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Hill To Drive For FAS Lane Racing In 2013

Michael J Smith — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:03:38 +0000

FAS Lane Racing announced that 2011 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year Timmy Hill will drive the team’s No. 32 U.S. Chrome Ford in the Sprint Cup Series in 2013.

Hill joined FLR in 2012, running three races towards the end of the season. He finished a career-high 22nd place at Kansas Speedway.

Veteran drivers Terry Labonte and Ken Schrader will share seat time with Hill to fill out the entire 2013 Cup schedule. Hill will race 18 to 20 races, allowing him to compete for Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

Schrader To Drive For FAS Lane Racing In 2013

Schrader To Drive For FAS Lane Racing In 2013

Michael J Smith — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:22:11 +0000

Ken Schrader, who drove FAS Lane Racing’s No. 32 in 12 Sprint Cup Series races last season, will return to drive that car in 10 races.

Schrader said:

We run 28th or 32nd most of the time, but we still have fun out there racing, well, I guess we have fun out there running around. We’re going to run 10 races next year. The only bad thing about that is that it shoots the hell out of 10 weekends that we could be out running the modified somewhere.

In 13 races last season, Schrader posted an average finish of 32.7 with a high finish of 29th in the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Labonte To Drive For FAS Lane Racing In Daytona 500

Michael J Smith — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:47:09 +0000

Terry Labonte will drive the No. 32 Ford for FAS Lane Racing in the 2012 Daytona 500, the team announced. Labonte drove the season-opener last year and finished 15th with the team.

The No. 32 will feature sponsorship from C&J Energy Services.

In related news, Michael Waltrip Racing struck a deal with FLR in which MWR would get FLR’s owner’s points from 2011 — the team finished 34th in the owner’s standings — to guarantee Mark Martin a starting spot in the 2012 Daytona 500.

FLR could still be locked into the field because Labonte is eligible for a past champion’s provisional. Ken Schrader is also scheduled to drive some races in the No. 32 with sponsorship coming from Federated Auto Parts.

Schrader May Run A Few Cup Races For FAS Lane Racing

Michael J Smith — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:35:16 +0000

Jayski is reporting via Ralph Sheheen’s Twitter feed that Ken Schrader may run a few Sprint Cup races for Frank Stoddard in Stoddard’s No. 32 FAS Lane Racing Ford. Sheheen says he will probably run at Bristol Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway.

Busch Stretches Fuel To Win O’Reilly 200 At Bristol

Michael J Smith — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:59:42 +0000

Kyle Busch won the pole for the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway, but had to start from the rear of the field due to engine repairs made under impound rules. By lap 91, Busch took the lead when Mike Skinner pitted.

He went on to stretch his fuel — running the entire 206 laps on one pit stop — and survive a green-white-checkered finish to win his third Camping World Truck Series victory in his Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota.

Afterwards he said:

I wasn’t 100 percent aggressive on saving fuel, but I was 92 percent. There was concerns all around.

Top 5: Busch, Aric Almirola, Ron Hornaday, Skinner, and Justin Lofton.

Todd Bodine, Brad Keselowski, Timothy Peters, Miguel Paludo, and Matt Crafton rounded out the top 10.

Notables: Johnny Sauter (11th), Dennis Setzer (12th), Bobby Hamilton Jr (13th), Max Papis (14th), Austin Dillon (17th), Ricky Carmichael (19th), David Starr (23rd), and Elliott Sadler (26th).

Elliott Sadler and Timothy Peters were batting for second in the closing laps when Sadler hooked Peters into the wall. Peters headed to pit road for repairs. He recovered to finish 8th.

Sadler assumed second place for a moment, but hit the wall several laps later when his tire — presumably cut during his contact with Peters — gave way. He finished 26th.

Ron Hornaday spun and lost a lap but managed to recover, finishing third.

Austin Dillon had a rough night, getting together with Donny Lia 20 laps into the race and clay Greenfield 24 laps later. The damage knocked him out of contention. He finished 17th.

With two laps to go, Justin Lofton brushed the wall, then got into David Starr, sending him down the track on the frontstretch and into the inside wall. He bounced off the wall and headed back up the track into the racing line. As he slid towards the outside wall, Ken Schrader slammed hard into his passenger-side door.

As those two trucks hit the outside wall, Miguel Paludo made contact with Dennis Setzer causing Setzer to spin. Starr bounced off the outside wall and made contact with Ricky Carmichael and then Setzer. All drivers walked away uninjured, though Schrader appeared to limp as he exited his truck.

The race was red flagged for cleanup. Paludo finished ninth, Setzer finished 12th, Carmichael finished 19th, Starr finished 23rd, and Schrader finished 24th.

Schrader To Run Shootout For RBR

Michael J Smith — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:20:49 +0000

Red Bull Racing announced that Ken Schrader will drive the team’s No. 82 Toyota in the 2010 Bud Shootout. Schrader, a two-time Shootout winner, is eligible thanks to a change in the rules this year. Scott Speed, the regular driver of the No. 82, is not eligible.

Keselowski To Run 10 Races For Phoenix Racing

Michael J Smith — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:44:48 +0000

After deciding to run the full Sprint Cup season in 2009, Phoenix Racing has announced that Brad Keselowski will drive 10 races in the No. 09 Miccosukee Resorts and Gaming Chevy.

Keselowski will also run seven races in the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports. By running 17 races, if Keselowski runs the full 2010 Sprint Cup season, he will not be elligible for Rookie of the Year.

The rest of the races will be run by Sterlin Marlin, Mike Bliss, and Ken Schrader in Dodges.

Logano Will Not Return To HOFR

Michael J Smith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:51:23 +0000

SceneDaily is reporting that Joe Gibbs Racing driver Joey Logano will not return to Hall of Fame Racing’s No. 96 car this season, a spokesperson confirmed.

Logano was slated to drive at the Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, the TUMS QuikPak 500 from Martinsville Speedway, and the Dickies 500 from Texas Motor Speedway. Ken Schrader is expected to drive in the car in those races.

Logano posted finishes of 32nd and 39th in his two races in the No. 96, and JGR opted not to have him compete in the car.