NASCAR wraps up a triple header weekend at Kentucky Speedway. William Byron won in Thursday night’s Buckle Up in Your Truck 225, Kyle Busch won Friday’s Alsco 300, and Brad Keselowski won Saturday’s Quaker State 400. Here are five takeaways from this weekend in Kentucky: 1. Tires: Tires were aContinue Reading
Kyle Busch dominated the Alsco 300 at Kentucky Speedway, holding off a late race charge from Austin Dillon who finished second, in NASCAR Overtime. Daniel Suarez finished third followed by Erik Jones, and Darrell Wallace Jr. round out the top-five. This is Busch’s second win at Kentucky Speedway since heContinue Reading
Kyle Busch edged out Daniel Suarez to win the pole for tonight’s Alsco 300 with a speed of 187.318 mph to clinch a new track record. Joe Gibbs Racing was able to take the top-three positions with Suarez qualifying second and Erik Jones qualifying third. Austin Dillon, and Elliott SadlerContinue Reading
William Byron holds off a late race charge from John Hunter Nemechek and Daniel Hemric to win the Buckle Up Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway. This is Byron’s fourth win of 2016, and Kyle Busch Motorsports 51st career win, becoming the winningest team in the NASCAR Camping World TruckContinue Reading
Tires are a major concern this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. Goodyear had a tire test and noticed some blistering happening within the tires, which resulted in the tire compound to be changed last minute. Goodyear has asked teams to scuff their tires. Because of this last minute change, NASCAR hasContinue Reading
Austin Dillon was made available to the media early in the day. Dillon talks about Kentucky and the 2016 season. When asked about the first half of 2016 and his outlook on Kentucky, Dillon stated, “For us it’s an opportunity I think coming to a track that is freshlyContinue Reading
Since the last time the NASCAR circuit was at Kentucky Speedway, changes have been made. These changes were necessary for the facility that was incepted in 2000. Despite the traffic concerns that ensued on their inaugural race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Kentucky had more issues within theContinue Reading
The NASCAR Xfinity Series bluegrasses into the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway for the 16th annual Alsco 300, the 16th race of the 2016 season. 40 cars are slated to compete for 40 spots in Friday evening’s events. This is the first of two trip for the NASCAR Xfinity Series to KentuckyContinue Reading
Aric Almirola edges Justin Allgaier on the last lap that ended in caution to win the Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Almirola was deemed the winner by inches when the field was frozen at the time the caution flag flew for a multi-car wreck on the Daytona Superstretch.Continue Reading
David Ragan, filling in for Matt Tifft who is undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumor, will be fastest at Daytona for tonight’s Subway Firecracker 250 with a speed of 180.436 mph. Austin Dillon qualified second, followed by Erik Jones, Joey Logano, and Daniel Suarez. In the first round ofContinue Reading