Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson: Can Opposites Achieve Critical Mass at Ganassi Racing?

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Mutt and Jeff. Oil and water. Yin and Yang.

In a host of ways, Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson are polar opposites.

Busch is lanky at 5-foot-11, 160 pounds.

Larson is more compact at 5-foot-6, 135 pounds.

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Will 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion Wear a ‘Bowtie?’

Yes, when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series visits Las Vegas in December at the end of the 2019 season to celebrate Champion’s Week and crown its champion, the driver will very likely be wearing a tuxedo along with the appropriate black tie. But will they also represent the trademark bowtie emblem of a Chevrolet? 

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Kurt Busch was Hoping to Win Clash on a Technicality

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When contact between the cars of Jimmie Johnson and Paul Menard triggered the 17-car wreck that gave Johnson the victory in Sunday’s Advance Auto parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway, Johnson had to dip below the yellow line to avoid Menard’s spinning car.

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Jimmie Johnson Wins Rain-Shortened Clash after Massive Wreck

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 10: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Ally Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway on February 10, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson, who had crashed in the past six running of the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway, found a way to win the 2019 version of the season-opening exhibition race—by helping to trigger a wreck that eliminated nearly everyone else.

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Weekend Preview: Daytona 500 Pole Qualifying and the Advance Auto Parts Clash

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – The highly-anticipated start to the 2019 edition of Speedweeks in Daytona begins for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday (at 12 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAAR Radio) with pole qualifying for the Daytona 500 followed by the Advance Auto Parts Clash (at 3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), which will feature 20 of the sport’s biggest names competing for the first race trophy of the year.

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