Daily Archives: June 17, 2018

Kaz Grala is Working Hard to Keep Racing with Fury Race Cars

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Kaz Grala, the driver of the #61 NETTTS Ford, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Iowa 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway on June 17, 2018, in Newton, Iowa. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

A few weeks ago, Kaz Grala was suddenly and unexpectedly without a ride in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, where he’s been racing from the start of the season including the season opener at Daytona where he finished fourth. Within two weeks, Fury Race Cars became a race team giving Grala a four-race deal to keep him behind the wheel of the No. 61 and competing at Charlotte, Pocono, Michigan, and Iowa Speedway.    Continue reading →

Riley Herbst Impressive in NASCAR Xfinity Series Debut at Iowa

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Riley Herbst, the driver of the #18 Advance Auto Parts Toyota, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Iowa 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway on June 17, 2018, in Newton, Iowa. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

Overcoming a pit road speeding penalty, Riley Herbst brought his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 home with a sixth-place finish in the Iowa 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway on Sunday evening. It was his first race on the NASCAR National Series stage and he was impressive, to say the least.  Continue reading →

Rookie Austin Cindric Takes the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pole at Iowa Speedway

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With NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying in the books, the rookie, Austin Cindric in the No. 22 for Team Penske takes the pole position to start the Iowa 250 presented by Enogen on Sunday evening.  It is Cindric’s first pole award in the Xfinity Series.

“It’s a big relief for me,” says Cindric. “I’ve been really close so far in the last few weeks and it’s good to get it done.  But this is just a fox tick…We’ve got three stages to do it today and with a lot of tire fall off, a lot of lanes to try to figure out how to use, and it should be a fun race.”

Starting alongside Cindric is Daniel Hemric followed by Brandon Jones, Elliott Sadler, and Cole Custer rounding out the top-five starters. Custer won the first two rounds of qualifying.

Ryan Truex, Tyler Reddick, Kaz Grala, Riley Herbst and Michael Annett from Des Moines, IA, is racing at his home track at Iowa, round out the top-ten.

See the full results

The Iowa 250 starts at 5 pm ET tonight with pre-race coverage on FOX Sports 1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio starting at 4:30 pm ET.

NASCAR Xfinity Series, Iowa 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Preview

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NASCAR Xfinity Series teams are revving up for the Iowa 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, June 17th at 5 pm ET. Pre-race coverage is available on FOX Sports 1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio starting at 4:30 pm ET.

The race is 250 laps covering a distance of 218.75 miles with Stage 1 ending on lap 60, Stage 2 on lap 120, and the last stage ends on the last lap 250.  Continue reading →

Riley Herbst Making his NASCAR National Series Debut at Iowa Speedway

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Riley Herbst, the driver of the #18 Advance Auto Parts Toyota, walks to his car during practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Iowa 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway on June 16, 2018, in Newton, Iowa. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

Imagine heading into America’s heartland for your first NASCAR National Series debut at Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA. Riley Herbst with Joe Gibbs Racing is one of two drivers making NASCAR Xfinity Series debuts on Sunday.  GMS Racing’s Justin Haley is also making his Xfinity Series debut at Iowa along with Herbst.  Continue reading →