Camping World Truck Series preliminary entry list for Iowa

Rookie William Byron, who will go for his second consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory this weekend at Iowa Speedway, is one of 34 entries for the event.

Daniel Suarez, who scored his first NASCAR Xfinity victory last weekend at Michigan International Speedway, also is entered in this event.

Xfinity preliminary entry list for Iowa

Sprint Cup drivers Brad Keselowski andJosh Wise are among the 42 entries on the preliminary list for this weekend’s Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway.

The race will be Sunday. The Sprint Cup Series is off this weekend.

Daniel Suarez, who scored his first series win last weekend at Michigan International Speedway, seeks his second consecutive victory.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to appear tonight on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will take on the challenging obstacle course tonight on NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior.”

Stenhouse was the lone NASCAR driver. He competed against IndyCar drivers Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan and Josef Newgarden. The show was taped in late April in Indianapolis.

“I had a great time during American Ninja Warrior,” Stenhouse said in a statement. “I have been a big fan of the show and always wanted to try some of the obstacles. All the participants were so helpful. They would tell you what they struggled with and how to attack a certain obstacle. I’m definitely going to train harder next year and do it again.”

Tonight’s show airs at 8 p.m. ET.

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 Crafton, Rico Abreu, Ben 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.

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: