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Ross Chastain Earns Full-Time Xfinity Ride with Chip Ganassi Racing


Ross Chastain smiles at a news conference as Chip Ganassi Racing taps him for a full-time ride in the NASCAR Xfinity Series next season. 
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Ross Chastain’s impressive performances in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet have led to a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series ride in the car for 2019, with D.C. Solar as the primary sponsor, the team announced Friday at ISM Raceway.

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Truex Undergoes Trial by Fire but Doesn’t Get Badly Burned

FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 02: Martin Truex Jr., the driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/5-hour ENERGY Toyota, walks on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images 

FORT WORTH, Tex. – After Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Martin Truex Jr. felt as though he had just been through a trial by fire.

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Kyle Busch Survives Difficult Texas Race with Good Points Cushion

FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 02: Kyle Busch, the driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, looks on during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Almost from the outset of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch’s race started to go south.

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