Monthly Archives: May 2016

Ben Rhodes with ThorSport Racing Partners with Operation BBQ Relief at Kansas Speedway

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Ben Rhodes at 9 pm ET on Monday, May 2, 2016. Photo - Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

Ben Rhodes at 9 pm ET on Monday, May 2, 2016.
Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

Ben Rhodes is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

ThorSport Racing, Ben Rhodes and Alpha Energy Solutions are pleased with their partnership with Operation BBQ Relief, a non-profit organization based in Pleasant Hill, MO, for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, KS on Saturday, May 6th. Rhodes, who is currently leading the 2016 Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings, will make his track debut at the 1.5-mile oval piloting the No. 41 Operation BBQ Relief/Alpha Energy Solutions Toyota Tundra for the 16th annual event. Continue reading →

Brad Keselowski Takes Checkers in Action-Filled Talladega Race

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Taking control in the final three laps of Sunday’s wreck-filled GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Brad Keselowski claimed his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at the 2.66-mile race track and solidified his spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Choosing the top lane for a restart on lap 186 of 188, Keselowski powered his No. 2 Team Penske Ford past Kurt Busch with two laps left and crossed the finish line as a gaggle of cars wrecked behind him coming to the stripe. Continue reading →

Elliott Sadler Ends Drought with Wild Win at Talladega

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On his 41st birthday, Elliott Sadler got an unexpected present.

When Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race ended under caution in overtime with the front-runners just short of the finish line, Sadler had the lead, after Joey Logano’s last-ditch attempt to block Sadler in the tri-oval ended with Logano’s No. 22 Team Penske Ford plowing nose-first into the outside wall.

Brennan Poole got to the finish line first and thought he had won the race, until NASCAR officials reviewed the video of the finish and determined Sadler was ahead when the caution lights illuminated before Poole’s No. 48 Chevrolet reached the stripe. Continue reading →