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Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Racing: Noah Gragson Bristol Advance

by MikeSeptember 18, 2024

The Bass Pro Shops Night Race Saturday at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway will mark Noah Gragson’s second NASCAR Cup Series start on the concrete-clad, .533-mile oval. The 26-year-old racer from Las Vegas last competed on the track in March when he started 22nd and finished 34th in the Food City 500. Gragson did, however, race a Cup car at Bristol twice prior to his March visit, but it was when Bristol’s straightaways and high banks were covered in 23,000 cubic yards of red clay. In the Food City Dirt Race in 2022 and 2023, Gragson finished 27th and 33rd, respectively. (more…)

Ty Gibbs — No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE — Bass Pro Shops 500 – Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 18, 2024

SECOND SEASON: Ty Gibbs is competing in his second full NASCAR Cup Series season driving the No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has 11 top-10 and seven top-five finishes and is 12^th in points, six points ahead of Denny Hamlin. The top-12 advance to the second round after the Bristol night race on September 21.
LAPS LED: He has led 389 laps this season, which is the most he has led in any Cup season.

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Bass Pro Shops Racing: Martin Truex Jr. Southern 500 at Darlington Advance

by MikeAugust 27, 2024

Where We Stand: Martin Truex Jr. sits ninth in the driver standings with 695 points, 128 behind Tyler Reddick. All four Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) entries are currently inside the top-10 in the standings, with Christopher Bell sixth, Denny Hamlin eighth and Ty Gibbs 10th as the series heads to the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season this weekend at the track “Too Tough to Tame.” (more…)

Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Racing: Noah Gragson Darlington Advance

by MikeAugust 26, 2024

The Cook Out Southern 500 will mark Noah Gragson’s third career NASCAR Cup Series start at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, but his first in the Southern 500. Both of Gragson’s previous Cup Series starts at the 1.366-mile oval have come in May during the Goodyear 400. Gragson finished 26th in last year’s Goodyear 400 and improved on that number this year when he finished 14th.

Gragson’s lack of NASCAR Cup Series experience at Darlington does not mean he’s lacking experience at the egg-shaped oval. In fact, Gragson has seven NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the “Track Too Tough To Tame,” and he seemed to tame Darlington by scoring an average finish of fourth. His worst finish was eighth, and in his last three Xfinity Series starts at Darlington, Gragson scored two wins and earned one second-place finish. The Las Vegas native has a 100 percent lap-completion rate at Darlington and he led a total of 253 laps, nearly 25 percent of the 1,035 laps available.

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Bass Pro Shops Racing: Martin Truex Jr. Daytona Advance

by MikeAugust 21, 2024

Where We Stand: Truex sits eighth in the driver standings with 682 points, 132 behind new leader Tyler Reddick. All four Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) entries are currently inside the top-10 in the standings, with Denny Hamlin third, Christopher Bell seventh and Ty Gibbs 10th as the series heads to the penultimate race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season at Daytona. (more…)

Austin Dillon Clinches Spot in the NASCAR Playoffs with Dominating Performance in the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet at Richmond Raceway

by MikeAugust 12, 2024

“We had a really strong Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet and it feels good to put the No. 3 Chevrolet back in Victory Lane. It’s been two years.

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Bass Pro Shops Racing: Martin Truex Jr. Richmond Advance

by MikeAugust 5, 2024

Where We Stand: The New Jersey native sits seventh in the driver standings with 653 points, 96 behind leader Kyle Larson. All four Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) entries are currently inside the top-10 in the standings, with Denny Hamlin fourth, Christopher Bell eighth and Ty Gibbs 11th as the series heads to Richmond coming out of a two-week break for the 2024 Olympics. (more…)

Bass Pro Shops Racing: Martin Truex Jr. Daytona 500

by MikeFebruary 13, 2024

Martin Truex Jr. and the No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry team for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) kicked off the unofficial season by finishing ninth in the 150-lap feature in the non-points Clash at the Coliseum on Feb. 3 in Los Angeles. (more…)

Bass Pro Shops Racing: Martin Truex Jr. Clash at the Coliseum

by MikeJanuary 31, 2024

Entering his sixth season under the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) banner, Martin Truex Jr. has become quite the short-track ace during his first five seasons with JGR’s No. 19 team. Prior to his time with JGR, Truex had never won on a short track.

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The Bass Tire Family Night Is Coming to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway On Saturday, October 7th

by MikeOctober 2, 2023

(Nashville, TN) Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway roars back to life with the penultimate race of the 2023 season, Bass Tire Family Night, Saturday, October 7th! 9 Divisions of race cars will compete at “America’s Favorite Short Track” featuring Pro Late Models, Big Machine Vodka Spiked Cooler Super Trucks, Outlaws, Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks, Pest Doctor Front Runners, US Air Force Legends, and Murfreesboro Fence Bandoleros!

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