First Stab at Iowa Speedway Yields Top-Five Finish for Monster Energy Athlete
Date: May 20, 2012
Event: Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Race 10 of 33)
Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series
Location: Iowa Speedway (.875-mile tri-oval)
Start/Finish: 31st/5th (Running, completed 250 of 250 laps)
Winner: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of Roush Racing (Ford)
It was a busy weekend for past Sprint Cup Series Champion Kurt Busch, who took his first stab at running two NASCAR race events in two days, in two different states. Busch competed in the Sprint Cup Series All-Star event Saturday night at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway and accomplished his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start from Iowa Speedway Sunday. The logistics were tough, but the veteran driver was able to back up a top-10 finish in the non-points ... FULL STORY »
Post Race Highlights:
· Following a seventh place run at Darlington Raceway last week, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brian Scott entered the first Nationwide Series non-companion race of the year with confidence.
· Despite hitting the wall on Saturday and not getting ... FULL STORY »
Post Race Highlights:
· In his highly anticipated Nationwide Series debut, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Darrell Wallace Jr. locked in a strong top-10 finish in Iowa Speedway’s Pioneer Hi-Bred 250.
· Wallace was 12th in practice at Iowa Speedway on Saturday, and he ... FULL STORY »
Post Race Highlights:
· Sunday’s Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 at Iowa Speedway was driver Michael McDowell’s first of five starts for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2012. His No. 18 Toyota Camry was sponsored by Iowa-based sponsor Pizza Ranch.
· McDowell started the weekend ... FULL STORY »
Camry driver Kyle Busch (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday night's All-Star NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Clint Bowyer (14th), Bobby Labonte (19th), Denny Hamlin (20th) and Mark Martin (21st) also competed in tonight's ... FULL STORY »
Jimmie Johnson and the NSCS No. 48 team had a million (dollars) reasons to celebrate about Saturday night, as Johnson won the 2012 NSCS Sprint All-Star non-points race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the third time.
Coming 0.841 seconds behind Johnson (who ... FULL STORY »
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Starting Position: 1st
How was your qualifying lap? "It was just a whole team effort -- that's what it boils down to. The guys unloaded with a really good M&M's ... FULL STORY »
