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Erik Jones Rallies from Penalty to Win NASCAR XFINITY Race at Bristol

Erik Jones found the ideal way to atone from a mistake in Saturday’s Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, but it took a bump-and-run for Jones to complete his comeback at the-0.533-mile short track.

Recovering from a lap 230 pit road speeding penalty that sent him to the back of the field, Jones worked his way to the front through a series of quick cautions and muscled Ryan Blaney out of the way to take the lead on lap 280 of 300. Continue reading

Erik Jones Dominates at Texas for NASCAR XFINITY Series Win

What a difference a pit stop made.

Erik Jones gained two seconds over Ryan Blaney on his final trip to pit road, and that was all the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota needed for a convincing victory in Saturday’s My Bariatric Solutions 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

In winning for the second time at Texas, the first time this season and the seventh time in his career, Jones led 112 of the 200 laps and stretched his advantage to more than three seconds in the late going before driving conservatively over the last three laps and beating Blaney to the stripe by 0.512 seconds. Continue reading

NASCAR XFINITY Series’ My Bariatric Solutions 300 at Texas Preview

Melanie Moss Works Behind the Scenes at JD Motorsports with Gary Keller

Melanie Moss (R) at 9 pm ET on Monday, July 11, 2016 Photo - Courtesy of Melanie Moss
Melanie Moss (R) at 9 pm ET on Monday, July 11, 2016
Photo – Courtesy of Melanie Moss

Melanie Moss is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk, Monday, July 11, 2016 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

There’s an incredible amount of work that goes on behind the scenes before and during every race weekend, often without much accolade or recognition. But, a couple of weeks ago our Fan4Racing Radio guest, Ross Chastain, NASCAR XFINITY Series driver with JD Motorsports with Gary Keller, made a special request that we invite Melanie Moss to appear on our show. His way of recognizing the amazing work she does behind the scenes for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller.  Continue reading