Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Pro Services Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway on May 31, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Pro Services Chevrolet, is cheered by his team while celebrating with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway on May 31, 2015 Photo – Nick Laham/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Pro Services Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway on May 31, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Pro Services Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway on May 31, 2015 Photo – Daniel Shirey/Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson, welcome to the club.
With his overtime victory in Sunday’s FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway, Johnson became the fifth driver to win ten NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at a single track, joining Richard Petty, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Sr. in sharing that distinction.
Johnson’s triumph was his series-best fourth of the season and the 74th of his career, eighth most all-time and two behind NASCAR Hall of Famer Earnhardt in seventh place. Continue reading →
Chris Buescher, driver of the #60 Roush Performance Products Ford, looks on from the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket at Dover International Speedway on May 30, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Chris Buescher, driver of the #60 Roush Performance Products Ford, is cheered by his crew while celebrating with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket at Dover International Speedway on May 30, 2015 Photo – Dave Hallowell/Getty Images
Chris Buescher, driver of the #60 Roush Performance Products Ford, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket at Dover International Speedway on May 30, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Chris Buescher, driver of the #60 Roush Performance Products Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket at Dover International Speedway on May 30, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Chris Buescher wins on fuel-strategy at Dover after contact with teammate
Chris Buescher had enough fuel left at the end of Saturday’s Buckle Up 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Dover International Speedway to do a celebratory burnout, but his No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford wasn’t the only thing that was smoking after the checkered flag.
Yes, Buescher won for the second time this season and extended his lead in the series standings to 15 points over eighth-place finisher Ty Dillon, but his winning pass of teammate and Coors Light Polesitter Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. left Wallace fuming.
Contact between the cars on Lap 191 of 200 cut the left front tire of Wallace’s No. 6 Ford and forced the car to pit road for an unplanned stop. Continue reading →
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #19 BBR Music Group Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 29, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #19 BBR Music Group Ford, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 29, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #19 BBR Music Group Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 29, 2015 Photo – Daniel Shirey/Getty Images
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #19 BBR Music Group Ford, lifts the Miles the Monster trophy in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 29, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Tyler Reddick had a score to settle with Dover International Speedway, and on Friday he did just that, winning the Lucas Oil 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in his second start at the Monster Mile.
Reddick passed Erik Jones on Lap 193 of 200 and finished 1.255 seconds ahead of Daniel Suarez, who drove past third-place finisher Jones in the closing laps to take the runner-up spot.
The victory was Reddick’s second of the season in the No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford, and in the driver’s view, it atoned for last year’s eighth-place finish, in which Reddick underestimated the physical toll high-speed racing at Dover can exact. Continue reading →
Cook, Isaac, Labonte, Smith, Turner Comprise Hall’s Seventh Class
NASCAR announced today the inductees who will comprise the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016. The five-person group – the seventh in NASCAR Hall of Fame history – consists of Jerry Cook, Bobby Isaac, Terry Labonte, O. Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner. In addition, NASCAR announced that Harold Brasington won the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. Next year’s Induction Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, broadcast on NBCSN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, live from Charlotte, N.C. Continue reading →
