Kyle Busch Gets Breakthrough NASCAR XFINITY Win at The Glen

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With a victory in Saturday’s Zippo 200, Kyle Busch continued to tick items off his bucket list.

Recovering from a wheel-hop and spin in turn one on lap 17 of 82 along with a penalty for driving through too many pit boxes, Busch claimed his first NASCAR XFINITY Series win at the 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International road course, beating pole-sitter Joey Logano to the finish line by 1.049 seconds. Continue reading

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ I Love New York 355 at The Glen Preview

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams are ready for the I Love New York 355 at The Glen on Sunday, August 6th at 3 pm ET. Coverage begins at 2:30 pm ET on NBCSN, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Drivers will race 220.6 miles over 90 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 20, Stage 2 on lap 40, and the last stage ends on the last lap 90. Continue reading

NASCAR XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at The Glen Preview

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NASCAR XFINITY Series teams are taking to the road course this week for the Zippo 200 at The Glen on Saturday, August 5th at 2 pm ET. Coverage begins at 1:30 pm ET on NBCSN, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 

Drivers will race 200.9 miles over 82 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 20, Stage 2 on lap 40, and the last Stage ends on the last lap 82. Continue reading

Cameos by NASCAR Stars Add Spice to New Soderbergh Film

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Joey Logano isn’t a movie star, but he clearly got a kick out of some facetious preening at Tuesday night’s screening of Logan Lucky. The new Steven Soderbergh film starring Channing Tatum was unveiled in Charlotte to a small NASCAR industry audience in advance of its nationwide release on August 18. Continue reading

Kyle Busch Breaks 36-Race Winless Drought with Pocono Victory

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Barely more than three hours after the Pocono crowd greeted Kyle Busch with a chorus of boos during driver introductions, Kyle Busch made converts of the fans in the grandstands – at least a large portion of them – with a spectacular burnout after his long-awaited victory in the Overton’s 400. Continue reading