BROOKLYN, Mich. – Michigan International Speedway has a full weekend of entertainment planned.

Fans can check out www.mispeedway.com/entertainment for all the entertainment options that are planned for the June race week at MIS. Guests will want to arrive extra early this season to take advantage of all the options that are available.

Before the drivers are introduced for the FireKeepers Casino 400, Mike Green will entertain the crowd. The comedian has toured the United States performing stand up and making people laugh at every stop. On June 10 he will be live on the pre-race stage at Michigan International Speedway.

Guests will want to be in their seat early to see the human cannon ball before the FireKeepers Casino 400. Don't miss David "The Bullet" Smith AGT, the World's Most Accomplished human cannonball, as he flies through the air above the tri-oval. Smith has been featured on America's Got Talent and is a Guinness World Record holder.

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Defending NASCAR champ Martin Truex Jr. hasn’t grabbed the headlines as much as Kyle Busch or Kevin Harvick, but he’s arguably on part with those two in terms of being the title favorite.

In my view he’s the most impressive driver of the year, considering his Furniture Row Racing team is down to one car this season -- the last time I can remember a one-car team running this well? Perhaps Alan Kulwicki.

By comparison, Harvick and Busch are part of powerhouse four-car teams.

It’s true that Truex has the support of Toyota and a close affiliation with mighty Joe Gibbs Racing, but I don’t think that diminishes what he is doing in 2018. If Truex can repeat as champion in 2018, it will be one of the most impressive runs in recent years.

Fresh off an Xfinity win at Talladega, Spencer Gallagher has been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.

Per the announcement: "On May 1, Gallagher was found to have violated Section 19 (NASCAR’s substance abuse policy) of the 2018 NASCAR rule book.

Gallagher has agreed to participate in the Road to Recovery Program."

Gallagher's spot in the Dash for Cash program at Dover will be taken over by Ryan Sieg.

Chase Briscoe, a member of the Ford Performance Driver Development Program, will have a busy 2018.
He’s coming off a 2017 where he won one race and sat on four poles in the Truck series. He was also Truck Series Rookie of the Year. In 2018 he’ll vary things up, racing both on ovals and road courses.

On the XFINITY side of things, Briscoe will compete in 12 races for Roush Fenway in the No. 60 car, along with opportunities for other teams. The road course portion will see Briscoe compete in a Mustang in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series, as well as select Mustang events in the Trans-Am TA2 class.

“If you want a championship driver you have to train the young driver and that’s what our program is all about.  It’s about developing him and developing his skills,” said Dave Pericak, global director, Ford Performance.  “Chase is taking a step up to the NASCAR XFINITY Series, but we’re also going to pair him up with the best in the business and he’s going to understand what it means to go out and road race.”

One of the best racers of all time, capable of winning in every vehicle he competed in, has passed at the age of 86.
Dan Gurney drove in NASCAR for the Wood Brothers, raced at Le Mans, and much more. In 16 Cup series starts, he earned five wins and three poles. He earned four Formula 1 victories, 7 Champ Car wins. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside fellow legend A.J. Foyt in 1967 (the only all-American team to ever win the race). In short, he did it all.
He is also credited with inventing the tradition of spraying champagne after a race victory, a tradition that continues today in Formula 1 and other motorsports.