Kyle Busch led the most laps (88) and finished third.
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More rain at Kentucky Speedway meant that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams enjoyed only 50 minutes of on-track practice time at the 1.5-mile intermediate track on Friday, and that qualifying ended up being entirely washed out for the second weekend in a row.
Keselowski has had only one top-five finish on 1.5-mile tracks this season after compiling three in 2014, but, even before the rules changes, he figured to find a groove at Kentucky, a track he’s won at twice in the Cup series and once in the Xfinity series.
Matt Crafton earned his ninth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory Thursday at Kentucky Speedway in a race stopped early because of a wreck that damaged the catch fence. “We hope he savors these special bottlings just as fans around the globe have cherished his thrilling races”.
To get the win, Busch needed to pass Joey Logano for the lead with less than 20 laps to go.
(WHAS 11)-We had to wait for that extra practice session for NASCAR drivers at Kentucky Speedway. “Was able to lay down a really fast lap”.
Despite a heroic effort on the final lap by Jones, Keselowski held on for the victory in Friday night’s Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway. “It’s not if we don’t (win) that I’m going to be super disappointed”.
“I think there is a part of me that thought it would have been really cool had we not had any practice”, Gordon said. Although the four-time Sprint Cup champion, who is winless in 2015, would take a victory anywhere with nine races to decide the Chase, Gordon says Kentucky is “no different than any other track the difference is that it is the only one left on the list”.
“I won quite a few big races – about as many as you can win in legends (developmental) cars around here – but I’ve always heard that when you stop having fun, that’s when you get out of it”, Green said.
But, no, Gordon had not been sampling the distillers’ product when he made his comments.
Larson has proven he can compete at this level, but at this point, only one win will guarantee he’ll be racing this fall for a title.
“Unreal”, McDowell tweeted after weather sent him home for the second straight week.
The Quaker State 400 will be taking place this Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 pm and will be televised by the NBC Sports Network.
“I think these teams and the technology that we have are so smart, and I think everybody has had this package in the wind tunnel”.
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“It would just mean a lot to win it”, said Gordon, who starts third in the No. 24 AARP Member Advantages Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. I don’t know, I just remember hitting the wall and being along for a wild ride. The #26 BK Racing Toyota that gets in ahead of them has attempted to qualify for ten more races than they have, but has a season-best finish of just 29th.
