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Joe Gibbs Enters 2016 Season With Dreams Of Sprint Cup Series Championship Repeat

(NASCAR Wire Service) Seth Livingstone ~ NASCAR Wire Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Joe Gibbs knows how difficult it is to repeat as champion. Although he won three NFL Super Bowls as coach of the Washington Redskins, none of those titles came in consecutive seasons. “In pro sports, I think the hardest thing is to stay […]

New Manufacturer, Same Winning Mindset For Martin Truex Jr. And Furniture Row Racing

(NASCAR Wire Service) Seth Livingstone ~ NASCAR Wire Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Coming off the finest season of his career, Martin Truex Jr. suddenly finds himself behind the wheel for a new manufacturer. After several years of thoughtful deliberation, Furniture Row Racing left Chevrolet and its affiliation with Richard Childress Racing in favor of Toyota […]

NASCAR Media Tour Tuesday Notebook: Job Change For Jeff Gordon Brings Familiar Aspects

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service It’s a job change for Jeff Gordon, but there are familiar aspects From a teamwork standpoint, Jeff Gordon’s new day job won’t be that much different from his old one. “It’s such a team effort,” said Gordon, who is transitioning this year from the seat of […]

Legendary New England Racer Ron Bouchard Remembered By Family, Friends Locally

As he fought back tears in remembering his brother-in-law Ron Bouchard Thursday morning, Ed Flemke Jr. went back to a story of a young race fan at Stafford Motor Speedway in the early 1980’s. Bouchard, a legend in the Northeast ranks of racing, went on to find success also as a star in NASCAR’s top […]

New England Auto Racers Hall Of Fame Member Ron Bouchard Dies

— Also read: Legendary New England Racer Ron Bouchard Remembered By Family, Friends Locally — Former Modified great and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Ron Bouchard passed away Thursday. Bouchard, a native of Fitchburg, Mass. and a member of the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame, was 67 years old. Ed Flemke Jr. confirmed that […]

Unbroken: Kyle Busch Completes Comeback With Sprint Cup Victory, Championship At Homestead

(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service Finishing off one of the most remarkable comebacks in NASCAR history—indeed, in the annals of sport—Kyle Busch won Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and, with it, his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Absent from the first 11 races of the season because of […]

Phoenix NASCAR Preview: Kevin Harvick Hopes To Clinch Championship Round Berth At Phoenix

(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service There is no driver in NASCAR right now better at a specific track than Kevin Harvick at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick has won the last four races and five of the past seven at the Arizona oval. His seven Phoenix victories overall are a track record. […]

Manchester Native Mike Massaro Continues On Top Of NASCAR Broadcasting World ‘In The Pits’

— Republished from the Hartford Courant  By Shawn Courchesne Special To The Hartford Courant When Mike Massaro graduated from Emerson College in 1992, he wanted to be a local sports anchor. That never materialized, but a family’s love of motor sports sent him in a different direction. This week, with NASCAR closing in on crowning its […]

Appeals Panel, Final Appeals Officer Uphold Matt Kenseth Suspension

(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service After two appeals and eight hours of deliberation, the punishment remained mostly the same for Matt Kenseth. Both the National Motorsports Appeals Panel and the Final Appeals Officer ruled Thursday to uphold NASCAR’s two-race suspension of Kenseth for intentionally wrecking Joey Logano during last Sunday’s race […]

NASCAR Texas Preview: Looks Like ‘Must-Win’ Situation For Joey Logano And Brad Keselowski

(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service The Team Penske tandem of Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski could be in trouble. Likely too low on the Chase Grid to advance to the four-driver Championship Round race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on points, the two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers in all likelihood must either […]

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