Yearly Archives: 2016

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Eggleston, Defending K&N West Champ Scores Big Win at Orange Show Speedway

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Chris Eggleston at 9:30 pm ET on Monday, May 23, 2016 Photo - Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images
Chris Eggleston at 9:30 pm ET on Monday, May 23, 2016 Photo – Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images

Chris Eggleston is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, May 23, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Although Todd Gilliland and Ryan Partridge have dominated the news in this NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season, last year’s series’ champion made his own headline on Saturday night at Orange Show Speedway.

Driving for Bill McAnally Racing, Eggleston took the lead from Partridge with seven laps to go, chasing down his first win of the season in the Sunrise Ford 150. With that victory, the Erie, Colorado, driver of the No. 50 NAPA Filters Toyota made it clear, he’s also a contender for another championship title. Continue reading →

NASCAR Industry to Honor Fallen US Armed Forces Members with 600 Miles of Remembrance at Charlotte Motor Speedway

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Photo – Getty Images

NASCAR Industry to Honor Fallen U.S. Armed Forces Members with

600 Miles of Remembrance at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Windshield Tribute Part of NASCAR: An American Salute at Coca-Cola 600

Continuing the sport’s long-standing tradition of honoring the United States Armed Forces, all 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers will bear the name of a fallen service member on their race car windshields during Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), NASCAR announced today.

For the second consecutive year, “600 Miles of Remembrance” will pay tribute this Memorial Day Weekend to those who bravely served and died defending our country. Windshield headers normally reserved for drivers’ last names will read “SGT HARVEY,” “LCPL RAMIREZ,” and “SPC BEAUDOIN,” among other names of the fallen.  Continue reading →

Joey Logano Triumphs in Scintillating NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte

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At the end of a wild and crazy Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Joey Logano got the upper hand in an intense battle with last-chance qualifier Kyle Larson and took home the million-dollar prize as the winner of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Trying to block the stronger car of Logano in the closing 13-lap last segment of the race, Larson buried his car into turn one as Logano edged ahead. Larson’s No. 42 Chevrolet got loose and sailed up the track into the outside wall with less than two laps left. Continue reading →

Matt Crafton Dominates NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race at Charlotte

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Matt Crafton had a lot to overcome on Saturday—a 17th-place starting position and a difficult pit stall that cost him dearly in the early stages of Saturday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

But after 134 laps, Crafton was 5.748 seconds ahead of second-place Kyle Busch, winning the race and extending his series lead to 12 points over seventh-place finisher Timothy Peters. In fact, the two-time champion won consecutive races for the first time in his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career, going back-to-back in successive weeks at Dover and Charlotte.

Even though it took Crafton more than half the race to get to the front, he sensed the quality of his ride from the drop of the green flag. Continue reading →