Yearly Archives: 2017

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Nemechek Tries for Trifecta at Kentucky

NEWTON, IA – JUNE 23: John H. Nemechek, driver of the #8 FireAlarmServiceInc/RomcoEquipmentCo Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series M&Ms 200 at Iowa Speedway on June 23, 2017 in Newton, Iowa. Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images

Facing the prospect of missing races due to lack of sponsorship, John Hunter Nemechek went out and won the last two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series contests at Gateway and Iowa. Continue reading

Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview of Kentucky, Thompson and Iowa – Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Jay ‘MJ’ Husmann 8:30 to 10 pm ET for Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Previewfor your complete guide to the upcoming weekend of racing!

On this episode, we’re previewing the Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway, as well as, the K&N Pro Series East at Thompson Speedway and the ARCA Racing Series at Iowa Speedway.. We’ll also have some updates from the K&N Pro Series West.

Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @MoparMJ8 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Our show begins at 8:30 pm ET on Wednesday, July 5, 2017.

As always…Thanks for listening!

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Wins Second Straight Plate Race in Wild Coke Zero 400

The major story of Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola – Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s final run at his beloved Daytona International Speedway in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet – turned out to be a footnote to Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s masterful victory in a war of attrition that produced a race-record 14 cautions.

The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, who got his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory in his 158th career start two months ago at Talladega, established himself as a restrictor-plate wizard with his second straight superspeedway win, this one after three laps of overtime. Continue reading