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NASCAR Next driver Cole Custer Conquers Richmond

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Cole Custer wins the Blue Ox 100 in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East action on Saturday at Richmond International Raceway. Photo - Getty Images

Cole Custer wins the Blue Ox 100 in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East action on Saturday at Richmond International Raceway. Photo – Getty Images

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NASCAR Next driver Cole Custer gets his third career win in K&N Pro Series East 

Sixteen-year-old Cole Custer of Ladera Ranch, CA won the Blue Ox 100 on Saturday at Richmond International Raceway after passing his teammate and pole sitter Nick Drake on lap 49. From there he led the rest of the race, collecting his third series win in 16 starts. His first two wins came last season at Iowa Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Custer also earned his first K&N West win in the 2014 season opener at Phoenix International Raceway in February.  Continue reading →

NASCAR Next 2014-15 Class Announced At Richmond

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The 2014 NASCAR Next class consists of: Back row, from left, Gray Gaulding, Jesse Little, Ryan Gifford, Ryan Preece, Brandon McReynolds, Austin Hill and Erik Jones; and front row, from left, Dylan Lupton, Kenzie Ruston, Cole Custer, Ben Rhodes and Ruben Garcia Jr. Photo - Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

The 2014 NASCAR Next class consists of: Back row, from left, Gray Gaulding, Jesse Little, Ryan Gifford, Ryan Preece, Brandon McReynolds, Austin Hill and Erik Jones; and front row, from left, Dylan Lupton, Kenzie Ruston, Cole Custer, Ben Rhodes and Ruben Garcia Jr.
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When Chase Elliott took the NASCAR Nationwide Series checkered flag at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this month, he joined fellow rising star Kyle Larson in the 2014 win column.

Before their headline-making victories on one of the sport’s biggest stages, though, Elliott and Larson were ‘next’ – the next in a wave of young talent making its way up the NASCAR ladder. Continue reading →

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Darrell Wallace Jr returns to Martinsville Speedway after making history last October by becoming the second African-American to win a NASCAR national series event – and the first in 50 years. And now, the 21-year-old looks to make more history at the .526-mile track.

After his win in October, Wallace celebrated with family members of the Wendell Scott family, who live in nearby Danville. Scott was the first African-American driver to win a national series event, in 1963. Wallace also comes to Martinsville looking to improve his place in the standings after getting collected in a mid-race accident at Daytona.  Continue reading →

Ben Rhodes Gets First K&N East Career Victory at Greenville

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Rhodes celebrates his first career victory in the K&N Pro Series East at Greenville Pickens Speedway on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Photo - Getty Images

Rhodes celebrates his first career victory in the K&N Pro Series East at Greenville Pickens Speedway on Saturday, March 22, 2014.
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17-year-old Ben Rhodes notches his first K&N Pro Series East Victory at Greenville

The win is a week late from Ben Rhodes perspective, but Saturday at Greenville Pickens Speedway Ben Rhodes notched his first career and series’ victory.

Last week at Bristol Motor Speedway, Rhodes led all but the last two laps, keeping him from his first career win. This weekend Rhodes led the last 26 laps en route to victory lane in the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150.  Continue reading →

MacDonald Returns to Victory Lane in K&N East at Bristol

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Eddie MacDonald celebrates in Victory Lane Saturday after winning the PittLite 125 at Bristol Motor Speedway - his seventh career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win Photo - Getty Images

Eddie MacDonald had to ruffle a few feathers late in the PittLite 125 at Bristol Motor Speedway to snap his 53-race winless streak in K&N Pro Series East. MacDonald muscled his way around pole-sitter Ben Rhodes and held off second-place Gray Gaulding on a green-white-checkered flag to earn his seventh career victory. Continue reading →