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Elliott Sadler Scores an Aaron’s 312 Win at Talladega

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Less than a week after turning 39 years old, Elliott Sadler gave himself a long-awaited birthday present by winning at Talladega Superspeedway for the first time in his career.

Sadler out-raced Chris Buescher over the last three laps and led a tight pack of 16 cars across the finish line to win the Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday. It was Sadler’s first victory at Talladega Superspeedway in 29 attempts (six in the Nationwide Series and 23 Sprint Cup Series races), even though he has had fast enough cars to start on the pole at the track five times. Continue reading →

Nationwide Series TreatMyClot.com 300 at Fontana Preview

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In Saturday’s Nationwide Series TreatMyClot.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Elliott Sadler are aiming to reach double digits in the win column for their team. If one of the three succeed, it becomes Joe Gibbs Racing’s tenth consecutive victory at ACS.

In February 2008, Tony Stewart, in his last season with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) gave the team owner Joe Gibbs his first victory at the two-mile track in Fontana, CA. Continue reading →

Joe Gibbs Racing Brings Cody Coughlin into Driver Development Program

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(L-R) Billy Venturini with Cody Coughlin. Photo - Venturini Motorsports


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Cody Coughlin will drive No. 55 JEGS Toyota for Venturini Motorsports in ARCA Series

Joe Gibbs Racing has signed Cody Coughlin to their driver development program.

On the drag racing circuit, the Coughlin family is well-known for collecting a number of NHRA titles and championships. Making his own mark in racing, Cody Coughlin is the first in the family to race ovals and now he’s ready for the next step in an already impressive career. Coughlin earned the JEGS/CRA All-Star Tour Championship in 2013 and 2011 along with taking the Howie Lettow Rookie of the Year honors.  Continue reading →

Kyle Busch Dominates Rain-Shortened Nationwide Race at Phoenix

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 1, 2014 Photo - Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 1, 2014
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You can change the cars.

You can change the qualifying format.

You can change the weather from cloudy to sunny to rainy—multiple times.

But, no matter what you do, you can’t keep Kyle Busch out of Victory Lane at Phoenix International Raceway, at least not where the NASCAR Nationwide Series is concerned.

In Saturday’s Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at the one-mile track in the Sonoran desert, Busch dominated—again—leading 155 laps en route to his unprecedented third straight NNS victory at PIR and his seventh overall. Continue reading →

Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix Preview

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nnspirbjgg200oglThe Nationwide Series teams are at Phoenix International Raceway for the Blue Jeans Go Green 200 presented by Cotton, The Fabric of Our Lives and on Saturday, March 1st at Phoenix International Raceway, they’ll run 200 miles in 200 laps on the one-mile track. ABC starts their pre-race coverage at 3pm ET and the green flag will wave around 3:45 pm ET. Race coverage is also available on MRN, Sirius XM Radio, channel 90.   Continue reading →