Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway on July 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Brad Keselowski held of Erik Jones and a charging Kyle Busch after a restart with 31 laps left and collected his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory of the season in Friday night’s Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
A late two-tire call put Keselowski in front for a restart on lap 170, and though the No. 22 Team Penske Ford ceded the lead to Jones for 22 circuits, Keselowski regained the top spot with a daring move to the inside through traffic entering the tri-oval on lap 92 and held on to win by less than a quarter-second. Continue reading →
Erik Jones, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, leads cars into turn one.during the NASCAR XFINITY Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 21, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR XFINITY Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 21, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, waves the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 21, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, does a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 21, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 21, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, holds the trophy after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Owens Corning AttiCat 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 21, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Erik Jones’ last-ditch push had a victory payoff on Sunday.
Neck-and-neck with Ryan Blaney entering the last dozen laps, Jones finally slipped ahead after a restart and rolled to a 1.958-second victory margin in Sunday’s Owens Corning AttiCat 300 race at Chicagoland Speedway. Continue reading →
Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, 2015 Photo – Mike Erhmann/Getty Images
Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, poses in victory lane with his crew chief Greg Erwin after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Joey Logano was enjoying such a perfect day at Bristol Motor Speedway that the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford kept expecting something to go wrong.
It never did.
Logano led all 300 laps of Saturday’s Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at the .533-mile short track, a record for laps led in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race. It was the first time a driver led every lap in a single race since Kyle Busch accomplished the feat in winning the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond on Sept. 5, 2014. Continue reading →
Bristol’s Victory Lane Just Might See A Fresh Face
With the defending winner of the 2014 fall race (Ryan Blaney) not entered this weekend and Kyle Busch sidelined due to injury (won prior three Xfinity Series events at Bristol; spring 2014 and 2013 sweep), the field has four previous Bristol winners entered this weekend. Continue reading →