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Stewart-Haas Racing: Chase Briscoe NXS Race Report from Charlotte

May 26, 2020 Mike

Views: 12 Date: May 25, 2020 Event: Alsco 300 (Round 6 of 33) Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series Location: Charlotte (N.C) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Format: 200 laps, broken into three stages (45 laps/45 laps/110 laps) Start/Finish: 8th/20th(Running, completed 200 of 203 laps) Point Standing: 1st (251 points, eight ahead of second place) Note: Race extended three laps past its scheduled 200-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish. Race Winner: Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota) Stage 1 Winner: Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota) Stage 2 Winner: Kyle Busch of…

Team Penske NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Report – Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 26, 2020 Mike

Views: 8 Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway Race: Alsco 300 Date: May 25, 2020 ____________________________________ No. 22 Snap-on Ford Mustang – Austin Cindric Start: 6th Stage 1: 6th Stage 2: 4th Finish: 3rd Status: Running Laps Completed: 203/203 Laps Led: 30 Point Standings (behind first): 2nd (-8) Notes: Austin Cindric nearly scored the win in the Alsco 300 Monday evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway, leading 30 laps and scoring a third-place finish. The result was Cindric’s best at the 1.5-mile oval and his fifth-straight top-10 finish this season. The driver of the No. 22 Snap-on Ford Mustang moves from third to…

Today. Tomorrow. Toyota Racing: Daniel Suárez Alsco Uniforms 500k at Charlotte Preview

May 26, 2020 Mike

Views: 10 MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (May 25, 2020) – Daniel Suárez and the red, white and blue No. 96 Today. Tomorrow. Toyota Camry team for Gaunt Brothers Racing (GBR) can’t wait to get back to the 1.5-mile Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway oval for Wednesday night’s NASCAR Cup Series Alsco Uniforms 500k after an admittedly frustrating run in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600. Their sixth race together Sunday night – and third since the season resumed after a 70-day shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic – netted a 29th-place finish. That…

No. 41 Autodesk Fusion 360/HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang: Cole Custer Alsco Uniforms 500k Race Advance

May 26, 2020 Mike

Views: 9 KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (May 25, 2020) – The No. 41 Autodesk Fusion 360/HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) with young driver Cole Custer returns to Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Wednesday for the fourth NASCAR Cup Series race since the COVID-19 pandemic halted the season back on March 9. Wednesday night’s race will be 500 kilometers, or 310 miles – a little more than half of Sunday night’s marathon Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Custer’s Mustang will look a little different for Wednesday’s race with the Autodesk Fusion 360 livery…

M&M’S Fudge Brownie Racing: Kyle Busch Alsco Uniforms 500k at Charlotte Advance and Team Report

May 26, 2020 Mike

Views: 9 HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (May 25, 2020) – Until last Wednesday night’s event at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, the last time the NASCAR Cup Series ran a race on a Wednesday was almost 36 years ago – the Firecracker 400 on July 4, 1984. Back then, no matter on what day July 4 fell, NASCAR’s top series raced at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. That 1984 Firecracker 400 also happened to be one of the more memorable races in NASCAR history, as Richard Petty brought home the 200th win of his…

Erik Jones – No. 20 CRAFTSMAN Toyota Camry Preview (NCS) – Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 26, 2020 Mike

Views: 9 No. 20 CRAFTSMAN Toyota Camry News and Notes: JONES AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: Erik Jones will make his sixth Cup Series start at the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway on Wednesday night for the Alsco 500(k). In his previous five starts at the track in the Cup Series, Jones best finish is seventh during his first appearance in the Coca-Cola 600 in 2017. In addition to his Cup starts, Jones has five Xfinity Series starts at the track earning a best finish of second in 2015. In his lone Truck…

No. 10 Smithfield Ford Racing: Aric Almirola Charlotte II Race Advance

May 25, 2020 Mike

Views: 11 KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (May 25, 2020) – Aric Almirola and the No. 10 Smithfield Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) will head back to Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Wednesday night for its second of back-to-back races at the 1.5-mile oval. Almirola and the No. 10 Smithfield Ford team endured a difficult evening at Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. After starting in the rear from adjustments made on the car after slight contact with the wall in qualifying, the No. 10 team persevered and made its way back to the…

No. 14 PEAK Coolant & Antifreeze Racing Clint Bowyer Charlotte 500k Advance

May 25, 2020May 26, 2020 Mike

Views: 11 KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (May 25, 2020) – When Clint Bowyer fires his engine at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Wednesday night for the NASCAR Cup Series’ 500-kilometer race, it will mark the fourth of five races in a 14-day span since the sport returned from a 10-week hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The frenetic schedule after a long layoff might be too much, too soon, for some drivers, but like his PEAK Coolant & Antifreeze partner, the Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) driver isn’t about to get overheated when…

Scag Power Equipment Signs Up for Additional Races with John Hunter Nemechek

May 25, 2020 Mike

Views: 14 MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 25, 2020) – Following a successful debut partnership on John Hunter Nemechek’s No. 38 Ford Mustang, Scag Power Equipment will return as the primary sponsor on the Front Row Motorsports (FRM) entry for the upcoming races at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway on May 27 and Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on May 31. Based in Mayville, Wis., Scag Power Equipment has been producing premium, heavy-duty mowers for its commercial and residential customers since 1983. The lawn care mogul joined FRM for the-back-to-back NASCAR Cup Series races at Darlington…

DiBenedetto Finishes 17th in the Coca-Cola 600

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Mike

Views: 22 Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/FVP team had an up-and-down day in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway before ending up 17th at the finish. The day started on the down side as the Menards Mustang was super loose in the first qualifying session held since the Cup Series resumed racing following a 10-week halt due to the coronavirus. DiBenedetto lost control and bounced off the wall, forcing the team to pull out a back-up Mustang. That meant he had to start the 600-mile marathon from the…