DID YOU KNOW? … Two father-son duos have won NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Richmond International Raceway in a Ford. Bobby and Davey Allison won two times each while Ned (1) and Dale Jarrett (2) combined to win on three occasions.
“It’s the last race for us to make the Chase so we have to go for the win. Richmond is typical short track racing which is always a lot of fun. It is important to have a car that turns in the center with good drive off. I’m really looking forward to Saturday night’s race at Richmond and hopefully we can get our Fifth Third Bank Ford into victory lane and a Chase spot.”
HScott Motorsports is pleased to announce that Plan B Sales will sponsor the No. 51 Chevrolet SS driven by Justin Allgaier in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). The NHMS race sponsorship is the first time Plan B Sales has been involved in the NSCS.
Racing is so good at Richmond because you can run two or three wide up the race track, get a run off the bottom and the tires wear out. Hopefully we can get a good run this Saturday night and secure our position in the Chase.”
"Richmond is always a wild race, and with it being the last race to make the Chase, it's going to be even wilder. It's always a fun racetrack, and I think they've got a different tire this year so it's going to be a little different for us. But Richmond always puts on a great show. The fans love it and we always have fun, too. It's good old-fashioned short-track racing.
"Richmond will be a wild one with guys looking to make the Chase. If you can win, you're in. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it. People will be taking some risks that they typically wouldn't take on the racetrack and even on pit road. Our CSX team will be right in the middle of it. Richmond has been a good track for me in the past with a lot of top-fives.
Having not competed at Atlanta Motor Speedway since 2012, Eric McClure was eager to get back behind the wheel of the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® Camry at the 1.5-mile speedway for Saturday night's Great Clips 300. Earning a track-best starting spot of 25th, McClure struggled early in the race with the car's handling but after the right chassis adjustments were made throughout the 195-lap event, he was able to rebound to post a 24th-place finish.
Scott Steckly and his 22 Racing Team were back in action this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in round nine of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 with high expectations. Steckly ran a great race and finished in the top five and was pleased with the final result.
The drive from Washington to Oregon to California offers some breathtaking scenery, but more importantly, it provides a number of tracks that the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series to stop at along that journey. A total of five tracks await the best sprint car drivers in the world over the next seven days, with six races on the docket. Kraig Kinser will be in attendance for all of them and looks to continue the consistent run he has been on as autumn approaches.
