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NASCAR Bristol Preview: Logano’s Mindset No Different Looking For First Win Of 2016

(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Triumphant in last year’s Daytona 500, Joey Logano partook in his signature celebration. He climbed on the door of his yellow and red No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford and ecstatically pumped his steering wheel in the air with his left hand as he was pelted with champagne […]

New Hampshire Motor Speedway Ready To Drop Green Flag On 2016 Season

(Press Release from New Hampshire Motor Speedway) New Hampshire Motor Speedway will open for its historic 26th anniversary season of competition on April 16 with more than 250 on-track and off-track events scheduled through December. Opening weekend will include a two-day driving school with the BMW Club of America’s White Mountain and Boston chapters on […]

Jimmie Johnson Powers Past Kevin Harvick For Sprint Cup Win At Auto Club Speedway

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – Jimmie Johnson won the battle between hometown heroes on Sunday, outdueling Kevin Harvick in overtime at Auto Club Speedway. “Awesome teamwork, boys!” Johnson shouted on his radio after taking the 77th checkered flag of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, breaking a tie […]

NASCAR Auto Club Notebook: Contact From Kasey Kahne Puts Danica Patrick In Wall

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – A collision with Kasey Kahne’s Chevrolet ruined a promising afternoon for Danica Patrick in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Patrick started 31st and had worked her way up to 19th before wrecking hard into the Turn 1 wall on Lap […]

Kevin Harvick Holds Off Carl Edwards In Phoenix By Inches In Sprint Cup Showdown

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – In recent years, Kevin Harvick has exercised his dominance at Phoenix International Raceway by crushing the competition. In Sunday’s Good Sam 500 at the one-mile track in the Sonoran Desert, he maintained his mastery by a matter of inches, banging fenders with Carl […]

NASCAR Phoenix Notebook: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Doesn’t Regret Late Pit Call

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.— Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be on the bottom. After staying out on old tires for the final restart with two laps left in Sunday’s Good Sam 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway, Earnhardt knew the bottom lane wasn’t the […]

Brad Keselowski Overcomes Penalty To Win Sprint Cup Event At Las Vegas

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Overcoming a pit road speeding penalty with daring late-race strategy, Brad Keselowski broke a 33-race drought with a victory in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Keselowski passed Las Vegas native Kyle Busch with five laps left to win for the […]

Sunday NASCAR Notebook: Vibration Squelches Chances For Kyle Busch At Las Vegas

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Kyle Busch made the move of the race to get the lead in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but a huge vibration in the right front of his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota hurt his winning chances in the […]

Jimmie Johnson Wins At Atlanta, Ties Dale Earnhardt Sr. With 76th Sprint Cup Win

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. – With wrecks erupting behind him, Jimmie Johnson took the checkered flag in overtime under caution in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway—and then he remembered. Almost lost in the euphoria of Johnson’s second straight victory at the 1.54-mile track […]

NASCAR Atlanta Notebook: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Praises Teammate After Atlanta Win

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. – It didn’t dawn on race runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr. right away that Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson had tied his father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., for seventh on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series all-time victory list. But Johnson’s fifth victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway, […]

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