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2015 ARCA Champion, Grant Enfinger Piloting Cunningham’s No. 22 at DuQuoin Fairgrounds

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Grant Enfinger at 9 pm ET on Thursday, September 1, 2016. Photo - ARS
Grant Enfinger at 9 pm ET on Thursday, September 1, 2016.
Photo – ARS

Grant Enfinger is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Cunningham Motorsports has announced that Grant Enfinger will become the ninth driver to take the reins of their No. 22 Ford, when teams pull into the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Sunday, September 4.  Enfinger, who is the 2015 ARCA Racing Series champion, was the logical choice of co-owners Briggs Cunningham and Kerry Scherer, since Grant is the reigning pole and race winner at the one-mile dirt track in DuQuoin, Illinois. Continue reading →

More Pit Road Issues Ruin Martin Truex Jr.’s Day

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Photo - Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Sunday brought an all-too-familiar story for Martin Truex Jr.

Fast car. Glitch on pit road. Disappointing finish.

On lap 58, Truex passed Kevin Harvick for the lead after advancing briskly from his 20th-place starting position. During a green-flag pit stop on lap 65, however, the jack dropped before the rear tire changed had tightened the lug nuts, forcing Truex’s car to jack the car back up and finish the job. Continue reading →

Jimmie Johnson Encouraged Despite Pit Road Snafu

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Photo - Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Despite a pit road problem that ruined his winning chances, Jimmie Johnson was surprisingly chipper after his sixth-place run in Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan Speedway.

Johnson led 37 laps, four fewer than race winner Kyle Larson, but the six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion lost ten seconds on pit road when his second can of fuel failed to engage properly with the intake during a green-flag stop from the lead on lap 108 of 200. Continue reading →

Popular Kyle Larson Win Allows Focus Toward First Sprint Cup Title

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Photo - Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

Kyle Larson celebrated his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory in Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway with a celebratory burn out from the asphalt through the grass and directly into Victory Lane.

And while the victory was sugar sweet for the Elk Grove, California native ending a 99-race winless streak for Chip Ganassi Racing, Larson now doesn’t have to worry about points or where he finishes the next two weeks at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway or Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, although knowing Larson’s ethic winning next week is just as important as winning Sunday in the Irish Hills. Continue reading →