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NASCAR XFINITY Series, VFW Sports Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Preview

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NASCAR XFINITY Series

Next Race: VFW Sports Clips Help a Hero 200

The Place: Darlington Raceway

The Date: Saturday, Sept. 5

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

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

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90

Distance: 200.8 miles (147 laps)

 

Dash 4 Cash Final Round Culminates At Darlington

Largely considered a success among the competitors, the fourth and last round of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Dash 4 Cash program will be held this Saturday, Sept. 5 at Darlington Raceway in the VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200. The four drivers competing for the last $100,000 cash bonus in the Dash 4 Cash finale are Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Daniel Suarez, Richard Childress Racing teammates Brian Scott and Ty Dillon, and JR Motorsports driver and 2014 series champion Chase Elliott.

Elliott is the defending winner of last season’s race at Darlington and is still looking for his first victory this season. Continue reading →

#TBT Daytona, Home of the Pearson Slingshot

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David Pearson in the No. 21 wins the 1974 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway Photo – Getty Images ISC Archives

If you’ve ever wondered about David Pearson’s nickname the ‘Silver Fox,’ just watch the end of the 1974 Firecracker 400.

Pearson, who won 105 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, was always fast, but it was strategy and guile that made him near impossible to beat.  And nowhere was that more clear than at Daytona International Speedway, where the key to winning was the unstoppable ‘slingshot’ move. Continue reading →

Jimmie Johnson Wins Tenth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race at Dover

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Jimmie Johnson, welcome to the club.

With his overtime victory in Sunday’s FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway, Johnson became the fifth driver to win ten NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at a single track, joining Richard Petty, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Sr. in sharing that distinction.

Johnson’s triumph was his series-best fourth of the season and the 74th of his career, eighth most all-time and two behind NASCAR Hall of Famer Earnhardt in seventh place. Continue reading →

Top-Ten NASCAR Superspeedway Drivers of All Time

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Dale Earnhardt Sr. is my number one pick as NASCAR's best all-time superspeedway racers. Photo - Getty Images

Dale Earnhardt Sr. is my number one pick as NASCAR’s best all-time superspeedway drivers. Photo – Getty Images

With NASCAR heading to the famous Talladega Superspeedway this weekend I went through and ranked my top-ten superspeedway drivers of all time. Let’s be honest, it is tremendously hard to rank anything related to all time drivers with the amount of talent seen through the years. So I’ve done my homework and came up with who I think are the best superspeedway drivers of all time: Continue reading →

Throwback Thursday: Richmond’s ‘Perfect’ Evolution

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Richmond International Raceway is often called the “perfect” race track, combining short track excitement with the high-speed thrills of a big track.  But the 0.75-mile oval had to work to become perfection, to the tune of five configurations in its 62-year history.

The track known as Strawberry Hill, Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds and Virginia State Fairgrounds, hosted its first NASCAR race in 1953 as a half-mile dirt track.  NASCAR Hall of Famer Lee Petty won that April afternoon race, and won again in 1960 to become the first two-time Richmond winner.  Continue reading →