Daily Archives: March 1, 2014

Kyle Busch Dominates Rain-Shortened Nationwide Race at Phoenix

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 1, 2014 Photo - Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 1, 2014
Photo – Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

You can change the cars.

You can change the qualifying format.

You can change the weather from cloudy to sunny to rainy—multiple times.

But, no matter what you do, you can’t keep Kyle Busch out of Victory Lane at Phoenix International Raceway, at least not where the NASCAR Nationwide Series is concerned.

In Saturday’s Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at the one-mile track in the Sonoran desert, Busch dominated—again—leading 155 laps en route to his unprecedented third straight NNS victory at PIR and his seventh overall. Continue reading →

TSC Saturday Night – NASCAR & Race Talk: Saturday, March 1, 2014

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Join host Sharon Burton for TSC Saturday Night – NASCAR & Race Talk bringing fans the smartest racing talk around!

This episode begins with our guest Fan4Racing panel tonight including Dontae Allen, from Marketing & Promotions at Atlanta Motor Speedway, plus he’s a Journalist/Public Relations student at Georgia State University and Kristen Schneider the wordsmith behind Up Top the Pit Box website, contributor to Skirts and Scuffs, Popular Speed, and The ISN.

We’re talking about NASCAR’s hottest topics, including the our favorite drivers this season, our hopeful underdogs, NASCAR’s new rules package, knock out qualifying and more!

Listen to the Podcast right here…

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Sprint Cup Series The Profit on CNBC 500 at Phoenix Preview

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Sprint Cup Series teams are at Phoenix International Raceway this weekend for The Profit on CNBC 500 presented by Small Business Fueling America taking place on Sunday, March 2nd for 312 laps of racing action. Television coverage begins at 2:30 pm ET on FOX with the green flag waving around 3 pm ET. Race coverage is also available on MRN and SiriusXM channel 90.  Continue reading →

Suárez Overcomes Penalty to Grab Fourth Consecutive Victory

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Daniel Suárez, front left, battles for the lead en route to his fourth consecutive win, with a victory in the Toyota 120 at Phoenix Photo - Getty Images

Daniel Suárez, front left, battles for the lead en route to his fourth consecutive win, with a victory in the Toyota 120 at Phoenix
Photo – Getty Images

After a pit road mistake, Daniel Suárez comes back with a last lap pass to win the Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway.

After starting from the outside pole position, Suárez wasted no time in racing around pole sitter Rubén Pardo and holding the lead until his stop for fuel on lap 46. That’s when Suárez was speeding on pit road, with a resulting pass-through penalty placing him at the end of the field.  Continue reading →