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Chevrolet, Ford Win Battles, Who Wins the War?

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 14: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Beer Car2Can Ford, leads during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV Duel At DAYTONA #1 at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway covers ten days and encompasses many different events leading up to the Great American Race, the Daytona 500.  On the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series side of racing, the first focus is a week before the main event with Pole Qualifying followed by the Advanced Auto Parts Clash featuring select drivers.  Then in the week leading up to the biggest event in racing, the Gander RV Duel set the starting lineup for the prestigious race this Sunday.

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Twenty of NASCAR’s Top Drivers to Clash in Daytona this Sunday

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Brad Keselowski celebrating his 2018 Clash at Daytona victory – Photo/AP

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – This Sunday afternoon’s Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway (3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) features a group of 20 drivers with vastly different experience levels in the 75-lap exhibition event – but all highly-motivated to make this first race of Daytona Speedweeks a statement-maker leading into the Feb. 17 season-opening Daytona 500.

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Aric Almirola Makes Valiant Run at Game-Changing Victory

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Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Aric Almirola was close enough to taste the victory that would have assured him of a Championship 4 berth and knocked Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick out of the final four.

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Kyle Busch’s Win Advances Him into the Championship Round

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Kyle Busch, the driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway on November 11, 2018, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images

Sunday’s final Cup Series race before next week’s championship race was hosted by ISM Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. After a renovation made by the track, the series was making their first start on the new layout. A new start/finish line was placed just after the old ‘turn one.’ The new layout definitely added an extra sense excitement heading into the race. ISM Raceway hosted another sell out for what was an exciting race heading into the championship.

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With Win in Phoenix, Kyle Busch Leads Big Three into Title Race

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Kyle Busch, the driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, and his wife Samantha pose with the winner’s decal in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway on November 11, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. – Holding off Brad Keselowski after a restart with 12 laps left in Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway, Kyle Busch claimed his eighth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season and led NASCAR’s Big Three into the Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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