Bobby Labonte embarks upon his first race ever at Kentucky Speedway as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series visits the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval for the inaugural Quaker State 400 Saturday night. Labonte has 635 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 202 in the Nationwide Series and 10 in the CampingContinue Reading
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will make its first stop at the Kentucky Speedway this Saturday. As an up and coming driver, Landon Cassill often carries less experience into most venues than his fellow competitors. However, things will be different in this weekend’s Quaker State 400. Cassill is one ofContinue Reading
The last time David Gilliland raced at Kentucky Speedway, his day ended in Victory Lane. That was in 2006 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, when he drove a part-time, unsponsored car to a surprising win against a field of Sprint Cup regulars. Saturday’s Quaker State 400 will make for aContinue Reading
While the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is new to Kentucky Speedway, Travis Kvapil is not. He has two top-five finishes in five starts at the track in the Camping World Truck Series. The Long John Silver’s car will have a head start preparing for Saturday night’s Quaker State 400. NotContinue Reading
At Kentucky Speedway, Jeff Gordon will attempt to be first in the first — for the fourth time. Among Gordon’s 84 career victories are three inaugural event wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1994, Auto Club Speedway in 1997 and Kansas Speedway in 2001 (four other tracks have been addedContinue Reading
Carl Edwards seemed to spend as much time on pit road or in the garage as on the race track Saturday night. Edwards crashed in the fourth turn on the race’s 24th lap as he and Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle were running in a tandem draft. Contact betweenContinue Reading
Geoffrey Bodine started the Coke Zero 400 from the 35th position in the No. 35 Luke & Associates Chevrolet and utilized 143 laps to get comfortable with the two-car draft at Daytona International Speedway. Without a drafting partner for majority of the race, Bodine settled in to finish the 400-mileContinue Reading
High-hopes ended in disappointment for the No. 36 Golden Corral team. Dave Blaney looked to repeat this season’s superspeedway success this weekend in the event at Daytona International Speedway. Blaney started the 400-mile race from the 40th spot. As he did in both superspeedway races earlier this season, Blaney hungContinue Reading
For Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team, Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway delivered the kind of outcome they’ve come to expect in a restrictor-plate event – high hopes dashed by disappointment. In fact, the Coke ZeroContinue Reading
Kyle Busch rallied from a late-race accident to score an impressive fifth-place finish in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 Interstate All Battery Center Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) notched his ninth top-fiveContinue Reading