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Kyle Busch Leads Every Lap and Wins Nationwide Race at Richmond

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Coors Light Polesitter Kyle Busch led all 250 laps in Friday night’s Virginia529 College Savings 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway and beat runner-up and series leader Chase Elliott to the finish line by 1.323 seconds.

Driving a No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota that was the clear class of the field, Busch won for the fourth time this season, the fifth time at Richmond and the series-best 67th time in his career.

It was the second time Busch has led every lap in a Nationwide Series race, the first coming at Phoenix in 2011 when he led 200 laps after starting from the pole. Continue reading

Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Preview

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Last Call: Sense Of Urgency Reaches Boiling Point At Richmond

A numbers game will play out under the lights at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night.

There will be winners. And losers. With way more hopes popped than champagne bottles. But for the few who do earn a spot in this thrilling new playoff – the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup – they know this: After a grueling 26-race regular season … they have earned it.

That numbers game? To start with… Continue reading

NASCAR Revises National Series Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway

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NASCAR Revises National Series Qualifying Format At Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Qualifying To Feature Faster Pace; More Closely Resemble Racing Conditions

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race

On Saturday, Oct. 18 On FOX Shifting To 1 p.m. ET

 

NASCAR revised its national series qualifying format for Talladega Superspeedway which, in turn, should elevate the on-track competition for fans at the high-speed 2.66-mile track.

For the Oct. 17-19 events at Talladega featuring both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, national series qualifying will take on a more rapid pace that should bring out the best in the competitors and give fans an extra element of excitement.  Continue reading

NASCAR & Comcast Reach Historic Ten-Year Series Entitlement Agreement

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NASCAR and Comcast Reach Ten-Year Series Entitlement Agreement; Matches Longest Single Title Sponsorship Pact in The Sport’s History

Comcast’s XFINITY Brand to Become

Only Third Title Sponsor of the Series ‘Where Names Are Made’

NASCAR and Comcast – Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK – announced a historic agreement that will make Comcast’s XFINITY brand the title sponsor of what is now known as the NASCAR Nationwide Series through 2024. The 10-year term matches the longest single agreement around title sponsorship of any NASCAR national series in history, and is the longest entitlement sponsorship agreement in this series’ history.  Continue reading