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Bowyer Hopes to Continue Bounce-Back Season at Bristol

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Clint Bowyer, driver of the #14 Haas Automation Demo Days Ford, practices for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 22, 2017 in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

Clint Bowyer’s NASCAR career hit a crossroad last season. Racing for HScott Motorsports, the 2012 championship runner-up finished 27th in the points standings and only logged three top-ten finishes – both career lows.

Heading into this year as the replacement for Tony Stewart in the No. 14 Ford at Stewart-Haas Racing, there was optimism Bowyer could get his career back on track. So far, he’s experiencing a bounce-back season. He’s already matched his 2016 total with three top-ten finishes and his third-place showing at Auto Club Speedway was his best performance since finishing third at Sonoma Raceway in June of 2015. Continue reading →

A Silver Anniversary Gold Rush: Monster Energy All-Star Race Format Announced

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #75 M&M’s 75th Anniversary Toyota, and Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Light Chevrolet, lead the field at the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 21, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

$1 Million at Stake as NASCAR, Charlotte Celebrate 25th Anniversary of ‘One Hot Night’

As the engines fired, the lightbulbs buzzed – a first for the annual non-points extravaganza. Never before had an all-star race been run under the lights. Dubbed “One Hot Night,” the 1992 race signaled a new era, one that became tradition for the fan-favorite event.

And now, 25 years later, past meets present … as another new era begins with the first all-star race under the Monster Energy banner. Continue reading →

New Pavement at Texas Can’t Stop Jimmie Johnson Juggernaut

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Jimmie Johnson proved on Sunday that you can’t keep a good driver, a good car and a good team down for long—even if you change the playing field at one of his favorite race tracks.

The seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion passed Joey Logano for the lead on lap 318 of 334 and pulled away for his first victory of the season in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at newly repaved and reconfigured Texas Motor Speedway. Continue reading →

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Preview

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams are in Texas Motor Speedway for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 on Sunday, April 9th. Television and radio coverage begins 1:30 pm ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Drivers will race 501 miles over 334 laps with Stage 1 ending on lap 85 and Stage 2 ending on lap 170. Continue reading →