Carl Edwards overcame a pit road speeding penalty and held off Kyle Busch over the final 10 laps to win the Great Clips 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The Subway Jalapeño 250: Danica Patrick’s great run; Turner Motorsports’s success; and Joey Logano finally gets a trip to Victory Lane.
After a bit of uncertainty, Reed Sorenson was declared the winner of the Bucyrus 200 Nationwide Series race at Road America.
Justin Allgaier coasted across the finish line of the STP 300 to win despite running out of fuel after passing Carl Edwards on the final lap at Chicagoland Speedway as Edwards also ran out of fuel.
With a convincing victory in Friday night’s Royal Purple 200 at Darlington Raceway, Kyle Busch scored his fifth Nationwide Series win of the season and the 48th of his career, leaving him one behind Mark Martin for the career victory lead in the series.
Turner Motorsports announced that veteran crew chief Jimmy Elledge has joined the team to serve as crew chief for the No. 31 Brandt Chevy and driver Justin Allgaier.
Turner Motorsports announced that is has signed Brandt Consolidated, an agriculture technology company, to sponsor the team’s No. 31 Nationwide Series Chevy, which will be driven by Justin Allgaier during the 2011 season.
Justin Allgaier is talking to Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams about next season, but none have stepped up with an offer for the young driver.
With two teams set for next season, Richard Petty Motorsports team owner Richard Petty hasn’t ruled out the possibility of fielding a third Sprint Cup entry next season.
Rumor has it that Verizon will not return to Penske Racing’s No. 12 Nationwide Series Dodge in 2011, instead choosing to focus on Penske’s IndyCar program. As a result, Justin Allgaier has been given permission to speak to other teams about employment next season.
