Darrell Wallace Jr. (second) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Thursday morning's rain-delayed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
In just a couple of short years, the Sprint Car Smackdown at Kokomo Speedway has become one of the “Must See” events on the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series schedule. Three straight nights of action on one of the raciest quarter-mile bullrings in the country, raises the level of competition to epic proportions. Tracy Hines thrives on racing against the best of the best and looks to return to Victory Lane at a track he has had a great deal of success at over the years.
McMurray has made 23 NSCS starts at Bristol Motor Speedway. In those starts he has three top-five and nine top-10 finishes. He has completed 11,203 of 11,516 (97.3%) laps of competition and led 31 laps. He has a best starting position of third (August 2007) and a best finish of third on two occasions (August 2004, August 2010).
“Bristol is all I heard it would be,” Earnhardt said. “You can watch cars go around the track from the infield and be amazed at the speeds, but putting one on the track and going around there is incredible. It’s like a big rollercoaster. You’re out of one turn for what seems like a second, and then you’re in the next.”
One of the world’s fastest half-mile race tracks will host the Nationwide Series for Friday night’s Food City 300, and Landon Cassill, driving the Flex Seal Chevrolet for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller, will be starting his 11th race at the speedway.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Michael Annett will make his second visit this season to the treacherous half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway this Saturday night for one of the most exciting events on the NASCAR calendar
Ford Racing has won 626 all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and of the active tracks currently on the schedule, Bristol Motor Speedway ranks as the manufacturer’s second-most successful track with 34 victories. Michigan International Speedway ranks first with 35 Ford victories.
COUNTING CAMRYS: On Tuesday afternoon Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced a fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) team for 2015 with Carl Edwards driving the No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry. In addition, it was announced that Daniel Suarez will become the first Mexican-born driver to compete full time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) in 2015.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pulls into Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. The “Colosseum,” as the .533-mile high-banked concrete oval is nicknamed, has produced some epic battles and post-event fireworks.
HScott Motorsports is pleased to announce that Auto-Owners Insurance will sponsor the No. 51 Chevrolet SS driven by Justin Allgaier in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) and Martinsville Speedway (Martinsville). The two-race sponsorship marks the first time Auto-Owners has been involved in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
