MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Three of NASCAR’s brightest young talents sat shoulder to shoulder, sharing smiles and good spirits Friday morning at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway – all talented teenagers today and certain stars of tomorrow. Continue reading
Martinsville Speedway has been a particularly strong breeding ground for NASCAR’s young drivers of late – especially in the Camping World Truck Series, which hosts the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 Saturday afternoon at the track (2 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Continue reading
Johnny Sauter, the driver of the #21 Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet, celebrates with the trophy in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In a race that produced seven cautions for 35 laps and left 21 trucks running at the finish, Johnny Sauter held off Justin Haley by .098 seconds at Daytona International Speedway to win Friday night’s NextEra Energy Resources 250, the season-opener for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Continue reading
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the driver of the #17 Fastenal Ford, stands in the garage during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. simply wanted to make something happen.
But the driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford was shocked at how quickly the rear end of William Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet snapped around when Stenhouse poked the nose of his Fusion to the inside Byron’s car in the first 150-mile qualifying race in Thursday night’s Can-Am Duel.
The Hendrick Motorsports rookie was a victim of aerodynamics, and when Stenhouse took the air off his car, Byron nosed into the outside wall, forcing him to a backup car for Sunday’s Daytona 500. He’ll join teammate and seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, a casualty of an earlier incident in the same race, at the rear of the field for the Great American Race. Continue reading
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams are revving up for the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway tonight, Friday, February 16th at 7:30 pm ET. Television pre-race coverage begins at 7 pm ET on FOX Sports 1 with radio coverage available on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.