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Fast Fords Finding their Way to the Top Early in 2018

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Kevin Harvick, the driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s Ford, Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Autotrader Ford, Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, and Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, lead the field into turn one during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 25, 2018, in Hampton, Georgia. Photo – Kevin C Cox/Getty Images

“Crazy Fast.” That’s how Sunday’s third-place finisher Clint Bowyer described his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick’s day dominating the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and their Ford Fusion’s podium sweep. Continue reading →

Kevin Harvick Gets Long-Awaited Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Victory at Atlanta

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Kevin Harvick, the driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 25, 2018, in Hampton, Georgia. Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

HAMPTON, Ga. – On Sunday night, after 17 barren years, Kevin Harvick finally completed the second chapter of his love affair with Atlanta Motor Speedway. Continue reading →

Austin Dillon’s Daytona 500 Victory is an Extended Family Affair

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Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 DOW Chevrolet, speaks to the media during a press conference after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 60th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – If Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Richard Childress Racing team decided to steal a page from the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, it would be entirely appropriate. Continue reading →

Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr. Races to Historical and Emotional Second-Place Finish in Daytona 500

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Darrell Wallace Jr., the driver of the #43 Click n’ Close Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 60th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Not two minutes after Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. sat down in the Daytona International Speedway media center to field questions about his historic and dramatic runner-up finish in the Daytona 500, his mom Desiree came toward the podium and he stood up to embrace her. Continue reading →

Aric Almirola’s Daytona 500 Winning Bid Ends in Turn Three Wreck

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Aric Almirola, the driver of the #10 Smithfield Ford, has an on track incident during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 60th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

Aric Almirola did everything he possibly could to try to win Sunday’s Daytona 500, and he wasn’t about to condemn Austin Dillon for doing the exact same thing. Continue reading →