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RACE REPORT ARCHIVES
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06/30/2008
Colin Braun has made the big time! Colin and the No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150 are in the new NASCAR 09 from EA Sports for PlayStation® and Xbox! 06/28/2008
Colin Braun learned why Memphis is known for the Blues on Saturday night. After running as high as second earlier in the night, he ran into trouble in the final 35 laps of the race to finish a disappointing 29th, six laps off the pace.
06/23/2008
The Con-way Freight team will be racing chassis RK-39 at Memphis. It last ran at Dover where Braun finished eighth. This truck also won at Memphis last year with Travis Kvapil, and Bristol in 2006 with Mark Martin. 06/23/2008
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Colin Braun, a rising star in motorsports at age 19, has teamed up with Ford's Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program and will offer safe driving tips for California teenagers.
06/20/2008
Colin Braun had a shot at winning his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night at The Milwaukee Mile. He qualified fourth, ran in the top three throughout the first half of the race, but his shot ended during a multi-truck accident at the halfway point of the race.
06/17/2008
Colin Braun will be a busy man this weekend at The Milwaukee Mile. For the first time in his young NASCAR career, Braun will pull a double-header, driving both the No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150 in Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and the No. 16 CitiFinancial Ford Fusion in Saturday's Nationwide Series event.
06/16/2008
The Con-way Freight team will be racing chassis RK-55 at Milwaukee. It last ran at Phoenix in 2007 when Travis Kvapil finished 23rd.
06/14/2008
Colin Braun earned his fourth top-10 finish of the season Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. In front of a crowd of over 400 Con-way Freight employees and guests, Braun fought his way up from a 19th-place starting position to a sixth-place finish.
06/11/2008
The No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150 will carry a special decal this weekend at Michigan International Speedway to help celebrate Con-way's 25th anniversary. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company will have over 400 guests in attendance at Saturday's Cool City Customs 200 cheering for their rookie driver, Colin Braun.
06/10/2008
Learn more about Colin's career in a new article in the Abilene Reporter-News.
06/10/2008
The Con-way Freight team will be racing chassis RK-45 at Michigan. It last ran at Lowe's in May when Braun finished 15th.
06/09/2008
Pocono Raceway is a daunting 2.5-mile tri-oval
that requires drivers to put their best foot forward and that’s just what Roush
Fenway Racing rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr. did.
06/06/2008
Colin Braun returned to his home state of Texas hoping to continue the recent streak of first-time winners. Unfortunately that wish ended on lap 113 when Braun got loose coming off turn two and hit the wall. The team was able to repair the damage to the No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150, but Braun was forced to settle for a 22nd-place finish.
06/03/2008
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has produced three first-time winners in the last three races, two of them being rookies. Rookie point leader Colin Braun can't think of a better place to get his first win than in his home state of Texas.
06/02/2008
The Con-way Freight team will be racing chassis RK-43 at Texas. It last ran at Texas in 2007 when Travis Kvapil finished sixth. Kvapil won with this truck at Michigan, Nashville & Las Vegas in 2007. 05/30/2008
Dover International Speedway is nicknamed "The Monster Mile" for a reason. The fast, high-banked, concrete track is tough for veterans and rookies alike. Colin Braun made his debut at Dover Friday in the AAA Insurance 200 and was not intimidated by "The Monster." He skillfully held onto a loose truck in the final laps to claim an eighth-place finish.
05/27/2008
Braun continues to lead in the Raybestos Rookie standings. He still has an eight-point lead over second-place driver Donny Lia.
05/24/2008
Short track racing is notorious for rough driving and many caution laps. Saturday's Ohio 250 at Mansfield fit that description. Colin Braun made his first start at the half-mile track and found out quickly that even the veterans can bring out the caution flags. Braun's Con-way Freight Ford F-150 suffered damage when Ron Hornaday spun on lap 48, and although he lost a lap, the team battled back for a 16th-place finish on the lead lap.
05/23/2008
Learn more about Colin's career in a new article from the Mansfield News Journal. 05/19/2008
The Con-way Freight team will be racing chassis RK-48 at Mansfield. It last ran at Bristol in 2007 where Danny O'Quinn drove it to a 10th-place finish. 05/17/2008
It was the first time rookie driver Colin Braun had raced at Lowe's Motor Speedway, but inexperience did not keep him from running with the leaders all night. Braun even led three laps and had a truck fast enough to win until damage from a late-race accident dashed his shot at victory.
05/14/2008
Colin Braun usually works sitting down in his No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150, but today he traded his comfortable racing seat for some manual labor to support a good cause. Through the NASCAR Foundation, Braun was one of several drivers who participated in building a playground in the Charlotte area.
05/12/2008
ESPN.com's John Schwarb calls Colin an "unquestioned talent, driving one of the series' top trucks."
05/12/2008
The Con-way Freight team will be racing chassis RK-45 at Lowe's. It finished third at Kansas and ninth at California this year.
05/08/2008
NASCAR.com reviews Colin's performance at Kansas Speedway.
04/29/2008
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie class experienced a shake-up in points as Colin Braun moved from fourth to first in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year battle. Braun's third-place finish at Kansas gives him a five-point advantage over second-place Justin Marks. Braun's performance is the best by a Raybestos rookie since Roush Fenway Racing teammate Erik Darnell ran third in the 2006 season finale. 04/26/2008
Colin Braun had never raced at Kansas Speedway until Saturday, but nobody would know that based on his performance. The 19-year-old rookie ran up front with the veterans all day to earn his best career finish in the Craftsman Truck Series with a third-place finish.
04/23/2008
Check out the NASCAR.com article on Colin earning pole position for Nationwide race in Mexico City.
04/21/2008
The Con-way Freight team will be racing chassis RK-45 in Kansas. It last ran at Atlanta where Braun finished 28th after a flat tire. He also earned his first top 10 with this truck at California. 04/17/2008
Colin Braun will return to his road course racing roots this weekend when the NASCAR Nationwide Series visits Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. Braun will be behind the wheel of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion for his second Nationwide Series start of the season. 04/03/2008
While the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has the next three weekends off, rookie driver Colin Braun won't be sitting around his house bored. During that three-week span, Braun will be in Texas, Arizona, Kansas, Iowa and Mexico.
03/31/2008
Check out the latest on Colin Braun in a new article on NASCAR.com.
03/29/2008
Racing against aggressive veterans at a short track can be daunting for a young rookie, but Colin Braun rose to the challenge Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. He endured a few close calls, and one spin but rallied for a 14th-place finish in the Kroger 250.
03/26/2008
Colin Braun, driver of the No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150, returns to Martinsville Speedway with confidence after the mid-March testing session. Braun debuted in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the fall Martinsville race in 2007, where he started 22nd and finished 34th after a flat tire sent him into wall.
03/24/2008
Braun is fourth in the Raybestos Rookie standings, but only six points out of first.
03/14/2008
Colin Braun was pleased with the progress his Con-way Freight team made during the two-day test at Martinsville Speedway this week. With the exception of Wednesday afternoon's practice session when he was 12th, Braun placed in the top five on the speed charts throughout the test. Not only was he fast, but he made 527 laps throughout the test which provided valuable experience for the rookie.
03/08/2008
Colin Braun had a fast truck Friday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but two green-flag pit stops cost him a shot at a top-five finish. The two extra stops put him four laps down which he was never able to recover.
03/06/2008
An interview with Colin Braun is featured on Frontstretch.com’s This
Week in Ford Racing. Click the link below to see Colin’s comments on
his experience at Boston Red Sox training camp and his thoughts on the
upcoming American Commercial Lines 200 in Atlanta.
03/01/2008
The top-10 finish moved Braun up to 18th in the overall driver points.
02/23/2008
What a difference a week made
for Colin Braun and the No. 6 Con-way Freight team. After a
disappointing 31st-place finish at Daytona, Braun rebounded with a
top-10 finish and Raybestos Rookie of the Race award at California.02/23/2008
While some drivers might take a vacation, or spend
time at home when they have a weekend off, Colin Braun will spend the
week training with some of the top athletes in the country. The Roush
Fenway Racing rookie is spending the week at Athletes’ Performance in
Tempe, Az., training, as well as learning about nutrition and
performance.
02/19/2008
Braun will be racing chassis RK-45 at California. This truck last raced at Martinsville with Travis Kvapil in October ’07 where he finished 13th. Braun tested it at Atlanta in January.
02/15/2008
Colin Braun and the No. 6 Con-way Freight team came to Daytona
International Speedway with high expectations and a fast Ford F-150.
02/14/2008
Check out Lewis Franck’s Inside NASCAR column about our own Colin Braun! In it, he writes that Colin is not only a young driver to pay attention to, but also projects him being in the Sprint Cup in just a few years time. That’s high praise for Con-way Racing’s rising star: Sports Illustrated Article 02/08/2008
Braun will be racing chassis RK-52 at Daytona. This truck finished third last year at Daytona with Travis Kvapil.
01/28/2008
Roush Fenway Racing rookie Colin Braun had a great
run going with his AIM Autosport teammates in the Rolex 24 at Daytona
International Speedway until a blown right-rear tire ended their race
about eight hours short of the finish.
01/21/2008
Roush Fenway Racing driver Colin Braun is going to start Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway a bit earlier than most of his fellow competitors in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Braun will be racing this weekend in the Rolex 24 event which starts Saturday afternoon, and concludes Sunday.01/14/2008
The 2008 NACAR Craftsman Truck Series season kicked off with pre-season testing at Daytona International Speedway, January 11-13. Colin Braun and the No. 6 Con-way Freight team headed to Daytona with a fast truck and a plan to get the most out of the three-day test. Unfortunately, the plan ended after the first day.
11/16/2007
“This is a dream come true,” said Braun. “To be with a team like Roush
Fenway Racing and to have the opportunity to drive the No. 6 Con-way
Freight F-150 is really exciting. I didn’t have a sponsor in the Grand
Am Series so Con-way is essentially my first sponsor which is really
cool. To have a company of over 25,000 people supporting me and the
entire No. 6 Con-way Freight team is just incredible. We’re really
proud to have everyone at Con-way as part of our team and we’re looking
forward to a great 2008 season together.”
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