Monthly Archives: May 2019

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Martin Truex Jr. Rallies for Dramatic Coca-Cola 600 Victory

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 26: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER/USO Toyota, applies the winner’s sticker after the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

CONCORD, N.C. – Martin Truex Jr. survived an early brush with the outside wall and a frenetic restart with five laps left to win Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Tyler Reddick Charges to NASCAR Xfinity Victory at Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 25: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #2 TAME the BEAST Chevrolet, poses with the winner’s decal on his car in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR Xfinity Series leader Tyler Reddick ran the top lane throughout most of Saturday’s Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway—without clobbering the outside wall.

The same couldn’t be said of Reddick’s pursuers, many of whom developed a ‘Charlotte stripe’ on the right sides of their cars.

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NASCAR Tribute to Fallen Servicemembers Takes on Personal Meaning for JTG Daugherty Engineer

HAMPTON, GA – OCTOBER 30: Team race engineer Brian Burns reviews data with Dario Franchitti, driver of the #40Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge during NASCAR testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway on October 30, 2007, in Hampton, Georgia. Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Each Memorial Day weekend NASCAR Salutes introduces the sport and its fans to a long and esteemed list of fallen heroes – servicemen and servicewomen who have given their life while protecting our country.

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Tony Stewart Leads a NASCAR Hall of Fame Class that Shares Bonds of Friendship and Competition

INDIANAPOLIS – AUGUST 7: Tony Stewart, the driver of the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet, celebrates winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Allstate 400 on August 7, 2005, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Three-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will join the NASCAR Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2020, arguably the most interconnected group of five inductees yet to be voted into the sport’s most prestigious fraternity, as announced Wednesday at the Hall of Fame.

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