NASCAR Track News

Martinsville Speedway’s Green Flag Experience just got even more entertaining with the addition of Clint Bowyer.

For the first time in the history of Dover International Speedway, the track is peeling back the curtain on the mandatory driver & crew chief meeting held before each NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event. As part of the new Ultimate Fan Pass, available for the first time before the Oct. 4, 2015 “AAA 400” event, 100 fans will have a never-before-available opportunity.

Matt Kenseth played “Catch Me If You Can,” and no one could on Sunday in the Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

It doesn’t matter quite as much if you get caught speeding in your truck if your truck is the fastest one in the race. That was the situation for Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Camping World Series Careers for Veterans 200 presented by The Cooper Standard Foundation and Brad Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation at Michigan International Speedway.

Matt Kenseth, the last of 12 drivers to make a pole qualifying attempt Friday, made the most of it at Michigan International Speedway. He bumped teammate Denny Hamlin off the provisional pole to capture the coveted No. 1 starting position for Sunday’sPure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

Michigan International Speedway president Roger Curtis congratulated NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Gordon on his final event at MIS with a vacation at the iconic Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Pure Michigan announced the results of the Pure Michigan 400 Honorary Starter Contest today, naming Kyle Brow of Vassar, Mich. as the 2015 Pure Michigan 400 Honorary Starter. Michael Harris, Executive Director of Paralyzed Veterans of America Michigan Chapter, has been named 2015 Pure Michigan 400 Grand Marshal.

When it comes to getting NASCAR’s biggest names in the Green Flag Experience, Martinsville Speedway delivers. Kurt Busch is the second driver scheduled to take part in a moderated question-and-answer session prior to the Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 on November 1, Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell announced today.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Trevor Bayne attended several events in Detroit on Tuesday to promote the Aug. 16 Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

DownBeat percussion, the official drumline of the National Football League’s Buffalo Bills, is trading turf for asphalt this coming weekend.