segunda-feira, 13 de junho de 2016

UPDATE: ThorSport Racing haulers and some Trucks survive fire

A ThorSport Racing spokesperson confirmed to NBC Sports that the team’s four haulers, along with some tool and pit boxes, were removed from the shop before a pre-dawn fire spread.
Some of the team’s trucks also survived, but a team spokesperson was unsure of the exact number.
The spokesperson told NBC Sports that as of nearly 2 p.m. ET the fire was contained but firefighters were battling some smaller issues.
The fire at the team’s Sandusky, Ohio, race shop was reported at 12:12 a.m. ET. Fire crews from Perkins Township responded along with a unit from Sandusky, Ohio.
The team stated that no one was injured. The team also reported that the fire started in the basement of the 100,000-square foot shop.
A spokesperson for Kyle Busch Motorsports, a fellow Toyota team, stated that they had reached out to ThorSport Racing officials and offered whatever assistance is needed from parts and pieces to a place to work.
A Toyota spokesperson told NBC Sports that many teams, including those from competing manufacturers, were offering their assistance to ThorSport Racing.
The four-truck ThorSport team — the longest tenured in the Camping World Truck Series — raced last Friday at Texas Motor Speedway with two-time series champion and current points leader Matt CraftonRico AbreuBen Rhodes and Cameron Hayley.
The Truck series races Saturday at Iowa Speedway. The team stated it plans to compete.
Check back for more details as they become available.


sábado, 11 de junho de 2016

Results of Saturday’s Menards 250 Xfinity Series race at Michigan

After 47 previous starts, Daniel Suarez finally broke through for his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup victory in Saturday’s Menards 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
Suarez passed teammate Kyle Busch with two laps to go and held on for the final lap to reach victory lane for Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch Motorsports.
Here’s the results for the Menards 250:

NASCAR Xfinity Series point standings after Menards 250 at Michigan

While his win in Saturday’s Menards 250 was certainly emotional, with it being his first career triumph in the Xfinity Series, it also helped slightly increase Daniel Suarez‘s lead in the Xfinity Series point standings, as well.
Suarez now has an 18-point lead over second-ranked Elliott Sadler, a 36-point edge over third-ranked Ty Dillon, a 55-point lead over fourth-ranked Erik Jones and a 64-point difference over fifth-ranked Justin Allgaier.
Here’s the Xfinity Series point standings after Saturday’s race:

How hot was it at Michigan on Saturday? Ty Dillon will tell you

With atmospheric temperatures hovering around 90 degrees and on-track temperatures even higher, it was obviously pretty hot during Saturday’s Menards 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
It was even hotter for driver Ty Dillon, who spent most of Saturday’s race without air conditioning. As a result, Dillon went to the MIS infield medical center after the race for a fill-up of IV fluid to replenish some of what he lost in the race.
One good thing: Temperatures are expected to be about 15 degrees lower in Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400
Check out Dillon’s post on Instagram, with a couple of followup posts on Twitter:

SUAREZ SAVORS FIRST XFINITY WIN AT MICHIGAN



RELATED: Race results
Daniel Suarez surged to his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, taking the lead from Kyle Busch with two laps left.
Suarez, the series' points leader, recovered from an early race speeding penalty and rallied in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota. He led four laps and became the first Mexican-born driver to win in any of NASCAR's three national series. He also became the XFINITY tour's sixth foreign-born winner in his 48th career start.
Busch, a Sprint Cup Series regular, led a race-high 88 of 125 laps in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota but settled for second in the Menard's 250 presented by Valvoline. Paul Menard finished third, Erik Jones fourth and Elliott Sadler fifth.
Suarez was first off pit road during the first caution period, but a speeding penalty knocked him back to 25th place for the Lap 32 restart that followed. He gradually gained ground during the course of the 250-miler, making his most dramatic charge over the long green-flag run to the finish.
Suarez caught and inched ahead of Busch as the two drivers flashed under the white flag for the final lap. The 24-year-old Suarez -- a NASCAR Next product and last season's Sunoco Rookie of the Year -- held on for a .281-second margin of victory at the finish.
Jones started second and led 18 laps on an emotional day for the 20-year-old driver. Jones, a Byron, Michigan native, announced through Twitter during Saturday's pre-race that his father had died Tuesday at age 53 after a bout with cancer.
Before the race, he paid tribute to his father, affixing a decal with the name "Dave" in place of his own above the driver's door of his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota.
Alex Bowman led 11 laps and secured seventh place in just his third XFINITY start of the season in the JR Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet. He landed his first pole position since 2013 in Saturday's Coors Light Pole Qualifying.
The series' next race -- the American Ethanol E15 250 -- is scheduled June 19 (1:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM) at Iowa Speedway.
This story will be updated.

Camping World Truck race results from Texas

Rookie William Byron passed Matt Craftonwith five laps to go and then held off Rico Abreu‘s late challenge before Abreu hit the wall to win Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck race at Texas Motor Speedway.
It’s the second victory of the season for Byron, who drives for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Crafton finished second with Johnny Sauterthird. Abreu hit the wall in each of the final two laps and fell to ninth.


Matt Crafton remains Truck points leader after Texas race

Rookie William Byron moved up two spots to third in the NASCAR Camping World Truck point standings after his win Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway, but Matt Craftonremains the series leader.
Crafton holds an 18-point advantage onTimothy Peters after the season’s seventh race of the year. Byron is next, 23 points behind Crafton.