Christopher Bell, driver of the #54 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota, leads the feild during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic at Eldora Speedway on July 22, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Christopher Bell, driver of the #54 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota, does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic at Eldora Speedway on July 22, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Christopher Bell, driver of the #54 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota, gets the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic, at Eldora Speedway on July 22, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Christopher Bell, driver of the #54 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic, at Eldora Speedway on July 22, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Christopher Bell, driver of the #54 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic at Eldora Speedway on July 22, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Christopher Bell, driver of the #54 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota, celebrates with Eldora track owner Tony Stewart after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic at Eldora Speedway on July 22, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
In one of the most anticipated races of the year, Christopher Bell scored a dramatic win in the third annual 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic on the famed Eldora Speedway dirt.
It was the first victory for Bell in just his third career start. Bell’s triumph marked back-to-back victories for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the No. 54 Toyota Tundra at Eldora. Continue reading →
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 19, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, leads Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, and Carl Edwards, driver of the #19 Sport Clips Toyota, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 19, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 19, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 19, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 19, 2015 Photo – Jeff Curry/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, and his wife Samantha pose in Victory Lane with “Loudon the Lobster” after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 19, 2015 Photo – Ranier Ehrhardt//Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, applies the winner’s decal to his car after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 19, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
The odds in Kyle Busch’s favor made another dramatic surge on Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
In winning for the third time in eight starts since returning from an 11-race injury absence, Busch solidified his chances of qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with a serendipitous victory in the 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at the Magic Mile. Continue reading →
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sun Energy 1 Toyota, is involved in an on-track incident during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 18, 2015 Photo – Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sun Energy 1 Toyota, leads Brian Scott, driver of the #2 Star Market/Kraft Velveeta Chevrolet, out of turn four during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 18, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sun Energy 1 Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 18, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sun Energy 1 Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 18, 2015 Photo – Jeff Curry/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sun Energy 1 Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 18, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
To Denny Hamlin, it was just hard short-track racing for the win.
To runner-up Austin Dillon, it was unnecessarily aggressive driving that led to Hamlin’s victory in the Lakes Region 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
On lap 179 of 200 at the Magic Mile, Hamlin drove his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to the inside of Dillon’s No. 33 Chevrolet. Hamlin slid up the track into Dillon, broke the No. 33’s momentum and took the lead. Continue reading →
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, greets fans before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, and Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, lead the field prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2015 Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 6, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 6, 2015 Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 6, 2015 Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, affixes the winner’s decal to his car in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 6, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 6, 2015 Photo – Patrick Smith/Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr. endured a weekend of rain, a three-hour-plus pre-race delay, and nine caution flags to win the Coke-Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway early Monday morning.
The race ended at 2:41 am ET and concluded with a large crash featuring Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet going airborne and smashing into the catch-fence near turn one after he crossed the start-finish line. Dillon walked away from the wreck, the fourth major crash of the night. After being released from the infield care center, Dillon said he suffered a bruised tailbone and forearm. Continue reading →