Monthly Archives: August 2015

BROOKLYN, Mich. (Aug. 16, 2015) — Matt Kenseth played “Catch Me If You Can,” and no one could on Sunday in the Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Kenseth admitted he may have never had a more dominating performance and such a commanding race car. There was absolutely no argument from the other 42 competitors who spent most of the race competing for second place, eventually captured by Kevin Harvick. “It’s been a great week, we’ve had a great couple of months, we definitely got some momentum built and the guys gave us a rocket today, but they’ve given us rockets for the last couple of months and we’re just going to work hard to keep it going,” Kenseth explained. It was the fifth victory in the last six races for Joe Gibbs racing, which also includes drivers Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Carl Edwards. Kenseth, in gaining his third win at MIS in 33 career starts and his 34th career Sprint Cup triumph, led for 146 of the 200 total laps. The next top lap leader was Austin Dillon with 19. Harvick crossed the finish line 1.722 seconds behind Kenseth but with Kenseth…

BROOKLYN, Mich. (Aug. 14, 2015) – Michigan International Speedway president Roger Curtis congratulated NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Gordon on his final event at MIS with a vacation at the iconic Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.  “I know Jeff didn’t want his final year to be the ‘Rocking Chair Tour,’ where we celebrate him with a rocking chair. So we decided to give him a wonderful family vacation at the hotel with the world’s largest porch and the world’s largest number of rocking chairs,” MIS President Roger Curtis said.  Curtis and the team wanted Gordon and his family to have a Pure Michigan vacation – and there is no better place than beautiful Mackinac Island, where motorized vehicles are prohibited.  This year is Gordon’s final full-time season in NASCAR’s premier series. He’ll head to the FOX broadcast booth in 2016, serving as an NASCAR analyst.  In 45 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Michigan, Gordon has three wins (2014, 2001 and 1998) and six poles, including the track qualifying speed at 206.558 mph. He’s the defending winner of the Pure Michigan 400.  “It was too long ago for me to remember (my first race at Michigan),” Gordon said…