It was looking like in an uncharacteristically clean Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, where the Roush Fenway Racing duo of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne would be battling for the trophy. But, a gutsy call by crew chief Luke Lambert to keep his driver on the racetrack during the last caution flag of the afternoon, propelled Elliott Sadler back to victory lane for the second time in four races this season.
Sadler, driving the No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala, took the victory two weeks ago at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200, putting an exclamation point on the Richard Childress Racing team's focus in winning the 2012 Nationwide Series championship.
In 2001, Sadler scored his ... FULL STORY »
Joey Logano in the No. 18 GameStop Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing captured his 17th career NASCAR Nationwide Series pole at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway holding off the Ford Mustangs of Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the ... FULL STORY »
Joey Logano, with a qualifying lap speed of 124.210 mph, captured the 2012 NNS Ford EcoBoost 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Bristol Motor Speedway.
This was Logano's first series pole of the 2012 season, his seventeenth series career pole and his ... FULL STORY »
JOEY LOGANO, No. 20 Home Depot Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Starting Position: 9th
How was your qualifying lap? "It was probably a bit tighter than what we had in practice. Went down in (turn) one and just plowed and ... FULL STORY »
"Will Pilot JGR’s No. 18 Coke Toyota Saturday Night"
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 16, 2012) – Darrell Wallace Jr. will make his Joe Gibbs Racing debut this weekend in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on ... FULL STORY »
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
What are your thoughts about the Bristol race? "We come in here with a little bit of optimism -- knowing that it is a short track and what we ... FULL STORY »
RACE INFO:
Event: Food City 500
Date/Time: March 18/1:00 p.m. ET
2011 winner: Kyle Busch
2011 polesitter: Carl Edwards
Distance: 500 laps/266.5 miles
Track Length: 0.533 miles
Banking: 36 degrees
Track Shape: Oval
EXPRESS NOTES:
Las Vegas Recap: Denny Hamlin’s #11 FedEx Freight Toyota Camry was a handful in Sunday’s ... FULL STORY »
