Monthly Archives: September 2015

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Will Kimmel Emerges as Family Leader in ARCA Racing Series at Salem Hometrack

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ARCA Fan4Racing Track News
Will Kimmel at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, September 21, 2015 Photo - ARS
Will Kimmel at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, September 21, 2015 Photo – ARS

Will Kimmel is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, September 21, 2015 at 8:40 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala or @beberly 18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Heading to his home track at Salem Speedway with the ARCA Racing Series this weekend, Sellersburg, Indiana native, Will Kimmel joined his uncle Frank Kimmel and cousin, Frankie Kimmel II for the weekend event.  He led the Kimmel family with a third-place finish, followed by Frankie Kimmel II in tenth and Frank Kimmel in 23rd-place after a cut tire deflated his chances in the Federated Car Care Fall Classic 200 on Saturday night.

After qualifying to start the race from eighth-place, Kimmel finished two spots short of earning his first ever ARCA victory. This was his third top-five and fourth top-ten of the season, with Kimmel Racing in his No. 69 Ford. Leading the second-most laps at 67, Kimmel led the field twice around the 0.5-mile short track. Continue reading →

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, MyAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Preview

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Track News

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Next Race: MyAFibRisk.com 400

The Place: Chicagoland Speedway

The Date: Sunday, Sept. 20

The Time: 3 p.m. (ET)

TV: NBCSN, 2:30 p.m. (ET)

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90

Distance: 400.5 miles (267 laps)

 

‘Chasing’ Earnhardt And Petty: Johnson Sets Sites on Seventh Series Title

Ten races separate Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup No. 1 seed Jimmie Johnson from potential immortality. If Johnson wins NASCAR’s 16-driver, four-knockout round playoff, he will capture his seventh series title, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the all-time lead.

Johnson begins his quest in Sunday’s MyAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. He has never won at the Windy City track, but boasts seven top-fives, and seven top-tens to go along with the series-best average running position (7.129) and driver rating (115.5) there. Chicago remains one of four active tracks at which Johnson has not won – Homestead, Kentucky and Watkins Glen.

The No. 48 Chevrolet driver has won four races this season, but has made 13 starts since his last victory. He tends to elevate his élite skill to an even higher level during NASCAR’s playoffs though, as he leads all drivers with 25 total Chase wins.

Johnson is the only driver to make all 12 Chases since NASCAR first implemented the playoff format in 2004. Click here to see how others compare to Johnson in terms of Chases made. Continue reading →

Kyle Busch Outruns Teammate Matt Kenseth for Chicagoland XFINITY Win

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NASCAR Xfinity Series

In a race where teammates raced like archrivals to the checkered flag, Kyle Busch surged ahead of Matt Kenseth with a crossover move on the next-to-last lap and won the Furious 7 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race by 0.791 seconds over his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate at Chicagoland Speedway Saturday night. Continue reading →

Kyle Larson Looking to Upset the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase, as a Non-Chaser

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Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 CLOROX Chevrolet, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series MyAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 19, 2015 Photo - Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 CLOROX Chevrolet, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series MyAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 19, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

It’s a NASCAR triple-header this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway with the Camping World Trucks and the XFINITY Series races in the books. On Sunday, September 20th, the Sprint Cup teams will take to the track for their first race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. While most are looking for a Chase driver victory, the possibility for a non-Chase winner could make it interesting. Kyle Larson wants to be that guy, at some point during the Chase.  Continue reading →