Cody Coughlin Tag

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer After suffering a non-racing related left-ankle injury, John Wes Townley will not be behind the wheel of his No. 05 Jive Communications/Zaxby’s Chevrolet Silverado for Athenian Motorsports. In his place in the Striping Technology 350 at Texas Motor Speedway will be Cody Coughlin. Coughlin is a Joe Gibbs Racing development driver who usually competes in the No. 51 JEGS Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Earlier this season, Townley was sidelined from competition in both NASCAR and ARCA due to a concussion. In the NASCARRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor When the 20-minute caution clock was announced for the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, NASCAR claimed made the rule change to create more strategy for crew chiefs in the series. Many fans and media alike feared that it would dull the series down with green-flag pit stops being eliminated. Friday night at Daytona International Speedway, the caution clock actually caused a crash on lap 41 when several drivers opted to pit just before the clock was to expire in an effort to gainRead More

BROOKLYN, Mich.—Not even a pit road speeding penalty could keep Kyle Busch from his appointed rounds on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. With drafting help from Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Erik Jones entering Turn 1, Busch regained the lead from Ryan Blaney on Lap 97 of 100 in the Careers for Veterans 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and held on to win by .157 seconds. Blaney held the second spot, and Jones finished third, followed by Johnny Sauter and Austin Dillon. Two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton battledRead More