Elliott Sadler, with a qualifying lap speed of 181.366 mph, captured the 2012 NNS Sam's Town 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
This was Sadler's first series pole of the 2012 season, his twelfth series career pole and his first series pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Starting on the outside pole in second and with a qualifying lap speed of 181.044 mph, will be Kasey Kahne, followed by NNS Rookie of the Year contender, Austin Dillon (180.977 mph) starting third, Brian Scott (180.905) fourth and Brad Keselowski (180.572) will start fifth.
Rounding out the top-ten starting positions will be the defending series champion, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (180.313) starting sixth, Mark Martin (180.222) seventh, Justin Allgaier (179.677) eighth, Brendan Gaughan (179.593) ninth and Jason Bowles (179.480) will start ... FULL STORY »
The current NNS points leader and last week's winner, Elliott Sadler, with a lap speed of 179.545 mph, was the fastest during the first Sam's Town 300 practice session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Second fastest was Mark Martin with a ... FULL STORY »
Hello loyal readers and other folks. Hope y'all had a good weekend. Well race number 2 is out of the way. The Trucks were off this week which gives me a little more room for some of my other stuff ... FULL STORY »
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. – Sam’s Town 300 Advance
Team: No. 6 Ford Ecoboost Mustang
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Chassis: RK-740 – primary – new Nationwide chassis
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Kevin Harvick had a dominant performance in his return to the NASCAR Nationwide Series with Richard Childress Racing but had to ultimately settle for a fifth-place finish in the Bashas' Supermarket 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. After starting the 200-lap ... FULL STORY »
Austin Dillon and the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet team finished fourth in the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway to earn their second consecutive top-five finish in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Dillon started the 200-lap race from the ... FULL STORY »
Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team earned their first victory of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season Saturday afternoon at Phoenix International Raceway. Less than four months after Sadler's Nationwide Series championship title hopes were dashed at ... FULL STORY »
