(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 […]
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RaceDayCT Daily Poll: Are You Watching More XFINITY Series Events This Year?
May 4, 2016 by 11 Comments
Local social media buzzed to life on Saturday when in the late stages of the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Talladega Superspeedway Berlin’s Ryan Preece was running with the leaders of the event. Preece, the 2013 Whelen Modified Tour champion and regular in recent years at Stafford Motor Speedway and Thompson Speedway, is in his […]
Ryan Preece Soars To 15th Place In XFINITY Series Talladega Superspeedway Debut
May 1, 2016 by 4 Comments
(Press Release from JD Motorsports) TALLADEGA, Ala. – Rookie Ryan Preece scored his best run of the Xfinity Series season Saturday, finishing 15th in the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. Preece quickly moved forward from his 26th starting spot to break into the top 20. He raced as high as sixth before finishing 15th […]
Elliott Sadler Ends Drought With Wild XFINITY Series Win At Talladega; Ryan Preece 15th
April 30, 2016 by 1 Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – On his 41st birthday, Elliott Sadler got an unexpected present. When Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race ended under caution in overtime with the front-runners just short of the finish line, Sadler had the lead, after Joey Logano’s last-ditch attempt to […]
Talladega Weekend Preview: Carl Edwards Eyes Third Consecutive Sprint Cup Win
April 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Carl Edwards has long advocated for NASCAR implementing a lower downforce aerodynamics package for it race cars. Lowering the downforce on a car makes it harder to control, which causes more passing and emphasizes driver skill over engineering expertise. His wish was granted this year. Unsurprisingly, […]
Ryan Preece Set For XFINITY Series Talladega Superspeedway Debut
April 28, 2016 by 20 Comments
(Press Release from JD Motorsports) Preece will race for the first time at super-fast Talladega Superspeedway in Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 Xfinity race. Typically, cars circle the 2.66-mile track in giant drafting packs, an art and a science that rewards experience and patience. “I’m looking forward to getting there and getting adjusted to it all,” […]
Ryan Preece 23rd In Richmond XFINITY Series Debut
April 24, 2016 by 3 Comments
(Press Release from JD Motorsports) RICHMOND, Va. – Ryan Preece finished 23rd in Saturday’s ToyotaCare 250 Xfinity Series race at Richmond International Raceway. The race was Preece’s first major-series run at the three-quarter-mile track, although he ran in a K&N Pro Series East race at RIR last year. “We got kind of locked into mid-pack […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins Richmond XFINITY Series Race In Overtime
April 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va. – After a massive late-race wreck scrambled the running order in Saturday’s ToyotaCare 250, Dale Earnhardt Jr. survived a two-lap dash in overtime to win his first NASCAR XFINITY Series race since 2010 and the first in his own JR Motorsports equipment. Earnhardt held […]
NASCAR Richmond Preview: Rookie Chase Elliott Hoping To Continue Early Success
April 22, 2016 by 2 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Since 2000, only two drivers have produced five top-10 finishes through the first eight races of their Sunoco Rookie of the Year seasons. One is six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson. The second, current first-year sensation Chase Elliott. Elliott will try to keep pace […]
Ryan Preece Ready To Challenge Richmond In XFINITY Series Action
April 21, 2016 by 1 Comment
(Press Release from JD Motorsports) After a top-20 run in last week’s tough race at Bristol, Tenn., Ryan Preece moves on to another short track this weekend, driving the G&K Services Chevrolet in Saturday’s ToyotaCare 250 Xfinity Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Although Preece has no experience in NASCAR major-series racing at RIR, he […]
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