NASCAR Chris Gabehart

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Thrilling Weekend for Ryan Preece with Joe Gibbs Racing

Ryan Preece drives the #20 MoHawk Northeast Inc. Toyota during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Overton’s 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 15, 2017, in Loudon, New Hampshire. Photo – Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

Ryan Preece is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk, Monday, July 17, 2017, at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Hailing from Berlin, Connecticut, Ryan Preece, a 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified champion, invested last year racing the NASCAR XFINITY Series with JD Motorsports in the No. 01. As it turns out, that time behind the wheel paid off this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when Preece debuted with Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20, finishing second to NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch. Continue reading

NASCAR XFINITY Series, One Main Financial 200 at Dover Preview

NASCAR XFINITY Series teams are ready for action in the One Main Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway this Saturday, June 3 at 1 pm ET. Coverage is available on FOX Sports 1, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and MRN starting at 12:30 pm ET.

Erik Jones and his crew chief Chris Gabehart are the defending XFINITY Series winners at Dover this weekend. Teams will race 200 miles over 200 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 60 and Stage 2 ending on lap 120. The last stage will end on the last lap 200.  Continue reading

NASCAR XFINITY Series DC Solar 200 at Phoenix Preview

Jones Hopes to Capture Championship 4 Berth at Texas

rik Jones, driver of the #20 Reser's Main Street Bistro Toyota, looks on prior to the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 15, 2016 in Kansas City, Kansas. Photo - Jeff Curry/Getty Images
#rik Jones, driver of the #20 Reser’s Main Street Bistro Toyota, looks on prior to the NASCAR XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on October 15, 2016 in Kansas City, Kansas. Photo – Jeff Curry/Getty Images

Texas Motor Speedway is the site of many memories for Erik Jones.

In 2014, he received his diploma on the driver introductions stage prior to the June NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the 1.5-mile track. Last season, he won his first career NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Texas and took the checkered flag again when he returned for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in November.

Jones will try to make another Lone Star state memory by winning Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway at 3:30 pm ET on NBC. In three career NASCAR XFINITY Series starts at TMS, Jones has finished first (spring 2015), fourth (fall 2015) and second (spring 2016). Continue reading