Monthly Archives: August 2013

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Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 Preview

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Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet and Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 3M/Manheim Auctions Ford, lead the field at the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 2, 2012 Photo - Brian Lawdermilk-Pool/Getty Images
Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet and Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 3M/Manheim Auctions Ford, lead the field at the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 2, 2012
Photo – Brian Lawdermilk-Pool/Getty Images

Sprint Cup Series drivers head to Atlanta Motor Speedway to continue a Labor Day tradition reaching into NASCAR‘s formative years.  The AdvoCare 500 race is on Sunday, September 1st and television coverage begins at 6:30 pm ET on ESPN, with radio coverage on PRN, Sirius XM channel 90.

Great racing and legendary winners have ushered out summer and – in recent seasons – solidified the lineup of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™. This weekend looks to be no different as the series heads to the penultimate race of the regular season.

Drivers have claimed three Chase spots, leaving nine more for the taking, either at Atlanta’s 1.54-mile asphalt track or next week at Richmond International Raceway. Sunday’s race may be more about who doesn’t have provisional Chase standing than those who may punch their tickets for NASCAR’s post-season. Continue reading →

Nationwide Series’ Great Clips/Grit Chips 300 Preview

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(L-R) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the #6 Cargill Beef Ford and Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, lead the field at the start of the NASCAR Nationwide Series NRA American Warrior 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 1, 2012
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NASCAR’s Nationwide Series teams head to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Great Clips/Grit Chips 300 race on Saturday, August 31st. Television coverage begins at 7 pm ET on ESPN2 with radio coverage on PRN, Sirius XM channel 90.

In a points battle too close to call, Nationwide Series contenders are swapping the points lead, among the drivers near the top of the standings. Sam Hornish Jr is watching his narrow advantage over the rest of the field shrink further after Friday’s Bristol race.

Finishing third at Bristol, Austin Dillon followed Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski to jump from fourth to second in the point standings. Hornish’s 13-point advantage over Elliott Sadler is now at six points over Dillon with only ten races left in the season. Sadler who now sits 11 markers behind Hornish, dropped to third.

How close is the points battle? Continue reading →

Camping World Truck Series Chevrolet Silverado 250 Preview

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Ron Hornaday is the only driver with truck experience on a road course. But will that help him this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park? Photo - Justin Edmunds/Getty Images
Ron Hornaday is the only CWTS driver with truck experience on a road course. But will that help him this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park?
Photo – Justin Edmunds/Getty Images

The Camping World Truck series returns to road course racing at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park this weekend. Drivers will race the road course on Sunday, September 1st with television coverage on FOX beginning at 2pm ET and radio coverage on MRN, Sirius XM channel 90. Continue reading →

Kwasniewski Earns Fourth Win – Hayley Claims Sixth Pole

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Dylan Kwasniewski leads the Biscuitville 125. Photo - Sara D. Davis/Getty Images
Dylan Kwasniewski leads the Biscuitville 125.
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NASCAR Next driver, Dylan Kwasniewski won his fourth K&N Pro Series event on Saturday, taking the checkered flag at the Biscuitville 125 at Virginia International Raceway. The 2012 K&N Pro Series West champion leads the East series standings by 28-points heading into the Labor Day event at Greenville Pickens Speedway.  Saturday’s win was the ninth K&N victory for Kwasniewski, spanning both series.

On the opposite end of the country, fellow NASCAR Next driver Cameron Hayley claimed his sixth K&N Pro Series West pole en route to a third place finish at the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 at Spokane County Raceway, an event won by teammate Greg Pursley.

This week will see the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour at Langley Speedway, The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ont, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will close out the holiday weekend with an event at Greenville.

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