Race Central

Aric Almirola captured the pole for Sundays Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a lap of 192.940 MPH, 27.988 seconds, giving Richard Petty Motorsports a front-row sweep.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Second annual Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Sunday afternoon. Stenhouse won in convincing fashion, with a 1.465 second margin of victory.

The sheriff’s back in town and he goes by the name of Jimmie Johnson, ‘old five-time.’ Sheriff Johnson ran down the Beast of the Southeast to conquer the ‘D’ Shaped Oval and pocket his one million dollar paycheck for his third All-Star win.

For the second time in his three Nationwide Series races at Iowa Speedway, Elliott Sadler will start Sunday’s race from the pole.

Justin Lofton earned his first career victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway, joining two other rookie winners in the Camping World Truck Series in 2012. It was the 55th start for the Westmoreland CA native. At age 26, Lofton held off a hard charging Brad Keselowski to take the checkers.

Kyle Busch captured the pole for Saturday nights Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway with the qualifying speed of 45.335 MPH (119.112 SECS) for the second straight time.

Jimmie Johnson held off Tony Stewart to take the checkered flag in the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and give Rick Hendrick his long anticipated 200th win.

Joey Logano holds off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin on the final green-white-checkers restart and wins Friday night’s VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway.

On the green-white-checkered finish, Joey Logano would find his way past Denny Hamlin with bump-drafting help from Brad Keselowski to win the VFW Sports Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway.

Greg Biffle captured the pole for Saturday nights Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with a lap of 180.257 MPH (27.281 SECS) for his second career pole at Darlington and the second of the season.