Five wins through the first 26 races were a season high, which gives Kenseth the edge as NASCAR’s postseason begins. The way things have been unfolding lately however, the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team might be flying under the radar. But Kenseth feels he and teammate Kyle Busch can make some noise starting this weekend.
It has been said that there has been cheating going on in NASCAR since they first started. Yes, advantages were sought, but usually it was to make the car go faster in order to win, not to throw the race in order to fix an outcome.
When Juan Pablo Montoya said he wanted to be racing behind the wheel of a championship car, he didn't limit himself to which series he'd be in. Those words are playing true as reports released this week show Montoya driving for Michael Andretti next season.
On Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway, a series of events played out that resulted in catching a lot of people’s attention of how Michael Waltrip Racing tried to manipulate the Chase. For starters, Clint Bowyer spun with just under 20 laps to go without contact on the radio. Well it may look harmless, radio traffic would say to have proven otherwise.
NASCAR was faced with a very tough decision this past weekend...how to deal with a team that deliberately manipulated the chase outcome to benefit themselves? Four days later and race fans are still in an uproar over the biggest controversy to rock the motorsports world since the infamous "Crashgate" incident during the 2008 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.
He may have only gained a handful of points on Matt Crafton with his win at Iowa Speedway, but Buescher says that "slow and steady wins the race. We're coming for this championship." Following his win at Iowa Speedway, Buescher now sits 37 points behind Crafton.
Sometime over the next ten weeks, at one of ten tracks hosting the Chase, Clint Bowyer will be sailing along. He will feel a sudden nudge in his left rear quarter-final, just a touch but enough to cause him to feel the car getting out from under him. Bowyer will try to save it, and come close in doing so but, alas, his car will find the wall. His race and his Chase hopes, done in an instant.
With everything on the line as far as Chase berths, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 56th annual Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway.
The decision was unexpected even to the beat reporters who follow NASCAR daily. After Saturday’s race, thing just didn’t look right, something officials missed. By Sunday at the truck race in Iola, Mike Helton, NASCAR’s President, commented that NASCAR was going to review the race and radio transmissions. That was the first clue that something was up. A timeline was not given, however.
Dover Motor Speedway hosted hundreds of fans for a special Open House event featuring 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski ahead of NASCAR All-Star Weekend.
NASCAR Cup Series drivers tell fans to expect a Memorial Day weekend at the Coca-Cola 600 featuring 600 miles of intense racing, powerful military tributes, and a uniquely patriotic, high-energy atmosphere
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway as the facility's all-time leader in wins (12), poles (eight), top fives (46), top 10s (81) and laps led (3,263).
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing will welcome fans to its Concord, North Carolina headquarters on Friday, May 22 for its annual Fan Day celebration, just ahead of the famed Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day Weekend.
Josh Berry’s No. 21 Ford Mustang Dark Horse will carry the same Würth look on track, with the Würth Group – a global leader in assembly and fastening materials – featured across both the race and the car.
