LAS VEGAS – Kevin Harvick knew he didn’t have the fastest car for Friday’s knockout qualifying session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But Harvick also predicted that the fastest car wouldn’t win the pole for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at the 1.5-mile track (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). He was right. […]
Kevin Harvick Drafts To Monster Energy Cup Pole At Vegas; Ryan Preece To Start 24th
March 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Las Vegas Native Kyle Busch Hoping For Hometown Sweep Weekend
March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a career week, followed by a career week for Kyle Busch. That’s how he rolls. And more opportunity awaits this weekend at his hometown Las Vegas Motor Speedway where he will compete in all three of NASCAR’s national racing series. Last weekend, the 34-year-old Vegas native became the all-time winningest NASCAR Gander Outdoors […]
National Weekend Preview: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
February 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
NASCAR’s annual swing out West may as well be considered a “Home Sweet Home” stretch for many of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers. The sport had its beginnings as primarily a “Southern” institution, but for decades its westward expansion has produced thrilling tracks in new locations and all kinds of championship entrants hailing […]
Kurt Busch Heading To Hometown Track With High Hopes
February 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Kurt Busch’s third-place finish Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway was a high speed “How Do You Do?” for his new Chip Ganassi Racing team. Two races into the new gig with Ganassi and a new manufacturer in Chevrolet, Busch’s performance Sunday certainly was the right start for his new start. “I could say it wasn’t […]
Sick Ride: Brad Keselowski Holds Off Martin Truex Jr. For Atlanta Monster Cup Win
February 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment
HAMPTON, Ga. – Too sick to start practice on Saturday, Brad Keselowski found the cure to what ailed him in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Still suffering from the effects of stomach flu, Keselowski held off a charging—and frustrated—Martin Truex Jr. in the closing circuits of the 325-lap Monster Energy NASCAR […]
Atlanta Notebook: Late Race Mishaps Cost Rookies Daniel Hemric And Ryan Preece
February 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment
HAMPTON, Ga. – Daniel Hemric was poised for a top-five finish in his second race as a full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver—until his fortunes changed dramatically in the closing laps of Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. Hemric had his No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in fourth place on Lap 309 of […]
Kyle Busch Scores Record 52nd NASCAR Truck Series Win At Atlanta
February 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
HAMPTON, Ga. – As darkness enveloped Atlanta Motor Speedway, and rain pelted the windshield of his No. 51 Toyota, Kyle Busch patiently waited for word he had sole possession of the all-time victory lead in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. The record-setting win wouldn’t be quite that easy. After the red flag for rain, […]
Christopher Bell Dominates XFINITY Series At Atlanta; Ryan Preece 7th In JR Motorsports Debut
February 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
HAMPTON, Ga. – To hear Christopher Bell describe his race in Victory Lane, you’d never know that he had just won it. “I felt pretty sloppy there as a driver sometimes,” Bell said after leading 143 of 163 laps in winning Saturday’s Rinnai 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “Running the yellow […]
Atlanta NASCAR Cup Series Notebook: Clint Bowyer Wary Of Too Much Speed
February 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
HAMPTON, Ga. – Too much speed? After topping the speed chart in Saturday’s practice session for Monster Energy Cup Series cars, Clint Bowyer warned that too much speed at abrasive Atlanta Motor Speedway might tend to shorten the life of a set of tires. “You need to be good from 15 laps on,” said Bowyer, […]
Jimmie Johnson Looking To Jumpstart Hall Of Fame Career
February 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Jimmie Johnson was appreciative of fellow Californian Kevin Harvick’s kind words to the press corps Friday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway – a nod to his often under-appreciated seven-championship run from one of his elite competitors. “I feel like, in my opinion, Jimmie is one of the most disrespected great drivers that have every come […]
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