Monthly Archives: July 2016

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Heading to his Home State of Kentucky, Rhodes Looks for a Breakthrough Victory

Ben Rhodes at 9 pm ET on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Photo - Getty Images
Ben Rhodes at 9 pm ET on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Photo – Getty Images

Ben Rhodes is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview, Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

This season has been one of ups and downs for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver, Ben Rhodes who is in his first full season with ThorSport Racing. But after his best showing yet at Gateway a couple of weeks ago, the Louisville, Kentucky native now heads to his home state looking for a breakthrough victory with his No. 41 team.  Continue reading

Mason Mitchell Looks to Repeat at Iowa Speedway with Sponsorship from Karl Chevrolet

Mason Mitchell at 9:30 pm ET on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Photo - ARS
Mason Mitchell at 9:30 pm ET on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Photo – ARS

Mason Mitchell is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Tuesday, July 5 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards heads to Iowa Speedway this weekend and Mason Mitchell will be behind the wheel for the first time in 2016.

Last season at Iowa, Mitchell won in thrilling fashion, passing Kyle Weatherman in a one-lap overtime sprint to the finish at the 7/8-mile track located a mere 40 miles from Mitchell’s hometown in West Des Moines. Continue reading

Brad Keselowski Dominates Chaotic Sprint Cup Race at Daytona

Brad Keselowski had an excellent solution for the massive wrecks that scrambled the finishing order of Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

He stayed ahead of all of them.

Leading 115 of 161 laps in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford, Keselowski sped away from his pursuers after a restart in overtime and posted his third victory of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season in thoroughly convincing fashion.

The victory was Keselowski’s first at Daytona and the 20th of his career, and it reinforced his mastery of restrictor-plate racing—Keselowski already had four wins at sister track Talladega. Continue reading

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Preview

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are at Daytona International Speedway for the second time this season as the series starts counting down last ten races before the Chase begins at Chicagoland Speedway in September.  On Saturday, July 2nd they’ll race 400 miles over 160 laps in the Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola with NBC coverage starting at 7 pm ET and a green flag at 7:45 pm ET. Radio coverage is available on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Smoke Show: Stewart Fires Up Win at Sonoma

Even Smokey the Bear couldn’t have prevented the fire performance Tony Stewart produced in Sunday’s Toyota / Save Mart 350.

Stewart, who paced the field for 22 circuits, lost the lead to Denny Hamlin on the last lap, but moved him off the 11th turn to win his first race since June 2, 2013 at Dover – 110 events ago. The triumph marked Stewart’s first win in 84 starts. Continue reading