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Kahne Takes Truck Series Win at Charlotte in Dramatic Drag Race to Checkered Flag

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Driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports, in the organization’s second start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, polesitter Kasey Kahne won a two-lap drag race against Erik Jones to earn his fifth victory in six starts in the series.

Kahne’s victory in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway denied the dominant No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota of Jones, who led 88 laps but ran a disappointing second after a late caution forced a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race five laps past its scheduled distance of 134 laps.

In his six Truck Series starts, Kahne has five wins and a second-place finish. Continue reading →

Catching up with NASCAR Next Rising Star, Ben Rhodes

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Ben Rhodes at 9 pm ET on Thursday, April 2, 2015 Photo - Getty Images

Ben Rhodes at 9 pm ET on Thursday, April 2, 2015 Photo – Getty Images

Ben Rhodes is our guest on Fan4Racing with Catchfence NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 9 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Knighter01 or @ZRoethlisberger with any questions or comments.

NASCAR K&N East, Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 is coming up this weekend, and it seems a good time to catch up with NASCAR Next member Ben Rhodes.  

On his way to winning the 2014 K&N Pro Series East championship, Ben Rhodes garnered a lot of attention early in the season when he took the pole at the UNOH Battle at the Beach in Daytona and finished fourth. He then went on to the next race at Bristol, took the pole and finished third. Next on the schedule at Greenville Pickens gave the K&N East rookie not only his third consecutive pole, but Rhodes came home with his first series victory too. Two races later Rhodes again went to victory lane and three races later, he earned his second double, a pole and a win at Bowman Gray. He went on to the next two events at Five Flags, then Langley Speedways, with wins for four consecutive victories.   Continue reading →

Cole Custer: NASCAR’s Next Big Thing

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Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Chevrolet, looks on during qualifying for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2015 Photo - Getty Imagees/Daniel Shirey

Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Chevrolet, looks on during qualifying for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2015 Photo – Getty Images/Daniel Shirey

With Saturday’s Kroger 250 we again, were able to witness excellence in the form of 17-year-old Cole Custer. Making history in 2014, Cole Custer became the youngest pole sitter ever at Gateway Motorsports park, before becoming the youngest winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. JR Motorsports announced they would field a Camping World Truck Series entry for ten races, for the first time in 2015 with driver, Cole Custer.

Custer’s, career began very young as he started running laps behind former Xfinity series driver Randy Lajoie’s race shop in Kannapolis, NC. From then on, Custer went on to grab multiple national titles racing quarter midgets around the country. Moving on to stock cars, he became the youngest winner in K&N Pro Series history at age 15. Continue reading →

Getting to Know K&N East Rookie, William Byron at H Scott Motorsports with Justin Marks

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William Byron at 9 pm ET on Monday, March 30, 2015. Photo - WilliamByron.com

William Byron at 9 pm ET on Monday, March 30, 2015. Photo – WilliamByron.com

William Byron is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 9 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast, call 714-202-9918 or tweet us @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala your questions or comments.  

Completing just one full year in the Legends car before winning the 2013 US Legends Young Lions Division National Championship, William Byron turned Pro in January of 2014. He won the 2014 Charlotte (NC) Winter Heat Series US Legends Pro Championship and was then crowned the Pro Legends Champion at Winter Nationals in Florida, taking a huge step in his young racing career.

Byron was signed by JR Motorsports in January of 2014 to compete regionally for NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr’s late-model program. His late-model effort began at Hickory (NC) Speedway, with sponsor Liberty University, a residential and online university in Lynchburg, VA. Continue reading →

Joey Logano pulls out wild overtime win in Martinsville Truck race

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Race runner-up Matt Crafton said Joey Logano barreled into turn one on the last restart “like he was shot out of a cannon.”

Ducking to the inside with the accelerator mashed was the move Logano, the Coors Light Pole Award winner, had to make to vault from third to first and win Saturday’s Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in an event that went eight circuits past its posted distance of 250 laps. Continue reading →