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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…
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Trevor Bayne reflects on final scheduled Cup start
FORT WORTH — Trevor Bayne made his final scheduled start in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition Sunday in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. “I’m thankful for the opportunity I’ve had to drive here,” Bayne said after climbing out of his racecar for what could be the final time. “I’m not real…
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Cole Custer locks up championship berth with last-lap pass at Texas
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH — In a race that produced a last-lap pass for the win, a record 13 cautions and an unmitigated disaster for favorite son Christopher Bell, Cole Custer moved past Tyler Reddick on the backstretch to win Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Custer’s first…
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Little ‘glad to be disappointed’ with top-10 finish
FORT WORTH — Jesse Little finished seventh in the JAG Metals 350, but he wanted more. The 21-year-old driver picked up his fifth top-10 finish in eight starts this season Friday in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Texas Motor Speedway, running as high as second-place in his JJL Motorsports No. 97 Trucks. “I’m…
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Ryan Blaney soars to AAA Texas 500 Pole
FORT WORTH —Ryan Blaney will lead the field to the green flag Sunday in the AAA Texas 500. Blaney posted a fast lap of 26.032 seconds and averaged a speed of 200.505 mph. It is his third career pole in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition. “It felt really fast,” Blaney said. “That is what…
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“Big 3” hold final 3 Playoff positions
Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick all hold the final three transfer positions into the Championship 4 after the opening race in the Round of 8 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Joey Logano clinched his spot to compete for a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway after his win in the…
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Denny Hamlin leaves Martinsville in runner-up spot
During the final laps Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, Denny Hamlin could only hope that Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano would take each other out while battling for the win on the final lap. Truex was leading going into the final turn until Logano put the bumper to the back of Truex and moved him…
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A look at the most recent Martinsville winners among active drivers
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 8 kickoffs this weekend at the historic Martinsville Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET Sunday, NBCSN). The .5-mile Virginia short track is the only track that was on NASCAR’s original schedule back in 1949. Three of the last four Martinsville Playoff race winners were Playoff contenders and went on…