TRE NEWS/OPINION
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David Pearson taught me how to drive Darlington
By Geoff Bodine. I can’t recall the first time I met David Pearson, but he had been racing in NASCAR long before me. He was a legend, I was just a kid.
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Wallace Jr. persevered in the face of adversity; picks up top-10 at ISM Raceway
AVONDALE, Ariz. — As NASCAR’s best took center stage in the Grand Canyon State, there was certainly no shortage of story lines. Sunday’s 500-mile event at ISM Raceway hosted the final race before next weekend’s Championship round, meaning the final eight drivers in the Playoffs were the main focus of Sunday’s event coverage. As all the…
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William Byron named 2018 Rookie-of-the-Year
AVONDALE, Ariz. — William Byron locked up Rookie of the Year contenders in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Sunday with his ninth-place finish at ISM Raceway. “Yeah, I mean, we haven’t had very good runs, to be honest, the whole year, but this run we kind of went a completely different direction with what…
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Bell ties Bowyer, others on all-time wins list
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Christopher Bell picked up his eighth career win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Saturday in the Whelen Trusted to Perform 200, his seventh win of 2018. Bell, in a must-win situation to advance to the Championship 4 round of the playoffs, led the final 93 laps after starting from the rear of…
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Comments from the eliminated Xfinity Playoff drivers
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Four more drivers Championship hopes shriveled up in the Arizona desert after they were eliminated from NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff contention following Saturday’s Whelen Trusted To Perform 200 at ISM Raceway. Austin Cindric, Matt Tifft, Justin Allgaier, and Christopher Bell will be reverted back to their pre-playoff points totals along with the points…
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Jeffrey Earnhardt lands Xfinity ride at Joe Gibbs Racing
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt, will run nine NASCAR Xfinity Series races with Joe Gibbs Racing next year. Earnhardt will make his debut with the team in the season at Daytona International Speedway next February. Earnhardt’s new sponsor, Xtreme Concepts Inc., is a leader in supplying turnkey security…
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Clint Bowyer on the outside looking in ahead of Sunday’s elimination race in Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Clint Bowyer enters Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway 51 points below the playoff cutline, which essentially puts the driver of the No. 14 machine in a must win situation. Bowyer opened the Round of 8 with back-to-back finishes of 21st and 26th at Martinsville Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. Bowyer finished…
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Stenhouse nets best qualifying effort of 2018
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s third-place qualifying effort Friday at ISM Raceway netted the Roush Fenway Racing driver his highest start in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race this year. Stenhouse Jr. posted the third-fastest time in the third round of qualifying, a 25.898 second lap time (139.007 mph). The third-place start is…
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Kevin Harvick captures Pole award in Arizona desert
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Harvick claimed his 25th career Pole award for Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway. The award comes just two days after NASCAR docked the Stewart-Haas Racing driver 40 points and suspended his crew chief, Rodney Childers, for the next two Cup series events at ISM Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway. “It’s been a…
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Ross Chastain to pilot No. 42 in Xfinity for Chip Ganassi Racing
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ross Chastain will race full-time for Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the team announced Friday at ISM Raceway. Chastain made 129 starts in the series with underfunded teams before Ganassi tabbed the Florida native to drive the No. 42 Xfinity car at Darlington, Las Vegas, and Richmond. Prior to…