Chase Elliott and the NAPA AUTO PARTS team were credited with a 39th-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race after being disqualified for a lug nut infraction. On Sunday afternoon, Elliott rolled off the grid sixth for the NASCAR Cup Series’ inaugural race at Nashville Superspeedway. By lap 24,…
Sweet Keeps Points Lead after Character-Building Weekend
The No. 49 NAPA AUTO PARTS team traveled to Knoxville Raceway this weekend for two nights of action at the famous half-mile located in central Iowa. Brad Sweet kicked off night one of the Brownells Big Guns Bash qualifying fifth overall in flight A with a lap time of 15.444.…
Doubleheader Weekend in Detroit Ends in Frustration for Rossi
The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader weekend brought mixed results for Alexander Rossi, with a top-ten finish in Race 1 and a first-lap, damage-causing incident that took the No. 27 out of contention to win Race 2. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES made their highly anticipated return to the streets of…
Capps Suffers Rare First-Round Fire in Epping
Ron Capps and the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Funny Car team were solid during qualifying at the NHRA New England Nationals, posting the third-quickest run of Q2 followed by the quickest run of Q3 to earn four bonus points and the No. 2 starting position. The NAPA team had finished…
Chase Elliott’s Top-Three Streak Continues
Chase Elliott and the NAPA AUTO PARTS team had another strong road course showing on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. Elliott led 13 laps and collected his fourth consecutive top-three finish of the season. Elliott started from the outside pole position. The driver of the No. 9 held onto that position…
Sweet Scores Top-Five Finish at Granite City
Brad Sweet and the NAPA AUTO PARTS Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 team earned the quickest qualifying time and won their heat race Saturday night at Granite City Speedway before scoring a top-five finish in the feature. The previous night’s main World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event at River…
Lupton, Moore Lead BMR Charge at Sonoma
Mechanical trouble knocked defending ARCA Menards Series West champion Jesse Love out of contention in the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry and ended his shot at a top finish in Saturday’s General Tire 200 at Sonoma Raceway. The 16-year-old was part of a four-car effort from Bill McAnally…
Elliott, NAPA Team Collect Third Consecutive Top-Three Finish
Chase Elliott finished second in Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on a night when Hendrick Motorsports broke the all-time record for Cup Series victories. Elliott and the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS team rolled off the grid in third for the 600-mile Memorial Day weekend…
Kraus Charges to Eighth-Place Finish at Charlotte
Derek Kraus charged to a strong, eighth-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night. The 19-year-old driver of the McAnally-Hilgemann Racing No. 19 NAPA Power Premium Plus / NAPA AutoCare Toyota Tundra had a great points night,…
Untimely Yellow Plagues Rossi’s Promising Start at 105th Running of Indianapolis 500
The tradition and excitement returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as fans were welcomed back to the Indianapolis 500, but an unfortunate early yellow hindered Alexander Rossi and the NAPA AUTO PARTS team’s chances of coming away with another Indianapolis 500 victory. The month of May for the NTT INDYCAR…