AVONDALE, Ariz. – A bantamweight boxer in the training room, Ben Rhodes punched like a heavyweight on Friday at Phoenix Raceway. On Lap 142 of 150 in the Lucas Oil 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship race, Rhodes tapped the tailgate of Zane Smith’s Chevrolet with the nose of his No. 99 ThorSport Racing […]
Ben Rhodes Wins Camping World Truck Series Title; Chandler Smith Wins Race At Phoenix
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship Weekend Notebook
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Kyle Busch Motorsport’s Chandler Smith finalized his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year honor with a huge walk-off win in Friday night’s season finale at Phoenix Raceway – earning the victory by a healthy 4.674-seconds over Halmar Friesen Racing’s Stewart Friesen. The win was the second of the 19-year old’s young […]
NASCAR Chief Steve Phelps Says Sport Is Building On Encouraging Resurgance
November 5, 2021 by 2 Comments
AVONDALE, Ariz. – NASCAR president Steve Phelps stuck to his guns. In his first state-of-the-sport press conference after taking office in 2018, Phelps acknowledged that NASCAR racing faced significant headwinds but proclaimed, “I do believe as we head into 2019 that our best days are ahead.” The 2021 season has given Phelps no reason to […]
John Hunter Nemechek Is Ready For Chance At Winning Camping World Truck Series Championship
November 5, 2021 by Leave a Comment
With a shot to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship in Friday’s Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway (8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) John Hunter Nemechek is ready to race and ready to finish out his personal best NASCAR season by hoisting a trophy. And he doesn’t take […]
Austin Cindric Happy For Shot At Second Straight NASCAR Xfinity Series Title
November 5, 2021 by Leave a Comment
PHOENIX, Ariz. – In the NASCAR Cup Series, drivers seldom win consecutive titles. In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the feat is almost commonplace. Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are the only two Cup drivers in the last 25 years to earn consecutive championships—Gordon with titles in 1997-1998 and Johnson with a record […]
NASCAR Cup Series Championship Four Media Day – Denny Hamlin Hopes To Find Title From Chaos
November 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Out of chaos, Denny Hamlin hopes to be a NASCAR Cup Series champion at long last. The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota freely acknowledges his life is a hectic scramble with no small share of controversy, and it’s no different with Sunday’s Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway […]
Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing Looking Forward To Thrilling NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
November 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
For the first time since the inception of the ‘elimination-style’ format to decide the NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2014, the trophy rites will be decided by only two teams – Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing – whose founding namesakes are already esteemed NASCAR Hall of Fame members. Regular Season Champion Kyle Larson and […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Phoenix Raceway – Championship Events On Tap
November 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The laps of tussle and suspense that finalized the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 drivers last week in the penultimate race of the season has ensured a high-octane excitement level for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship (3 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and is sure to deliver a memorable end to […]
Alex Bowman Wins Martinsville Cup Event; Championship Four Set For Season Finale
October 31, 2021 by 12 Comments
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Denny Hamlin provided the perfect capstone to a day of banged-up stock cars, hurt feelings and crushed dreams. Alex Bowman took the checkered flag in Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway after sliding up into Hamlin’s race-leading Toyota on Lap 494 of 501 and knocking Hamlin’s car up the track and into […]
Zane Smith Vaults Into Championship Four With Camping Truck Series Victory At Martinsville
October 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – On a track strewn with spinning trucks and broken hearts, Zane Smith catapulted into the Championship 4 with a thrilling overtime victory in Saturday’s United Rentals 200 at Martinsville Speedway. In a no-holds-barred race that featured 14 cautions for 89 laps, Smith won under yellow after he, Stewart Friesen and Todd Gilliland […]
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