off-track confrontation between Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson. Logano, who played a small role in the contact on the restart, stated on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that he had doesn't have much of a reaction to the skirmish between the pair of drivers as he's staying focused on his own program.
Hendrick Motorsports has won three of the five races at Atlanta Motor Speedway under the current configuration put in place in 2022. William Byron has two of those victories.
Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Grady Health System Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will make his eighth NASCAR Cup Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Sunday’s Quaker State 400.
NHRA and Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today they have renewed their licensing agreement to develop collectible die-cast vehicles under the iconic Hot Wheels brand.
Ricky Rudd and Carl Edwards will return to the famed Charlotte Motor Speedway to give the command as co-Grand Marshals for the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 on Sunday, Oct. 13.