(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Martin Truex Jr. has had some of the worst luck in NASCAR this year. First, he held the lead on the final lap of the Daytona 500 but was edged by Denny Hamlin in a photo finish. Next, he dominated the April Texas race, leading a […]
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NASCAR Dover Weekend Preview: Snakebitten Martin Truex Jr. Hopes For Happy Homecoming
May 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
“The Voice” Contestant Caroline Burns To Sing National Anthem At July NHMS Sprint Cup Event
May 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from New Hampshire Motor Speedway) The last time Caroline Burns (Hollis, N.H.) was at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, she was 13 years old, having won the opportunity to sing the national anthem before a Sprint Cup Series race thanks to her efforts in the Speedway Star singing competition. On July 17, Burns will […]
Kyle Busch Breaks Jinx With Sprint Cup Win At Kansas
May 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kyle Busch finally overcame his gremlins at Kansas Speedway in a race that left Martin Truex Jr. overcome with frustration. On Saturday night—in stark contrast to many of his prior misadventures at the 1.5-mile track—Busch waited until after the Go Bowling 400 […]
NASCAR Kansas Notebook: Kenseth-Logano – Lasting Peace Or Uneasy Truce?
May 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – In a move that likely speaks more to enlightened self-interest than to warm and fuzzy feelings for each other, Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano have tabled the feud that saw Logano’s 2015 championship hopes end in a hard crash into the Turn […]
Martin Truex Jr. Ends Four-Year Drought With Kansas Sprint Cup Series Pole
May 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Martin Truex Jr. freely admitted it took time for the No. 78 Furniture Row team to get the hang of three-round knockout qualifying. From the look of Friday’s time trials at Kansas Speedway, however, the problem appears to be solved. Charging around […]
NASCAR Kansas Notebook: Jimmie Johnson Overcomes Engine Issues In Practice
May 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – After opening Friday’s final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Kansas Speedway with a mock qualifying run, Jimmie Johnson brought his No. 48 Chevrolet to the garage with smoke billowing from the cowling between the hood and windshield. Visually, Johnson’s problem was […]
New NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Format Announced
May 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a new, thrilling format for the May 21 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, the biggest all-star event in all of sports, that will see the brightest stars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series dueling for 113 laps to decide the winner of a $1 […]
NASCAR Weekend Preview: Kansas One Of Three Sprint Cup Tracks Where Kyle Busch Has Never Won
May 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Winning seems almost routine for Kyle Busch. Only 31 years old, the No. 18 Toyota driver boasts 36 career victories and has taken the checkered flag at all but three of the 23 active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tracks – Kansas, Charlotte and Pocono. Busch has […]
NASCAR Announces 2017 National Series Schedules
May 5, 2016 by 3 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR announced on Thursday the 2017 schedules for its three national series – the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Typically reserved for much later in the year, NASCAR credited the early schedule release to unprecedented stakeholder collaboration, specifically the […]
Ten Races Into Sprint Cup Season, New Rules, Close Racing Have Drivers Excited
May 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service Who knew at the time that Denny Hamlin’s razor-thin margin of victory in the Daytona 500 would be emblematic of the 2016 season? With a bold move off Turn 4, Hamlin got to the finish line roughly six inches ahead of Martin Truex Jr. The official […]
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