While Martin Truex Jr won the Richmond Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Race Saturday night, Maine's Austin Theriault was bringing his #51 car in with a 32nd place finish.
As the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series gets ready for the annual race at historic Darlington Raceway in South Carolina this weekend, how about Maine's connection to perhaps the most famous moment in seven decades of racing at that track.
Maine's Austin Theriault will 33rd in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series race in Michigan on Sunday. It will be his third Cup Series race of his career.
Fort Kent's Austin Theriault will be back on the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series scene this weekend. It will be his third Cup Series event after racing at New Hampshire and at Pocono.
While many eyes were on hometown driver Austin Theriault, New Hampshire's DJ Shaw took the checkered flag at Spud Speedway in Caribou Sunday afternoon in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) FIrecracker 200 Race.
BREAKING NEWS: Maine's Austin Theriault will race in his second straight NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series race this weekend - at Pocono Raceway in Pennslyvania.
Austin Theriault's debut in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series came to an early end because of mechanical issues and leaving him with a 35th place finish.