NASCAR Johanna Long

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NNS Recap: Busch dominates at Phoenix for 52nd Nationwide win

Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Toyota, celebrates in victory lane during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 200 fueled by AmeriGas at Phoenix International Raceway on March 2, 2013 Photo - Jerry Markland/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Toyota, celebrates in victory lane during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 200 fueled by AmeriGas at Phoenix International Raceway on March 2, 2013
Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images

Nothing was going to keep Kyle Busch out of Victory Lane on Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.

Not a pit road speeding penalty. Not a spate of cautions that kept bunching the field. Not Brad Keselowski, who in the past has found magic out front on old tires.

The prohibitive favorite in the Dollar General 200—after he won the pole in a laydown earlier in the day—Busch overcame a speeding penalty that dropped him to 22nd position for a restart on Lap 44. Continue reading

Nationwide Series Driver Jeremy Clements Out Indefinitely

Jeremy Clements Photo - Getty Images
Jeremy Clements
Photo – Getty Images

NASCAR is just like any other sport where there are rules during the course of  competition as well as a Code of Conduct that the drivers must adhere to, whether on or off the track.  Any infraction of any rule can and usually will incur some kind of penalty, monetary or otherwise.

There have been many drivers suspended over the years for their behavior, including suspensions for alcohol offenses and failed drug tests. Most of these offenses bring only a small penalty, but being caught in violation of NASCAR’s drug policy, brings an indefinite suspension.

Jeremy Clements became the first driver of the year to be suspended indefinitely.  However, his suspension wasn’t for a violation of the drug policy but rather for violating NASCAR’s Code of Conduct. Continue reading