May 21, 2013

NASCAR: Kyle Busch wins 5th Nationwide race this season / Kurt Busch turns record lap at Darlington

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Story Highlights Kyle Busch won his fifth Nationwide race this season Busch passed Joey Logano with 18 laps remaining Kurt Busch set a qualifying record to win the pole for the Southern 500 on Saturday night DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch figured it’d be easy to run his own program on the Nationwide Series [...]

NASCAR: Busch keeps JGR’s Nationwide streak alive at Fontana

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Kyle Busch celebrates in victory lane after winning the Royal Purple 300 Saturday at Auto Club Speedway.(Photo: Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Kyle Busch won for the third time in five Nationwide races this year Busch’s win was the ninth consecutive Nationwide victory at Fontana for Joe Gibbs Racing Nationwide points leader [...]

NASCAR: Sam Hornish Jr. holds off Kyle Busch for Nationwide win

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Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the #12 Wurth Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (March 8, 2013 – Source: Jerry Markland/Getty Images North America) Story Highlights Sam Hornish Jr. won the Sam’s Town 300 [...]

NASCAR: Carl Edwards snaps long drought to prevail at Phoenix

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Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Subway Ford, stands by his car before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 3, 2013 in Avondale, Arizona. (March 2, 2013 – Source: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images North America) AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) Carl Edwards climbed from his car, stood on the [...]

NASCAR: Rusty Wallace coming back to Nationwide as team owner

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(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Rusty Wallace will be inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame on Feb. 8 His team didn’t have the sponsorship to run in 2012 Steve Wallace’s best points finish is seventh in 2009 (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — On the eve of his induction to the NASCAR Hall [...]

NASCAR: Travis Pastrana to run full Nationwide schedule

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Travis Pastrana, driver of the #98 AM/PM Toyota, high fives the crowd during driver introductions prior to the start of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on September 29, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (September 28, 2012 – Source: Jeff Bottari/Getty Images North America) CONCORD, N.C. (AP) X [...]

NASCAR: Danica Patrick switching teams?

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(Photo: Jennifer Stewart, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Report says Danica Patrick will move to Turner Motorsports for 2013 Nationwide slate Turner Motorsports won’t confirm Patrick or replacement sponsor Kasey Kahne, Brad Sweet will split time in No. 5 for JR Motorsports (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Turner Motorsports is losing a sponsor but apparently [...]

NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Nationwide team hires crew chief

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Race engineer for Jimmie Johnson’s five Cup titles moves into role at JR Motorsports. (Photo: Jerome Miron, US Presswire) Story Highlights Greg Ives was chief engineer for Jimmie Johnson’s five Cup wins He will work as crew chief for Regan Smith’s No. 5 team Smith won his first start with JR Motorsports in the season [...]

NASCAR: Harvick wins at Texas, Nationwide title chase tied

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Kevin Harvick, driver of the #33 OneMain Financial Chevrolet, leads Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, and Elliott Sadler, driver of the #2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway on November 3, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. (November 2, 2012 – Source: [...]

NASCAR: Harvick wins Richmond Nationwide race, snaps winless streak

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Kevin Harvick, driver of the #33 Armour Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway on September 7, 2012 in Richmond, Virginia. (September 6, 2012 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty Images North America) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Kevin Harvick took the lead by dodging a caution caused by [...]