‘Kids vs. Drivers’ Social Media Challenges, Kids’ Takeovers at Race Tracks Highlight Three-Week Campaign
For the next three weeks, Kids Drive NASCAR will celebrate the next generation of NASCAR® fans by engaging children and their families with fun and interactive social content, kids’ takeovers and at-track events and activities, NASCAR announced this week. Continue reading →
Kyle Busch, the driver of the #18 Skittles Toyota, leads Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 23, 2017, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
For most of Sunday’s race, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. had been cooperative combatants.
After all, they were the clear class of the field in the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400. Continue reading →
Trevor Bayne, the driver of the #6 AdvoCare Ford, is introduced prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on July 23, 2017, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Roush Fenway Racing driver Trevor Bayne had a realistic chance to win for the first time since his stunning triumph in the 2011 Daytona 500.
With 11 laps left in Sunday’s Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400, Bayne was running third behind Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson, but those two drivers were running short on fuel, and pit stops were imminent. Continue reading →
In semi-darkness, as the sun set behind the front-stretch grandstand at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kasey Kahne did all he could to dispel the shadow overhanging his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season and his racing career.
With a phenomenal restart in the second overtime of Sunday’s Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400, Kahne cleared race leader Brad Keselowski through the first two corners and crossed the overtime line on the backstretch before NASCAR called the record 14th caution of the race. Continue reading →