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Austin Dillon reveals patriotic paint scheme for Charlotte Motor Speedway
It’s one of the most exciting race weekends of the year – the Coca-Cola 600. Raced under the lights of Charlotte Motor Speedway, it’s NASCAR’s longest race at 600 miles. And if last season was any indication of the excitement level for this year’s race,
Read MoreJack Roush: “We’re gonna make our team and our race cars great again.”
The #6 program will now be shared between Trevor Bayne and Matt Kenseth. The team doesn’t yet have Matt Kenseth’s full schedule lined up. As of now, the race at Kansas Speedway and the All-Star race are the only two that has been announced.
Read MoreNow, Jack Roush hints at management type role at Roush-Fenway Racing for Mark Martin and Matt Kenseth
In 2000, Matt Kenseth made his first full-time start in the NASCAR Cup Series. That opportunity came with Roush Fenway-Racing. He picked up a win that year at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
12 years later,
Read MoreSome teams were using alternatives to nitrogen which the guns were designed for
For 2018, NASCAR mandated air guns on pit road. They pass out the tanks and hoses the morning of the race. An hour before the race, a number is drawn for a pit gun.
All the guns are suppose to be the same.
Read MoreMatt Kenseth: “If I would have waited for him to get out and retire, I would have been about 39 in my rookie year.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Mark Martin was on hard to help announce Kenseth’s return to Roush-Fenway Racing.
“Just because you walk away from the race car for awhile doesn’t mean you’re done forever,”
Read MoreKenseth reunites with Jack Roush and Roush Fenway Racing with Wyndham Rewards Joining as a New Primary Partner on No. 6 Ford Fusion
CONCORD, N.C. (April 25, 2018) – Who said you can’t go home? NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth will return to the organization where he began his storied NASCAR career,
Read MorePart-time schedule? Back to Ford for Matt Kenseth?
Matt Kenseth retired from full-time racing following the 2017 season. He left with a win in his second to last race at Phoenix Raceway. In his final race, he finished 8th. Overall, he finished 7th in the standings.
He was left without a ride.
Read MoreNASCAR executive explains the need for the double yellow line at Daytona and Talladega
Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway are unique in a lot of ways from the other tracks on the NASCAR schedule.
Due to those unique situations, NASCAR enforced double yellow line around the inner portion of the racing surface.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr: “Too many rules is a bad thing.”
The NASCAR inspection tent, also known to Clint Bowyer as ‘The Room of Doom’ has never placed a smaller box over the NASCAR engineers. The cars are inspected to the thousandths of an inch via an optical scan, multiple times throughout the weekend.
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr: “That’s crazy how time flies.”
DENVER, Colo. (April 2018) — Martin Truex Jr. will make his 450th career NASCAR Cup Series start in Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.
“That’s crazy how time flies,” said Truex when he was told that Richmond will be his 450th career start.
Read MoreRichmond Raceway qualifying results from April 20, 2018 featuring the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is set to take to the track for Richmond Raceway qualifying. They’ll set the grid for the Saturday night shootout.
View the full 2018 NASCAR Richmond starting lineup below.
Read MoreRichmond Raceway final practice results from April 20, 2018 featuring the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
It’s now 61 degree’s at Richmond Raceway. This is challenging day for the MENCS field. They’re practicing in the day and they will race them under the lights tomorrow night.
View full Richmond Raceway final practice results below.
Read MoreRichmond Raceway first practice results featuring the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series on April 20, 2018
Friday practice, the condensed NASCAR weekend begins. Two practice rounds and qualifying are on the schedule today for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at the Richmond Raceway short track.
View Richmond Raceway practice results below.
Read MoreMenard looking forward to racing a Ford at Richmond
After an up-and-down race at Bristol Motor Speedway that saw Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards team run as high as third place before finishing 13th, the Menards/Quaker State team heads to Richmond Raceway for the first night race of the Monster Energy Cup season.
Read MoreMark Martin went to victory lane as Larry Shaw fought a battle of his own in the pit area
Years ago, a young Mark Martin was just finding the seat behind a steering wheel. He started at the Ozark dirt tracks.
In his corner, Martin had Larry Shaw.
Read MoreNASCAR TV Schedule for Richmond Raceway in April 2018
It’s a jam packed two day weekend at Richmond Raceway. The NASCAR short track hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
View the full Richmond Raceway TV Schedule below.
Richmond Menu: MENCS
TV | Prac 1 | Prac 2 | Qual | Race
All Times ET
Friday,
Read MoreTimothy Peters: “This is just a dream come true for me.”
Cerro Gordo, N.C. (April 19, 2018) – The last time Timothy Peters partnered with Ricky Benton Racing (RBR), the pairing resulted in a seventh-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) at the half-mile Martinsville Speedway.
Emboldened by the result,
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