(Press Release from New Hampshire Motor Speedway) “I just held my line and the 48 just slammed into the side of my door. That was pretty much it. We can win anywhere. We could have won today. It’s just a matter of putting a couple days together and being able to come back to victory […]
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September 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.—After tying the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series record for consecutive starts, Jeff Gordon would have preferred a more appropriate venue to celebrate the accomplishment. “Gosh it would have been so much sweeter if I’d been in Victory Lane right now,” Gordon said. For the record, when […]
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September 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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September 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.—You can debate whether Joey Logano made the move to full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing too soon. After all, before he turned 19, Logano stepped into the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota vacated by Tony Stewart. In his first three full-time seasons, Logano won […]
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September 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.—Jamie McMurray didn’t make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup last year, but he learned quite a bit from it. In fact, McMurray qualified for the Chase this season for the first time since the playoff format’s inception in 2004, but in racing against—and observing–the […]
Sprint Cup Qualifying Rainout Puts Defending Champ Kevin Harvick On Chicagoland pole
September 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.—Kevin Harvick will start the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup from the same position he ended last year’s playoff—in the No. 1 spot. When torrential rains at Chicagoland Speedway wiped out Friday’s time trials at the 1.5-mile track, Harvick earned the Coors Light Pole […]
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September 17, 2015 by 2 Comments
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September 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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