Aric Almirola: Ready for Long-Awaited Win

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Perhaps it was the angst and palpable disappointment on Aric Almirola’s face and in his voice even following his best outing of the 2018 season last week – a third-place at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – that so powerfully displayed his competitive spirit. Continue reading

TriStar Motorsports Continues Competition in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

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Mooresville, NC (February 6, 2018) – TriStar Motorsports will continue competition in NASCAR’s premier series fielding one full-time entry in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for the 2018 season.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Preview

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams will race the Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday, July 8th at 7:30 pm ET. Coverage begins at 7 pm ET on NBC Sports Network, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 

Drivers will race 400.5 miles over 267 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 80,

Stage 2 on lap 160 and the last stage ending on the last lap, 267. Continue reading

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Wins Second Straight Plate Race in Wild Coke Zero 400

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The major story of Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola – Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s final run at his beloved Daytona International Speedway in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet – turned out to be a footnote to Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s masterful victory in a war of attrition that produced a race-record 14 cautions.

The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, who got his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory in his 158th career start two months ago at Talladega, established himself as a restrictor-plate wizard with his second straight superspeedway win, this one after three laps of overtime. Continue reading

To Honor Service Members, NASCAR Salutes Returns, Refreshed By Coca-Cola

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‘600 Miles of Remembrance’ Windshield Tribute at Coca-Cola 600 Launches Industry Platform

For the third consecutive year, windshield headers on all 40 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series™ cars will be replaced with the names of fallen military service members during Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), NASCAR announced today. Continue reading