SPARTA, Ky. -- Kyle Busch will lead the field to the green flag in tonight's race in the Bluegrass State. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota earned the pole for the Alsco 300 at Kentucky Speedway with a new track record time of 28.828 and a speed of 187.318 mph.
SPARTA, Ky. -- Erik Jones topped the chart in third XFINITY Series practice at Kentucky Speedway. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the third practice session with a time of 28.754 and a speed of 187.800 mph.
SPARTA, Ky. -- Erik Jones topped the chart in second XFINITY Series practice at Kentucky Speedway. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.994 and a speed of 186.245 mph.
SPARTA, Ky. -- The repave wasn't the only change made to the racing surface at Kentucky Speedway. It was announced back in early-January that the 1.5-mile facility would undergo its first repave in its 17-year history. In addition, they changed the degree of the banking in turns 1 and 2, narrowed the width of the turns, improved drainage and added over three-thousand feet of SAFER barrier.
As hell broke loose on the backstretch at the "World Center of Racing," Aric Almirola found himself just barely ahead of Justin Allgaier when the caution waved to score the victory in the Subway Firecracker 400.
You would never have guessed this was the first time Sam Hornish Jr. had been in a car this season with his dominant performance and victory in America's heartland.
Overjoyed with emotion in scoring his maiden victory at the NASCAR level, Daniel Suárez said, "I just have no words. I don't think I could speak English or Spanish right now."
I just want to say I love the NASCAR XFINITY Series. I believe it has potential to return to its former glory and I have no problem with Cup drivers winning the occasional event (emphasis on "occasional"). I'm also a fan of Pocono. It's a big, unique, historic track that's been in NASCAR for many years and has a list of winners that reads like a Who's Who of the sport; Gordon, Earnhardt, Petty, Bonnett, Allison.
