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Chris Buescher First Sprint Cup Rookie Race Winner Since 2009

August 1st, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

When it came to odds, the winner of the Pennsylvania 400, Chris Buescher was beyond the triple digits for Vegas odds makers. A rain delayed race for the second time this season at Pocono Raceway ( NASCAR record ) played into his favor with the unpredictable weather conditions putting the 2016 Sunoco Rookie of the … Read the Rest »

Kenseth Wins New Hampshire 301; Fails Post Race Tech Inspection

July 17th, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  Matt Kenseth did not have the dominant car in the New Hampshire 301 but in the final 50 laps he found his way to the front, making his final pass for the lead with just 30 laps remaining over teammate Denny Hamlin. The next two positions belonged to two drivers who had piloted the … Read the Rest »

Denny Hamlin wins first Daytona 500 for Toyota

February 21st, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  It was Sunday money for Denny Hamlin who after winning last weekends Sprint Unlimited repeated the feat 7 days later by capturing his first career Daytona 500 by the closest recorded margin in the races 58 year history at 0.010 seconds . It was the 27th victory in the Sprint Car Series for Hamlin … Read the Rest »

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch win Can-Am Duels at Daytona

February 19th, 2016 by Dave Moulthrop

  The Duels may have once been called the best races of Speedweeks but that may have all changed with only one driver able to advance out of each of the 150 mile races. NASCAR’s new charter has shortened the field from 43 to  40 for all races and with 36 of those teams locked … Read the Rest »

Johnson Chase Spoiler at Texas

November 9th, 2015 by

For three and a half hours of the three hour thirty eight minute race at Texas Motor Speedway it looked like Brad Keselowski would punch his ticket into the final Chase Race of the Sprint Cup but with eight laps remaining in the annual AAA Texas 500. Jimmie Johnson, already a four time winner this … Read the Rest »

Kevin Harvick wins Dover – Advances to next round of The Chase

October 5th, 2015 by

Defending Sprint Cup Champion, Kevin Harvick looked as if he would be on the outside looking in when The Chase for The Sprint Cup advanced to the contenders round following this weekend’s race at  Dover. Having cut a tire in the first race of round one at Chicagoland, and then following that up by running … Read the Rest »

Allmendinger Captures Sprint Cup Pole at The Glen

August 8th, 2015 by

by Dave Moulthrop   AJ Allmendinger repeated his  2015 qualifing performance on The Sprint Cup Series Road Courses when  he won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 30th Annual Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International. His second Pole of this season follows his June performance in Sonoma, California. Allmendingers fourth career pole was a lap of 68.993 … Read the Rest »

Matt Kenseth Inherits Win at Pocono

August 3rd, 2015 by

by Dave Moulthrop The saying that it’s never over till it’s over proved true for the 42nd annual Windows 10 400  NASCAR Sprint Cup  race at Pocono Raceway. After capturing the pole on Friday, Kyle Busch lead the first 16 laps before giving it up to Kevin Harvick. Harvick lead for only three laps before … Read the Rest »

Does NASCAR Need More Road Races?

May 13th, 2015 by

The year was 2012 and the scene was Race 22 at Watkins Glen International for the Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen: over 90,000 fans watched as 43 NASCAR drivers negotiated 90 laps of the historic 2.45 mile road course. After 89-laps of hard fought racing, however, the true battle finally began on the last … Read the Rest »

Kyle Busch to Miss Daytona 500

February 22nd, 2015 by

Sprint Cup Series driver, Kyle Busch has a passion for racing in both the XFINITY Series and The Camping World Truck Series. Until Saturday’s 34th Annual Alert Today 300 his passion has rewarded him as the all-time race winner in the XFINITY series but that passion will result in Kyle Busch missing his first Daytona … Read the Rest »