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Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Fontana Preview

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Next Race: Auto Club 400

The Place: Auto Club Speedway

The Date: Sunday, March 22

The Time: 3:30 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX, 3 p.m. (ET)

Radio: MRN, Sirius XM Ch. 90

Distance: 400 miles (200 laps)

Freaky Fast

Jimmy John’s isn’t kidding.

Kevin Harvick is fast.

Freaky fast.  Continue reading →

Logano Caps Spectacular Race with Daytona 500 Victory

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The record will reflect that Joey Logano won Sunday’s 57th Daytona 500 under caution, when a multicar wreck on the backstretch forced NASCAR to wave the yellow flag as Logano led the field into the final corner on the second lap of a green-white-checkered-flag finish.

But the notation of that final caution does no justice to the memory of a race that produced some of the most scintillating restrictor-plate racing in the history of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Continue reading →

Amid Qualifying Controversy, Jeff Gordon takes the Daytona 500 Pole

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Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, and his crew chief, Chad Knaus, pose with the Daytona 500 Pole Award and Front Row Award after qualifying for the pole position and front row for the 57th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2015 Photo - Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, and his crew chief, Chad Knaus, pose with the Daytona 500 Pole Award and Front Row Award after qualifying for the pole position and front row for the 57th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2015 Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

The Sprint Cup Series Qualifying session produced more emotion than anyone imagined and amid some crashing and controversy over the new format, Jeff Gordon took the Pole for Sunday’s Daytona 500 on February 22, televised on FOX at 1 pm ET.

This is Gordon’s 78th pole in 762 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts and he becomes the first pole winner to eclipse 200 miles an hour since 1987. Continue reading →

2015 Sprint Unlimited: Who is In and Who is Out?

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Photos – Getty Images

Updated Monday, February 9th with more changes…

Lineup changes allow deeper 2014 point standing drivers to become eligible.  

Kicking off the 2015 Sprint Cup Series Season, the Sprint Unlimited features an expanded field of drivers based on new eligibility outlined by NASCAR earlier this year. On February 14th the 75-lap, non-points race airs on FOX at 8 pm ET as well as on MRN Radio and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

A minimum of 25 Sprint Cup drivers are eligible for this year’s Sprint Unlimited. In addition to the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers, the field includes 2014 Pole Award winners, former Sprint Unlimited race winners and Daytona 500 pole winners who competed in the series full-time in 2014. The remaining spots go to drivers highest in 2014 Sprint Cup driver championship points, not already eligible. Continue reading →