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NASCAR Introduces Special Paint Scheme Elements
For Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Contenders
New Color Schemes Celebrate Members of the Chase Grid
Celebrating the accomplishments of drivers contending for the 2014 Sprint Cup Series championship, NASCAR has released several new elements to the paint schemes of race cars making the 16-driver Chase Grid.
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The Sprint Cup Series is racing 300 laps for a total of 317.4-miles in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday, September 22nd with the green flag starting the action at 2pm ET. Television coverage on ESPN begins at 1pm ET with radio coverage on PRN, Sirius XM, channel 90.
Matt Kenseth pulled off a feat only accomplished once before. And in doing so, may have laid the foundation for a second Sprint Cup Series championship – a full decade after his first. Continue reading
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 15, 2013
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After two rain delays, totaling six hours, thirty minutes, and 157-laps left to run, the restart of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway was finally underway after 10:00pm ET on Sunday night.
With end of the night’s event at a little after midnight, Kyle Busch, who won Friday night’s Camping World Truck race and Saturday’s Nationwide race, had hopes of sweeping the weekend, but his fellow Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Matt Kenseth won instead, denying Busch a sweep at Chicagoland Speedway. Continue reading
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 Powered by Coca-Cola at Chicagoland Speedway on September 14, 2013
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Making it look easy from the pole to victory lane, Kyle Busch dominated the Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 on Saturday evening at Chicagoland Speedway by leading the most laps – 195 of 200. This victory is Busch’s tenth series win of 20 events in the season, 61st of his series career and third at Chicagoland Speedway.
After winning Friday night’s Camping World Truck race and Saturday’s Nationwide race, Busch is now looking to sweep with a third victory in the Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday. If he succeeds, it will mark his second three-series weekend sweep of his career. Busch is well aware that goal is not an easy task, recognizing the handling of his car in Sprint Cup practice was not ideal. Continue reading
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series enjoyillinois.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 13, 2013 \
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As the laps wound down, the battle heated up. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski were competing for the win for a good part of the night and it could have gone either way. It happened to fall Kyle Busch’s way as he held off a hard charge from Keselowski in the closing laps.
Jeb Burton won the pole and showed signs of dominance early. A bad pit stop left him deep in the field and Keselowski had exited pit road first. The first of many Keselowski/ Busch battles for the lead took place on the ensuing restart. When Keselowski got loose heading into turn 3, Busch was able to clear him for his first lead of the night. Continue reading