NASCAR Cup Series

It’s been awhile since I’ve appeared in these pages. My trip to Martinsville was a disaster (snowmegaddon), so next on my schedule was Bristol, which despite gloomy skies, tremendous races happened. The crowd was good, but many wanted to make fun of the crowd. No the track wasn’t full, but a good 100,000 was there and Kurt Busch outlasted and outran one of NASCAR’s darling young drivers, Kyle Larson to claim victory, and qualify for the playoffs.

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 95 WRL GENERAL CONTRACTORS CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media via a teleconference this morning to discuss why he will not be competing this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Full Transcript:

Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 95 Chevrolet for Leavine Family Racing, will not compete in this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway due to lingering effects from extreme heat exhaustion following last weekend’s events at Darlington Raceway.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will be in action at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off this weekend. Check out the full schedule below, which is subject to change.

For members of the motorsports community, and lots of others too, Indianapolis Motor Speedway is hallowed ground. For Paul Menard, driver of the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy Ford Fusion, the world’s most famous race track holds an extra special place in his heart.

Martin Truex Jr. would like nothing more than to make amends for last year’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “We had a shot at winning Indy last year and I screwed it up,” said a candid Truex."

Top NASCAR veterans Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer comprise a trio set to partake in the Pre-Race Fan Question & Answer Session prior to Talladega Superspeedway’s 1000Bulbs.com 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event on Sunday, Oct. 14.

Kenseth will make his 19th MENCS start at Indianapolis on Sunday. In 18 starts, the 2003 Cup Champion has nine top-five and 12 top-10 finishes.

Country music artist Jimmie Allen, a Delaware native who is now making waves as a rising star in Nashville, will perform a free concert for Monster Mile fans on Sunday, Oct. 7 before the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Dover International Speedway, track officials announced today.

Team Penske announced today that BODYARMOR Sports Drink has agreed to a multi-year extension that extends and expands its partnership with the No. 12 Ford Mustang team and driver Ryan Blaney through the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season and beyond. The 2018 season marked the first-ever race team partnership for BODYARMOR, which has enjoyed a personal relationship with Blaney since 2017.