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To kick-off the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, the Sweet Sixteen teams went to the Windy City to celebrate the beginning of a ten-race playoff that will crown their 2014 champion at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November. Continue reading
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Controlling a 3,300-pound stock car at speeds close to 200 mph requires that drivers be at the top of their fitness game. Landon Cassill, driver of the No. 40 Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has teamed up with Snap Fitness to show fans how to start their internal engines and get fit like a NASCAR driver. Continue reading
For Brad Keselowski, this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup started the same way it did in 2012—with a victory at Chicagoland Speedway.
Clearly, Keselowski would love to see the Chase end the same way it did two years ago—with a series championship.
Needing an extra pit stop to tighten a loose wheel under caution on lap 183 of 267 in Sunday’s MyAFibStory.com 400 at the 1.5-mile track, Keselowski restarted 16th on lap 187, mired in traffic behind a gaggle of lapped cars. Continue reading
Larson held off third-place finisher Kyle Busch in the closing laps. Ryan Blaney ran fourth, followed by Trevor Bayne. Series leader Chase Elliott came home tenth and maintained an 18-point lead in the standings over second-place Regan Smith, his JR Motorsports teammate.
For Harvick, the tipping point came on lap 154, when Cope called for the two-tire stop while race leader Busch took four fresh tires and got mired in traffic.
“Well, we didn’t have many laps on the tires, but that’s the call that won us the race,” Harvick said. “Ernie won the race for us, and the car was fast, but when we got out front and the tires not having many laps, and the 54 (Busch) being buried in the field—that’s what won us this race today.”
Busch, who led every lap in a dominating win last week at Richmond, looked to make Saturday’s race a runaway, too, but caution for Jeremy Clements’ blown engine on lap 151 created an opportunity for divergent strategies and scrambled the field.
By the time the field restarted on lap 160, Busch had led 141 laps, but after a four-tire stop under the yellow, he restarted 16th in the No. 54 Toyota and made up eight positions before the engine in teammate Denny Hamlin’s No. 20 Camry erupted on lap 165.
Harvick, who had changed right-side tires only under the caution on lap 154, made short work of four cars that stayed out under the yellow and surged into the lead past Aric Almirola and polesitter Brian Scott on lap 161. But the caution for Hamlin’s engine failure bunched the field for a restart on lap 174, with Busch taking the green flag from the eighth spot.
Harvick drove away after the restart, while Busch advanced quickly to third in the running order. But the No. 54 Toyota stalled behind Larson’s No. 42 Chevy, as Harvick cruised to the comfortable win.
“I fought my butt off the last run of the race,” Busch said. “It sucks not being in Victory Lane where we should be. This car was fast—but can’t get through traffic.”