DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – There was certainly no shortage of drama – both on and off the track – in the opening race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs last weekend and that high energy will undoubtedly carry over to the second race of the ten-race Playoff this Saturday night in the Federated Auto Parts 400 (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Richmond Raceway.
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Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk Review of Las Vegas and Salem – Monday, September 16, 2019
Guests on this episode include...
Blaine Perkins
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series driver after winning three championship titles at Irwindale Speedway, Kern County Raceway and the California State title.
Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest race talk around on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk Review!
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We’re talking all the latest from Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Gander Outdoors Truck Series along with the ARCA Menards Series at Salem Speedway. We’ll also provide a few updates from the K&N Pro Series, and more.
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Our LIVE broadcast starts at 8:30 pm ET on Monday, September 16, 2019.
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Martin Truex Jr. Fights His Way into Victory Lane for the Playoff Opener
Las Vegas Motor Speedway was the site for the first race in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. There are ten races in the playoffs, but it is a tough road to make it to Homestead-Miami as a contender for the championship title. Sunday night’s first race was a prime example of how competitive it is throughout the playoffs.
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LAS VEGAS — It had been almost three months since Martin Truex Jr. last raised a trophy and while others may have wondered about his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team’s Playoff potential, this team never wavered in its confidence or pursuit.
Continue readingHusmann’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Projections
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Although everyone knows that anything can, and likely will, happen at any given race, reasonable predictions can be made based off of past performance and statistics as well as current team performance and momentum. These factors combined with what top analysts like Larry McReynolds, Jamie McMurray, and Andy Petree are projecting, I’ve come up with which drivers I’m expecting to be eliminated in each round of the playoffs in the Monster Energy NASCAR playoffs en-route to crowning the 2019 Champion.
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