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Ricky Rudd was in his second full season with Robert Yates Racing (RYR) and looked for his first win since 1998.
The Virginia driver finished runner-up twice up until Michigan in June 2001 since his last win at Martinsville Speedway in September 1998, where he was given oxygen after the race. Continue reading
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John Wes Townley is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 9 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast to interact with John Wes Townley and the Fan4Racing panel.
‘Townley gives Wauters Motorsports Team Second Top-five of Series Season to Date’
John Wes Townley posted a fifth-place finish in the running of the WinStar World Casino 400 Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway in No. 5 Zaxby’s Toyota Tundra after crew chief Richie Wauters fuel strategy pays off. Continue reading
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Erica Enders-Stevens is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast to interact with Erica Enders-Stevens and the Fan4Racing panel.
One day after resetting the national speed record to a blazing-fast 215.55 mph, Pro Stock championship points leader Erica Enders-Stevens added the more valuable elapsed time record to her résumé with a stunning pass of 6.464 seconds Sunday morning at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Continue reading
Dale Earnhardt Jr. took advantage of a Brad Keselowski fumble to grab his first Cup win at Pocono Raceway Sunday.
Earnhardt was running second when Keselowski went up behind a lapped car to get a piece of paper off his grill slowing the No. 2 car’s momentum down the Long Pond straightaway as Earnhardt drove on by for the lead. Continue reading
Six-time Champion Jimmie Johnson Could Earn Third Win of the Season at Pocono
Although some were wondering, 11 winless races in the season were never a concern for Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 team.
Johnson picked up his first winner decal at Charlotte and he placed the second decal on his car the next week at Dover, closing out the first half of the 26-race regular season of the Sprint Cup Series. Continue reading