Monthly Archives: August 2014

Kevin Swindell Wins ARCA Race at Springfield Dirt Mile with Venturini Motorsports

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Photo – Courtesy of Venturini Motorsports

Kevin Swindell is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 10:05 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions/comments.

Kevin Swindell, driving the No.15 Zaxby’s Toyota for Venturini Motorsports in a substitution role for driver John Wes Townley, made the most of his opportunity Sunday afternoon with a thrilling late race surge to come from behind and win the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards – Central Illinois SuperChevyStores.com 100 at the Springfield dirt-mile.

Swindell working with newly acquired crew chief, Matt Weber, showed their resiliency by overcoming several early mishaps and mechanical issues before rising to the occasion with a dramatic lap 89 pass on Grant Enfinger to go on and win the 100-lap Springfield event.
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Brennan Newberry Keeping Hopes High After Virginia International Raceway

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Brennan Newberry is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 9 pm ET.  Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions/comments.

NTS Motorsports driver, Brennan Newberry and his No. 24 Qore-24 team raced at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) for the first time on Friday, during the promoters test day. Newberry is familiar with road course racing having competed at Sonoma, Watkins Glen and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Continue reading →

Aaron Pine, Accomplished NHRA Drag Motorcycle Racer

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Photo – Sal Sigala Jr.

Aaron Pine is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 9:30 pm ET.  Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions/comments.
Aaron Pine’s favorite hobbies include Motorcross and Boating, but his claim to fame is for his accomplishments in NHRA’s Drag Motorcycle competition. He’s a five-time NMRA/ProStar champion, 2008 Summit ET Track champion, the 2010 JEGS Sports Nationals winner, and NHRA California State champion. the 2011, Summit ET Division 7 champion and 2012 Summit Race of Champions contender.

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Jeff Gordon Takes the Win and the Points Lead at Michigan

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Pole-sitter, Jeff Gordon took the lead from Logano with 17 laps remaining in the Pure Michigan 400 to take his third win of the season, and regain the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points lead.

“The last one, I thought he had a good start.  But I had a good one, too,” said Gordon. “I really think what happened to him on that last restart was Kevin was having some trouble getting going.  This is a big, fast place.  There’s a draft there.  My lane moved along as a group.  Even though Joey got out there, he was sort of sitting on an island by himself.  We kind of tracked him down.  I was able to get to his left rear.  When I got to his left rear, drug him back, gave me a ton of momentum.  I was able to get to the bottom and get by him.”

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Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 Preview

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Michigan Is Biffle’s Best Shot

The clock is ticking for Greg Biffle.
And it’s ticking fast.

Although he ranks 12th in the series in points (645), the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion driver sits 17th in the Chase Grid Outlook, on the outside looking in, with just four races left before the postseason, because he has yet to record a victory.
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