May 19, 2013

NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson races to record 4th All-Star win

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Cross another milestone off of Jimmie Johnson’s list. He stands alone in All-Star history. “Five-time” became the first four-time winner of NASCAR’s annual All-Star race, breaking a tie with the late Dale Earnhardt and teammate Jeff Gordon on Saturday night. “To beat Jeff and Earnhardt, two guys that I have looked up [...]

NASCAR: Edwards grabs poll for Sprint All-Star race

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, paying tribute to the late Dick Trickle along the way. Edwards, the 2011 winner in the exhibition event, completed three laps and a four-tire pit stop Friday night in 1 minute, 51.297 seconds. Kurt Busch will start alongside [...]

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: Regan Smith takes Nationwide at Talladega after review

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Regan Smith, driver of the No. 7 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew in victory lane after he won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama.(Photo: Sean Gardner, Getty Images) Story Highlights Regan Smith won the Nationwide race at Talladega Officials used a video review of the last scoring loop [...]

NASCAR: Kurt Busch will drive for different team in 2013

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Kurt Busch, driver of the #51 Phoenix Construction Chevrolet, looks on from the grid durinig the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 16, 2012 in Joliet, Illinois. (September 15, 2012 – Source: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Kurt Busch will move to Furniture Row Racing [...]

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 [...]

NASCAR: Kurt Busch holds on to win wild Nationwide race at Daytona

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Mike Wallace, driver of the #01 G&K Services Chevrolet, and Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, spin out in front of Kurt Busch, driver of the #1 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and James Buescher, driver of the #30 Ron Jon Surf Shop/Quicksilver Chevrolet, after an incident in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Subway Jalapeno 250 [...]

NASCAR: Rookie Austin Dillon dominates Nationwide in Kentucky

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Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Chevrolet, leads the field past the green flag to start the NASCAR Nationwide Series Feed The Children 300 at Kentucky Speedway on June 29, 2012 in Sparta, Kentucky. (June 28, 2012 – Source: Tyler Barrick/Getty Images North America) SPARTA, Ky. – Fans were used to [...]

NASCAR: Bowyer dominates at Sonoma

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Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 5-hour Energy Toyota, leads Kurt Busch, driver of the #51 Phoenix Construction Services Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma on June 24, 2012 in Sonoma, California. (June 23, 2012 – Source: Geoff Burke/Getty Images North America) SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Clint Bowyer raced [...]

NASCAR drivers prepare for year’s ‘roughest race’ at Sonoma

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Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Rheem Chevrolet, sits in his car in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma on June 22, 2012 in Sonoma, California. (June 21, 2012 – Source: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Double-file restarts seem to have [...]