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Hamlin Enjoys Solid Run, But JGR Still Seeks First Win

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Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota, races during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 25, 2017 in Sonoma, California. Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images

Denny Hamlin’s Toyota lacked the muscle of some of the stronger cars in Sunday’s Toyota/Save mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, but the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota parlayed spot-on pit strategy and a solid performance into a fourth-place finish at the 1.99-mile road course. Continue reading →

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan Preview

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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will race the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, June 18th at 3 pm ET. Coverage begins at 2 pm ET on FOX Sports 1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Drivers will race 400 miles over 200 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 60, Stage 2 on lap 120 and the last Stage ending on the last lap 200. Continue reading →

NASCAR XFINITY Series, Irish Hills 250 at Michigan Preview

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NASCAR XFINITY Series teams will race the Irish Hills 250 at Michigan International Speedway, this Saturday, June 17th at 1:30 pm ET. Daniel Suarez is the defending winner. Coverage begins at 1 pm ET on FOX Sports 1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Drivers will race 250 miles over 125 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 30, Stage 2 on lap 60, and the last Stage ending on the last lap 125. Continue reading →

Brad Keselowski Ends Drought for No. 22 Ford with Last-Lap pass

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With a dramatic last-lap pass – the first of the season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series – Brad Keselowski won Saturday’s Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway, ending a 46-race drought for the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

Keselowski swept the stages in the 100-lap event but couldn’t get past leader Kyle Larson until he reached the Long Pond straightaway on the final circuit. Keselowski powered off the first turn, down-shifted and blew past Larson before the cars reached the tunnel turn. Continue reading →

Kyle Larson Finishes Off Dominant NASCAR XFINITY Series Run at Dover

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Saturday’s One Main Financial 200 ended as it started – as a two-man show with polesitter Kyle Larson on top.

Larson and Ryan Blaney were in a class by themselves at Dover International Speedway in the 11th NASCAR XFINITY Series race of the season. In winning for the third time in six starts this season, Larson led 137 of the 200 laps to Blaney’s 28.

In fact, Larson now has three wins, a second and a third this season for an average finish of 2.5 – numbers that could rival those of another Kyle, XFINITY Series all-time victory leader Kyle Busch.

“Our cars have been really good on both sides, (Monster Energy NASCAR) Cup and XFINITY,” Larson said. “Especially XFINITY, we’ve been extremely good. We’ve done a really good job adjusting to this new (lower-downforce) aero package.

“This is the best car I’ve had here. At a lot of the tracks we’ve gone to, it seems like this is the best XFINITY car I’ve had this time around. Just a lot of fun. Hats off to (crew chief Mike) Shiplett and the rest of the mechanics at the shop and the engineers – the real reason I’m getting to run up front more often.”

A first-time winner at Dover, Larson collected the eighth victory of his career, finishing 1.173 seconds ahead of Blaney. Third-place Daniel Suarez crossed the stripe 14.078 seconds behind the race winner.

Cole Custer ran fourth, followed by Ryan Reed and William Byron, but Byron got the biggest consolation prize. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate collected a $100,000 bonus as the highest-finishing series regular among four drivers eligible for the prize in the last of four Dash 4 Cash events this season.

But the day belonged to Larson, who led the first 63 laps and had to win a drag race with Blaney to secure victory in the first 60-lap stage. After the second stage, won by Darrell Wallace Jr., divergent pit strategies shuffled Larson and Blaney to 13th and 14th, respectively, for a restart on lap 128.

To Blaney, that was the key moment in the race, as his No. 22 Ford lost positions in a near-wreck with Wallace and couldn’t close on Larson despite a subsequent restart on lap 141, after Blake Koch tangled with Daniel Hemric and Brennan Poole and nosed into the inside wall.

“We almost got wrecked when the 6 (Wallace) got loose below whoever that was, the white car (the No. 90 of Brandon Brown), and that actually cost us the race,” Blaney said. “That allowed Larson to get by us, and he set sail from there, even though there was another restart.“He was about three rows ahead of us, and I couldn’t run him down by the time I got to second.”

 

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – OneMain Financial 200

Dover International Speedway

Dover, Delaware

Saturday, June 3, 2017

  1. (1) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 200.
  2. (2) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 200.
  3. (3) Daniel Suarez(i), Toyota, 200.
  4. (14) Cole Custer #, Ford, 200.
  5. (17) Ryan Reed, Ford, 200.
  6. (8) William Byron #, Chevrolet, 200.
  7. (9) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200.
  8. (18) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 200.
  9. (6) Matt Tifft #, Toyota, 200.
  10. (11) Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 200.
  11. (12) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200.
  12. (5) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 199.
  13. (10) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 199.
  14. (23) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 199.
  15. (26) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 199.
  16. (19) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 199.
  17. (32) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 199.
  18. (25) Ben Kennedy #, Chevrolet, 199.
  19. (22) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 198.
  20. (15) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 198.
  21. (20) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 198.
  22. (28) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 197.
  23. (29) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 197.
  24. (34) Ray Black II, Chevrolet, 191.
  25. (40) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 191.
  26. (27) Jordan Anderson(i), Chevrolet, Suspension, 188.
  27. (33) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, Track Bar, 176.
  28. (7) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, Power Steering, 175.
  29. (13) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, Parked, 174.
  30. (21) Dylan Lupton, Toyota, 170.
  31. (24) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, 166.
  32. (16) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, Steering, 135.
  33. (36) David Starr, Chevrolet, 107.
  34. (31) Chad Finchum, Chevrolet, Engine, 105.
  35. (4) Erik Jones(i), Toyota, Engine, 100.
  36. (39) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Overheating, 99.
  37. (30) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, Engine, 91.
  38. (35) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Handling, 50.
  39. (37) Timmy Hill, Toyota, Accident, 39.
  40. (38) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, Electrical, 13.

Average Speed of Race Winner:  96.709 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 04 Mins, 05 Secs. Margin of Victory:  1.173 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  ten for 45 laps.

Lead Changes:  seven among six drivers.

lap Leaders:   K. Larson(i) 1-63; A. Dillon(i) 64-67; K. Larson(i) 68-87; R. Blaney(i) 88-115; D. Wallace Jr. 116-122; R. Reed 123-127; D. Suarez(i) 128-146; K. Larson(i) 147-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, laps Led):  K. Larson(i) three times for 137 laps; R. Blaney(i) one time for 28 laps; D. Suarez(i) one time for 19 laps; D. Wallace Jr. one time for seven laps; R. Reed one time for five laps; A. Dillon(i) one time for four laps.

Stage #1 Top-Ten: 42,22,20,9,48,1,7,6,21,16

Stage #2 Top-Ten: 6,22,1,7,42,9,21,48,11,14