NASCAR XFINITY Series
Next Race: TreatMyClot.com 300 by Janssen
The Place: Auto Club Speedway
The Date: Saturday, March 19
The Time: 4 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 miles (150 laps)
Suárez Extends Standings Lead on Way to California
Following the second installment of the #NASCARGoesWest part of the NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule, Daniel Suárez now finds himself with an eight-point lead over second-place Elliott Sadler. Continue reading
Daniel Suarez
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While a familiar partner for his Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) team, current NASCAR XFINITY Series point’s leader Daniel Suarez will represent a new sponsor in Saturday’s XFINITY 300 at Auto Club (Calif.) Speedway.
Interstate Batteries, who first established its sponsorship with JGR prior to the 1992 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season will back the Monterrey, Mexico driver in the first of two XFINITY Series races this season, CATCHFENCE.com has confirmed.
The Dallas-based company also sponsors reigning Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch in select Cup races. They also backed Suarez’s XFINITY teammate Erik Jones two weeks ago at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway. Other accolades during their 25-year partnership include the 1993 Daytona 500 victory by Dale Jarrett, the 2000 Sprint Cup championship with driver Bobby Labonte and multiple wins by Busch. Continue reading
In recent years, Kevin Harvick has exercised his dominance at Phoenix International Raceway by crushing the competition.
In Sunday’s Good Sam 500 at the one-mile track in the Sonoran Desert, he maintained his mastery by a matter of inches, banging fenders with Carl Edwards in a side-by side overtime battle on the way to the finish line.
After the drivers traded shots on the way to the stripe, Harvick pulled ahead to win the fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season by 0.010 seconds (roughly four inches), the identical margin by which Denny Hamlin had beaten Martin Truex Jr. in the season-opening Daytona 500. Continue reading
Suárez Takes Over Points Lead, Hits Major Milestone
On the strength of three consecutive top-tens to start the season, Daniel Suárez took the points lead for the first time in his young – and impressive – career.
It was also the first-time in NASCAR history that a driver born outside the United States has led the standings in any NASCAR national series. The Mexico-born driver also matched his best finish of second last weekend at Las Vegas. Continue reading
Daniel Suarez, driver of the #19 ARRIS Toyota, talks with Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota, after the NASCAR Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 5, 2016 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Over the last several years, there’s one rally cry from some fans that has come clearly into focus. They don’t enjoy watching NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers winning XFINITY Series races. They especially don’t enjoy watching one Sprint Cup Series driver dominating the mid tier series races – that driver is Kyle Busch.
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon, Busch led all but one lap of the Boyd Gaming 300 on his way to victory, finally fulfilling his dream of winning at his home track in front of his family and friends. For them, Kyle Busch is the reason they came to the track to watch the XFINITY Series race – to see the driver they’ve watch grow from a brash youngster to a seasoned Sprint Cup Series champion. Continue reading