Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway on August 2, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway on August 2, 2015 Photo – Tim Bradbury/Getty Images
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates with the trophy in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway on August 2, 2015 Photo – Tim Bradbury/Getty Images
Matt Kenseth, the unexpected winner of Sunday’s Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway, had to do a double take.
So did second and third-place finishers Brad Keselowski and Jeff Gordon.
Kenseth got a gift on the last lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race when Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch ran out of fuel halfway through the last lap at the 2.5-mile triangular track. Continue reading →
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, leads during the NASCAR XFINITY Series U.S. Cellular 250 race, at Iowa Speedway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, takes the checkered flag while winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, does a burn out after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Ryan Blaney, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
As the cautions — and wreckage — piled up, Ryan Blaney didn’t blink.
Trouble reigned for most in the late tension-filled stages of the U.S. Cellular 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Iowa Speedway, but the driver of the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford remained calm and poised.
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Dollar General Toyota, leads Kevin Harvick, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Tim Bradbury/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Dollar General Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Nick Latham/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway on August 1, 2015 Photo – Nick Latham/Getty Images
As Kyle Busch sat sidelined with a broken right leg and left foot from February until May, the prevailing question was…