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Chase Briscoe: From Cunningham Motorsports Shop to Extraordinary ARCA Season

Photo - ARS
Photo – ARS

Surprisingly it was just last year, that Chase Briscoe was volunteering his time at the Cunningham Motorsports shop, sweeping floors and learning as much as possible about the behind the scenes workings of an ARCA Racing Series team. He was there, because he had no sponsorship to race, and he wanted to stay in touch with racing.

Then Kerry Scherer and Briggs Cunningham gave him a shot behind the wheel, when a one-time sponsor stepped up with the money to field another car for the organization. That was at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis mid-season last year. In his debut ARCA Racing Series event, he started fifth and finished tenth. Continue reading

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol E15 225 at Chicagoland Speedway Preview

JOLIET, IL - SEPTEMBER 19: John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #8 Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol E15 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 19, 2015 in Joliet, Illinois. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/NASCAR via Getty Images)
JOLIET, IL – SEPTEMBER 19: John Hunter Nemechek, driver of the #8 Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol E15 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 19, 2015 in Joliet, Illinois. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/NASCAR via Getty Images)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams return to the track for their last race of the regular season on Friday, September 16th at Chicagoland Speedway for the American Ethanol E15 225. Television coverage begins at 8 pm ET on FOX Sports 1 with a green flag around 8:30 pm ET. Radio coverage is available on MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, channel 90. Continue reading

Rookie Bell wins 100th ARCA Race at Salem

Christopher Bell at 9 pm ET on Monday, September 12, 2016 Photo - ARS
Christopher Bell at 9 pm ET on Monday, September 12, 2016
Photo – ARS

Christopher Bell is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, September 12, 2016 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

If anyone questioned Christopher Bell’s pit strategy in the beginning, they weren’t when it was over, especially after he drove into victory lane Saturday night at Salem Speedway as winner of the 100th ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards race at the legendary southern Indiana short track. Continue reading