Gallagher and the No. 23 team will utilize chassis no. 214. This chassis has been raced twice this year at Watkins Glen International by A.J. Allmendinger (start: 4th/finish: 2nd) and at Road America by NASCAR Hall of Famer, Bill Elliott (Start: 23rd/Finish: 20th).
The menacing adjectives were flowing last weekend at Richmond Raceway when playoff drivers were asked about this Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the Roval – the new road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
THE ROVAL-UTION IS NOW: The Bank of America Roval 400, will be the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL course. The brand-new course features 17 turns along the 2.28-mile (3.669-kilometer) circuit on which teams will compete for 109 laps Sunday afternoon. This new course is a merger of Charlotte’s oval track, as well as the added road course elements which include two chicanes, and a winding section throughout the track’s infield.
There’s a whole lot of party with Talladega Superspeedway’s $24 college student ticket package to NASCAR’s “Party Capital” during its doubleheader NASCAR Playoff weekend, Oct. 12-14. The incredible deal offers some of the best entertainment for students looking to round up the crew and escape campus for an exciting weekend of fun.
Bayne has seven starts on road courses in MENCS action with one top-10 and an average finish of 24.0. His best finish of ninth came at Watkins Glen in 2016.
Today, during an episode of its popular JRM360 video series, JR Motorsports announced the addition of Noah Gragson to the team’s NASCAR Xfinity Series stable of drivers for 2019. Gragson has been tabbed in a multi-year deal that places him behind the wheel of JRM’s No. 1 Chevrolet in full-time pursuit of a series championship next season.
Stenhouse Jr. on racing at the ROVAL - “There are definitely a lot of unknowns heading into this weekend since this is the first time we have ever raced this configuration at Charlotte. We tested the new course back in July, and we learned some things. We saw a lot of cars spin as well, it’s so easy to step over that fine line and get in trouble. I think it’s going to be a wild race for the fans. I think it is going to come down to being there at the end. When we start on Sunday, it will be the first... Читать дальше...
The first Playoff elimination race for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is scheduled for this Sunday as Charlotte Motor Speedway hosts the debut race on its Roval course. Ford’s seven Playoff drivers are all still in contention to advance to the Round of 12, but Brad Keselowski is the only one who has clinched a spot thanks to his win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Here’s a look at where each Ford driver sits in the standings:
Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In 165 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing teams have earned eight points-paying victories (four wins with Dale Earnhardt, one with Jeff Burton, two with Kevin Harvick and one with Austin Dillon) and four All-Star race victories (three with Earnhardt and one with Harvick), giving RCR 12 total Cup Series checkered flags at the Concord, N.C.-based track. Читать дальше...
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 - RACING THE ROVAL AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: "Racing the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend is going to be interesting," Allmendinger said. "The whole course is going to be challenging, but I think the chicane on the back straightaway is going to be one of the biggest challenges."
Reed on The Roval “I think right now my mindset is survive. I don’t know what to expect. I watched the Cup cars when they were out there. I think there is an opportunity to be a really fast car and I think we are going to have really good equipment, but it is so easy to step over that line and wreck because the track is going to be so tricky."
Kyle Busch: Busch battled back from a start of 39th and took the win at Richmond, earning his 50th career Cup victory.
Richmond, the second race of the opening rung of the championship ladder. Only four storylines awaited to be written. Who would win, and would it be Brad Keselowski for a fourth straight contest?
Tyler Ankrum clinched the 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) Championship over the weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ankrum's 50-point lead over Tyler Dippel allowed him to seal the deal before the season finale at Dover International Speedway.
