NASCAR Programming
·
Daniel Suárez, David Ragan and Matt DiBenedetto on “Fluffy Breaks Even” – Thursday, May 26 at 10 p.m. ET on Fuse
·
Chase Elliott on “Ridiculousness” – Thursday, June 2 at 10 p.m. ET on MTV
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Smoke Searches For First Coca-Cola 600 Win In Final Start
Three-time
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart ranks tied for 13th on
the all-time victories list, but has never won the Coca-Cola 600.
The
member of the Coca-Cola Racing family will attempt to capture his first
checkered flag in his final start in NASCAR's longest race on Sunday.
Stewart's
best finish in the Coca-Cola 600 was a third-place showing in 2001. In
33 starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway (tied with Matt Kenseth for the
most among active
drivers), Stewart claims one win (fall of 2003), six top fives, 13 top
10s and an average finish of 14.5.
To
make NASCAR’s playoffs, Stewart must win a race and finish the regular
season in the top 30 in points. He’s currently 37th in the points – 67
markers behind 30th-place
David Ragan.
Quality of Racing A Sign Of Things To Come
A
third of the way through the season, a ton of numbers have swirled
around the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – some small, some big, all pointing
to fascinating racing.
Eight
of the first 12 races this season have ended with a margin of victory
less than one second, the most since 2010. (Note: Two of these races
ended under caution, so
there was no margin of victory.)
The
average margin of victory so far has been .877 seconds – the
third-closest margin of victory since the advent of electronic scoring
in 1993.
Denny
Hamlin's victory in the Daytona 500 by .010 seconds was the closest
ever in NASCAR's premier event and tied for the seventh closest in
series history. The margin was
duplicated two weeks later at Phoenix when Kevin Harvick edged out Carl
Edwards at Phoenix.
Track
records for green flag passes for the lead (lead changes all around the
race track while under green flag conditions) were set in three races
this season: Atlanta
Motor Speedway (44), Auto Club Speedway (51) and Bristol Motor Speedway
(40).
At
Talladega, there were 213 green flag passes for the lead, six passes
for the lead shy of tying the record for most green flag passes for the
lead in a single race since
the inception of loop data in 2005.
In
the latest event, the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race, there were 17 green
flag passes for the lead, the most since 2013. Joey Logano's pass of
Kyle Larson with two laps
to go was the latest lead change in the All-Star race in the last seven
years. Additionally, this season's All-Star race was the first in the
last three years where one driver didn't lead for the entire final
segment.
Logano Looks For Second Straight Charlotte Win, May Sweep
Although
it didn’t count for the standings, Joey Logano’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star
Race win halted a rough patch of consecutive finishes outside the top
20: Talladega (25),
Kansas (38) and Dover (22).
Heading
into Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. ET on
FOX), Logano sits 10th on the Chase Grid, a comfortable 62 points ahead
of Ryan Newman on the
cutoff line, but a points-paying win would ensure him a spot in
NASCAR’s playoffs.
Logano
won the last race at Charlotte in the fall, leading 227-of-334 laps.
His highest finish in the Coca-Cola 600 was a third-place showing in
2011.
In 14 Charlotte starts, Logano claims one win, five top five and eight op 10s.
If
he wins on Sunday, Logano will become the eighth driver to win both the
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and Coca-Cola 600: Darrell Waltrip (1985),
Davey Allison (1991), Dale
Earnhardt (1993), Jeff Gordon (1997), Jimmie Johnson (2003), Kasey
Kahne (2008) and Kurt Busch (2010).
A Ford driver has not won the Coca-Cola 600 since Mark Martin in 2002.
Marathon Man: Johnson A Master Of NASCAR's Longest Race
A rabid participant in endurance athletics off the track, Jimmie Johnson is also NASCAR's top “endurer” on it.
His
four wins in the Coca-Cola 600 – NASCAR's longest race – are the most
among active drivers and rank second to only NASCAR Hall of Famer
Darrell Waltrip's five.
The
top driver of all-time at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Johnson boasts a
record seven wins at the 1.5-mile track. He claims an all-time mark of
four victories at CMS in
the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race that do not count for his total. The
No. 48 Chevrolet driver's 8.6 average running position and 109.0 driver
rating at Charlotte are both active series bests.
Johnson's last Charlotte win came in the 2014 Coca-Cola 600.
This
season, the No. 48 Chevrolet driver has two wins, five top-five and six
top-10 finishes. He sits third on the Chase Grid and holds six bonus
points for the Round of
16 in NASCAR's playoffs (one for each win).
Johnson's
Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Kasey Kahne – a fellow endurance
athletics participant – has won three Coca-Cola 600s. Combined, the pair
has won seven of the last
13 spring Charlotte races.
Happy Makes It Happen At Charlotte
Since
fall 2010, Kevin Harvick has been one of the strongest drivers at
Charlotte Motor Speedway with three wins, two runner-ups and 10 top 10s
in 11 starts.
In his last six Charlotte races, Harvick owns two wins, two runner-ups, a sixth-place showing and a finish of ninth.
That
timeframe marks quite the turnaround for Harvick, who logged a high
Queen City finish of 10th from 2002 through spring of 2010 – a span of
17 races.
Edwards Eyes Coca-Cola 600 Repeat
Carl Edwards provided NASCAR fans with an abundance of firsts when he won the 2016 Coca-Cola 600.
Edwards' victory was his first at the track, first driving a Toyota and first for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Now
looking even more comfortable with his new team and fresh ride, Edwards
looks to defend his victory in Sunday's edition of NASCAR's marathon
race. The drivers who have
won back-to-back Coca-Cola 600s are Darrell Waltrip (1978-79, 1988-89),
Neil Bonnett (1982-83), Dale Earnhardt (1992-93) and Jeff Gordon
(1997-98). Jimmie Johnson won the event three consecutive times from
2003-05.
On
the season, Edwards owns two wins, five top fives and eight top 10s. He
ranks second on the Chase Grid behind teammate Kyle Busch.
Two To Go: Busch Needs Wins At Only Charlotte And Pocono To Complete Active Sweep
Only
two active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tracks have eluded Kyle Busch –
Charlotte Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway. He’s won at the other 21
active tracks. Only those
two remain.
The 1.5-mile oval and Tricky Triangle happen to be the next two courses on the schedule.
Although
Busch has never won at CMS, he does own the second-best driver rating
(106.1) and average running position (9.7) among active drivers there.
In 24 Charlotte starts,
he has 10 top fives and 14 top 10s with a high finish of second (twice,
fall of 2010 and fall of 2011).
Busch
was on his way to victory at Pocono last season, but ran out of fuel on
the final lap. A checkered flag would've clinched him his fourth
consecutive win.
The
2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion has carried his momentum into
this season. He leads the circuit with three wins and nine top-five
finishes.
24Shadowing? Elliott Can Grab First Win In Same Race As Gordon
Jeff
Gordon captured his first victory in the 1994 Coca-Cola 600 via a
two-tire gamble on the race's final pit stop. The triumph launched a
career that featured 93 wins,
four championships and ensured Gordon future enshrinement in the NASCAR
Hall of Fame.
Could Gordon's successor in the No. 24, Chase Elliott, be the next driver to jumpstart a legendary career in the Coca-Cola 600?
Maybe.
The
2014 NASCAR XFINITY Series champion's eight top-10 finishes in the
first 12 races in his Sunoco Rookie of the Year contending season are
the most since Jimmie Johnson
accomplished the feat in 2002. His four top-five showings through 12
races are the most in a rookie season since Kasey Kahne posted the same
total in 2004.
Elliott
placed third in the last points-paying race at Dover where he nearly
tracked down race-winner Matt Kenseth and runner-up Kyle Larson for his
first victory.
Kenseth, who won the Coca-Cola 600 in 2000, is the only rookie who's achieved the feat.
Slightly Off Target: Larson Aims For First Win Following Two Near Misses
Kyle Larson's first points-paying NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win looks like it's coming soon.
The
NASCAR Next alum has showed off his driving skills in the last three
races (points and exhibition) – Dover, the Sprint Showdown and the
Sprint Unlimited.
At Dover, Larson led 85 laps, but could not catch Matt Kenseth, who beat him to the finish line by a mere .187 seconds.
Larson
won the third segment of the Sprint Showdown following one of the best
two-car battles all year where he fended off Chase Elliott by 0.015
seconds.
Most
recently, the No. 42 Chevrolet driver led the NASCAR Sprint All-Star
Race with two laps remaining, but was passed by Joey Logano and soon
wrecked to place 16th.
Larson's
first win could come on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway where he has
a high finish of sixth. He won the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at the
1.5-mile track in May
of 2014.
Jr. Jostles For First 600 Victory, 5 Years After He Ran Out Of Gas
Five years ago Dale Earnhardt Jr. was leading the Coca-Cola 600 on the final lap.
Devastatingly,
the Kannapolis, North Carolina native and NASCAR history buff, who
desperately wants a 600 win in front of his home crowd, ran out of fuel
and was passed
for the win by Kevin Harvick.
He’ll get another opportunity at 600 glory on Sunday.
In 32 starts at Charlotte, Earnhardt has six top fives and 12 top 10s. He placed third in last year’s spring Charlotte race.
NASCAR Industry To Honor Fallen Service Members With 600 Miles Of Remembrance
Continuing
the sport’s long-standing tradition of honoring the United States Armed
Forces, all 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers will bear
the name of a fallen service member on their race car windshields
during Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
For
the second consecutive year, "600 Miles of Remembrance" will pay
tribute this Memorial Day Weekend to those who bravely served and died
defending our country.
Windshield headers normally reserved for drivers’ last names will read "SGT HARVEY," "LCPL RAMIREZ," and
"SPC BEAUDOIN," among other names of the fallen.
The
special tribute will commemorate the launch of NASCAR: An American
Salute™, the industry’s collective
expression of respect and gratitude for members of the U.S. Armed
Forces, past and present. Fans can follow the conversation on social
media using #NASCARSalutes.
Queen City Kings: Coca-Cola Conquerors Who've Won Championships
A past reigning or future NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion has won 56% of all Coca-Cola 600 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The
drivers who have completed the championship/Queen City double: Jimmie
Johnson (6 titles, 4 C600s), Dale Earnhardt (7 titles, 3 C600s), Richard
Petty (7 titles 2 C600s),
Jeff Gordon (4 titles, 3 C600s), Darrell Waltrip (3 titles, 5 C600s),
David Pearson (3 titles, 3 C600s), Bobby Allison (1 title, 3 C600s),
Kevin Harvick (1 title, 2 C600s), Rusty Wallace (1 title 1 C600), Bobby
Labonte (1 title, 1 C600), (1 title, 1 C600),
Dale Jarrett (1 title, 1 C600), Benny Parsons (1 title, 1 C600), Kurt
Busch (1 title 1 C600) and Matt Kenseth (1 title 1 C600).
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Etc.
Coca-Cola 600 Military Salute
In
addition to NASCAR’s 600 Miles of Remembrance tribute, further salutes
to the United States Armed Forces will take place before the Coca-Cola
600. Charlotte Motor Speedway
will feature skydivers from Team Fastrax, war re-enactments, vintage
war planes, a 21-gun salute from the Fort Bragg Firing Squad and a
flyover of four F-15s from the 334th Fighter Squadron, Fighting Eagles
Seymour Johnson AFB. Buses will also transport thousands
of troops to the race through the Patriot Partners program. Through the
new CMS Salute the Crews program, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team members
who have served in the military will be recognized during the pre-race
ceremonies and on the giant Speedway…
Fans From Around The Globe Flock To Charlotte Motor Speedway
Throughout
all 10 days of NASCAR Thunder in Charlotte, fans from 25 foreign
countries and representing 4,100 cities worldwide have visited or plan
on going to Charlotte
Motor Speedway.
Country Star Lee Brice To Take Stage On Sunday
Grammy-nominated country music artist Lee Brice will perform a pre-race concert prior to the Coca-Cola 600.
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
Sadler’s Slight Points Lead Not Enough To Get Comfortable
JR Motorsports knew it was getting a solid veteran when it signed Elliott Sadler for 2016.
With 10 races in the books and the NASCAR XFINITY Series standings lead, solid might’ve been an understatement.
Sadler
holds a three points advantage over second-place Daniel Suárez, but
knows that buffer is not exactly comfortable as the series heads to
Charlotte Motor Speedway for
Saturday’s Hisense 4K TV 300 (2:30 p.m. ET on FS1).
Sadler’s
average finish through 10 starts is 6.6 – tied with Suárez for tops in
the series. Sadler has one win (Talladega), four top fives and nine top
10s. In season-to-date
loop data, he is ranked sixth in average running position (9.2) and
fifth in Driver Rating (99.8).
Early
in Sadler’s career he struggled at Charlotte, but as of late he has
found his groove on the 1.5-mile speedway, posting six top 10s in his
last nine starts. He finished
ninth in this event last season.
Dillon/RCR Look To Become Third Driver/Team To Win Three Straight Races At Charlotte
Rising
star and former series champion Austin Dillon dominated Charlotte Motor
Speedway last season, sweeping both races from the Coors Light Pole.
The feat impressed many
and now gives Dillon and Richard Childress Racing the opportunity to be
just the third driver and third team in series history to win three
consecutive races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Dillon
can put himself in rare company if he can win this weekend at
Charlotte. He would become the third driver to win three consecutive
races at CMS, joining 1989 NASCAR
XFINITY Series champion Rob Moroso (Fall 198, both races of 1989) and
Mark Martin (Fall of 1995, both races of 1996).
Dillon
has made six series starts at Charlotte, recording two wins, three top
fives, four top 10s and an average finish of 5.8. Dillon also owns three
poles at the famed 1.5-mile
track.
Richard
Childress Racing has entered four drivers this weekend at CMS: Austin
Dillon, Ty Dillon, Brandon Jones and Brendan Gaughan. If any of the four
were to win at Charlotte
on Saturday, Richard Childress Racing would become the third team in
series history to win three consecutive races at CMS, joining Moroso
Performance (Fall 1988, both races of 1989) and Roush Fenway Racing
(Fall of 1995, both races of 1996).
Rookie Erik Jones Has A Lot To Smile About Lately
Sunoco
Rookie of the Year candidate Erik Jones has been showcasing his talents
over the past several weeks. The Byron, Michigan native jumped two
spots in the NASCAR XFINITY
Series points following his win at Dover International Speedway.
In
10 starts this year, he has two victories (Bristol and Dover) and two
Dash 4 Cash wins totaling $200,000 of bonus money. Plus, the 19 year-old
is virtually locked into the
NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase and has six Chase bonus points due to his
multiple wins, provided he stays in the top 30 in points and qualifies
for the remaining events.
“Charlotte
has been a place where I’ve run fairly well myself and JGR has always
run well,” Jones said. “We’ll see as the week goes on, but I think our
mile-and-a-half program
has been pretty stout this year everywhere we’ve gone, no matter what
mile-and-a-half it may be.”
Jones has made two starts at Charlotte, posting one top five and an average finish of 8.5.
Assuming
Jones continues his streak of success this weekend at Charlotte
wouldn’t be foolish. He holds the second-best average finish on 1.5-mile
tracks this season – an astounding
2.7.
North Carolina Natives Aplenty This Weekend
Eight
drivers with their home state recorded as North Carolina are entered
this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the NASCAR XFINITY Series:
Ty Dillon (Welcome), Austin
Dillon (Welcome), Morgan Shepherd (Ferguson), Harrison Rhodes (High
Point), Ryan Blaney (High Point), Drew Herring (Benson), Cody Ware
(Greensboro) and Carl Long (Roxboro).
Of
the eight entered, Austin Dillon (2015 sweep) is the only active North
Carolina driver to win at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the series.
JGR’s Suárez Must Keep The Heat On The Standings Leader
With
just three points separating himself from the NASCAR XFINITY Series
standings lead, 2015 Sunoco Rookie of the Year Daniel Suárez needs to
keep the heat on veteran Elliott
Sadler to close the points gap between first and second.
In
10 starts, Suárez has posted four top fives, nine top 10s and an
average finish of 6.6. In season-to-date loop data Suárez leads the
series in Average Running Position (6.7)
and is ranked second in Driver Rating (106.9).
Charlotte
provides the perfect stage for Suárez to catapult ahead of Sadler in
the points. Suárez has made two starts at CMS, logging one top five, two
top 10s and an average
finish of 5.0.
Chase Bubble: 16 Races To Go Until Cutoff
As
the NASCAR XFINITY Series rolls into Charlotte Motor Speedway this
weekend, the competitors know there are just 16 races left in the
regular season. The seven-race NASCAR
XFINITY Series Chase will begin at Kentucky Speedway on Sept. 24, and
feature 12 drivers and two elimination rounds, with four drivers
competing in the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
A
win in the first 26 races all but guarantees a driver entry into the
NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase, provided the driver is in the top 30 in
points and has attempted to qualify
for each race. Drivers who win two Dash 4 Cash bonuses are also all but
guaranteed a Chase berth.
Below are a look at the drivers teetering on the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase bubble after 10 races:
11.
Jeb Burton (+17) – No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Mustang –
Burton’s season has been a mix of ups and downs. Burton sits 11th in the
standings after posting one
top 10 and eight top-20 finishes.
12.
Ryan Sieg (+10) – No. 39 RSS Racing Chevrolet Camaro – Sieg’s currently
the last driver eligible for the 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase as he
is 10 points ahead of 13th-place
Blake Koch. Sieg’s success this season has been built on consistency.
In 10 starts this season, he has posted one top 10 and seven top-20
finishes. He also has two top-10 starts this season.
13.
Blake Koch (-10) – No. 11 Kaulig Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro – Koch is
the first driver on the outside of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase
cutoff line looking in. Koch
is 13th in the standings just 10 points behind 12th. Koch’s season
started strong, but an accident at Texas knocked him outside the top 12
and he has been trying to rebound ever since. In 10 starts, Koch has
posted two top 10s and six top 20s.
A Few Truck Men: Gallagher, Custer Sampling Some XFINITY Series
Two
of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ rising stars, Cole Custer and
Spencer Gallagher, will be strapping into cars this Saturday and
competing in the Hisense 4K TV
300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Custer
will wrangle the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro this weekend in
his second career start in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Custer’s series
debut came a few weeks
back at Richmond International Raceway, where he drove the JR
Motorsports No. 5 from 17th to a sixth-place finish.
Custer
has made only one NASCAR national series start at Charlotte Motor
Speedway – last weekend in the NCWTS race – where he started 16th and
finished 13th.
GMS
Racing has tapped Spencer Gallagher to drive their No. 21 Chevrolet
Camaro this weekend at CMS. Gallagher has made three starts in the
XFINITY Series this season, posting
a best finish of 17th (Richmond). This weekend will also be Gallagher’s
series debut at Charlotte. Like Custer, Gallagher competed in the Truck
Series race at Charlotte last weekend, starting second and finishing
sixth.
NASCAR XFINITY Series Etc.:
NASCAR XFINITY Series in North Carolina:
There
have been 796 NASCAR national series races (NSCS, 522; NXS, 187; NCWTS,
18) held in the state of North Carolina. The 187 NASCAR XFINITY Series
races held in N.C. have been on seven
different tracks: Charlotte Motor Speedway (68), Rockingham Speedway
(42), Hickory Speedway (42), Orange County Speedway (27), North
Wilkesboro Speedway (four), Caraway Speedway (three) and Asheville
Speedway (one). The first NASCAR national series race in
North Carolina was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Charlotte
Speedway (dirt track) on June 19, 1949 that was won by Jim Roper
(Lincoln). The first NASCAR XFINITY Series race held in North Carolina
was on April 10, 1982 at Hickory Speedway in Hickory, North
Carolina and was won by Jack Ingram (Pontiac)…
NASCAR XFINITY Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
The
NASCAR XFINITY Series has held 68 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The first NXS race at CMS was held on May 29, 1982 and won by Harry Gant
(Pontiac). Four-hundred-sixty-seven
drivers have made at least one start in the series at Charlotte Motor
Speedway; 56 of the 467 made their first series career start at CMS.
Thirty-two different drivers have won at CMS in the NXS, led by Kyle
Busch with eight victories. Eight drivers tallied
their first series win at CMS (none are active).
North Carolina Drivers in NASCAR:
A
total of 439 drivers who have made at least one NASCAR national series
start have their home state recorded as North Carolina. Of the 439 North
Carolina drivers,
only 29 have won in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, led by Richard Petty
with 200 victories (series-most). Out of the 439, only 109 have competed
in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Of the 109 North Carolina drivers who
have competed in the NASCAR XFINITY Series,
21 have visited Victory Lane, led by Jack Ingram with 31 wins. Six
North Carolina drivers have won at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the
NASCAR XFINITY Series: Harry Gant, four wins (Taylorsville); Dale
Earnhardt, three wins (Kannapolis); Austin Dillon, two wins
(Welcome); Dale Jarrett, two wins (Hickory); Phil Parsons, one win
(Denver) and Sam Ard, one win (Asheboro). Five NXS champions are from
North Carolina: 2013 champ Austin Dillon (Welcome), 2003 champ Brian
Vickers (Thomasville), two-time series champ (1998-1999)
Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1982 and 1985 champ Jack Ingram (Asheville) and
1983-1984 champ Sam Ard (Asheboro).
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES
Crafton Cruises To Second Consecutive Win
Matt
Crafton led a race-high 47 laps in last Saturday’s North Carolina
Education Lottery 200 to cruise to his second consecutive NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series victory.
The
ThorSport Racing driver, who leads the points standings, is the first
driver on the circuit to log multiple victories this season. He has
totaled at least two wins in
his last three campaigns.
Crafton
leads the series in wins (2), top fives (3), top 10s (5), driver rating
(115.4), average finish (8.5), fastest laps (128), laps led (264) and
percentage of laps
led (26.7).
His
Charlotte victory was his seventh win, 11th top-two showing and 18th
top-10 finish in 20 starts at 1.5-mile tracks since 2014.
Standings Snapshot
Two-time
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Matt Crafton paces the
points standings six races through the 2016 season. He is followed by
Timothy Peters, Daniel Hemric,
Spencer Gallagher and William Byron. Ryan Truex, John Hunter Nemechek,
Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell and Johnny Sauter round out the top 10.
Crafton, Byron and Nemechek have each captured NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase berths by winning races.
The series returns to action at on Friday, June 10 at Texas Motor Speedway for the Rattlesnake 400 (9 p.m. ET on FS1).
GMS Keeps On Rollin’
GMS
Racing, the Statesville, North Carolina-based outfit, continued its
strong season at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday by producing a
third-place finish from Johnny
Sauter and a sixth-place showing by Spencer Gallagher.
On
the season, Gallagher ranks fourth in series points, 22 markers behind
leader Matt Crafton. He is tied with Crafton for first in top fives with
five.
Sauter
sits 10th in points, but virtually clinched a spot in the NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series Chase with his win at Daytona. He claims one
win, three top fives and
three top 10s this season.
Newly Minted NASCAR Next Member Tifft Registers Career Best Finish
Four days after being selected to the 2016-17 NASCAR Next class, Matt Tifft produced a career high fifth-place finish.
In 18 career starts, Tifft has one top five and seven top 10s.
He started competing full-time in the series for Red Horse Racing at Kansas, replacing Ben Kennedy who moved on to GMS Racing.
KBM’s Bell, Byron On Crusade Of Consistency
Kyle
Busch Motorsports’ Christopher Bell and William Byron continued their
string of strong finishes in Saturday’s North Carolina Education Lottery
200 at Charlotte Motor
Speedway.
Bell
finished eighth for his third consecutive top-10 showing, while Byron
placed 10th for his fourth consecutive result of 11th or better. Byron
also led 25 laps.
Byron
and Bell sit fifth and ninth, respectively, in the NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series points standings. Byron sits 26 points behind first-place
Matt Crafton, while
Bell trails Crafton by 37 markers.
A
Charlotte resident, Byron captured a spot in the NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series Chase via his win at Kansas. He leads second-place Bell in
the Sunoco Rookie of the
Year standings by six points.
On
Tuesday, Bell served as a special guest in Texas Motor Speedway’s
Speeding To Read Championship Assembly. The event culminated a year-long
reading competition among nearly
6,500 students from 11 Dallas/Fort Worth-area elementary schools.
Brad Keselowski Racing On The Rise
Brad Keselowski Racing has picked up the pace the last few weeks.
Last
season’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship runner-up Tyler
Reddick scored a season-high fourth-place finish – his second straight
top-10 showing. His teammate
Daniel Hemric placed ninth for his third consecutive top-10 finish.
Hemric
leads BKR in the points standings where he mans the third spot (17
markers behind leader Matt Crafton) on the strength of two top fives and
five top 10s.
Reddick trails in eighth (36 points behind Crafton). He has one top five and two top 10s.
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