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Sprint Cup Series 5-hour Energy 301 at New Hampshire Preview

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Next Race: 5-hour ENERGY 301

The Place: New Hampshire Motor Speedway

The Date: Sunday, July 19

The Time: 1:30 p.m. (ET)

TV: NBCSN, 1 p.m. (ET)

Radio: PRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90

Distance: 318.46 miles (301 laps)

Saturday Night Live alum and comedy movie star Adam Sandler will play a vital role this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Grand Marshal.

In honor of his NASCAR visit,  peppered throughout this preview are a number of Sandler puns and references. See if you can find them all … any more brain busters?  Continue reading

Kyle Busch Masters New Aero Package in Sprint Cup Win at Kentucky

 

Adapting adroitly to a new competition package for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, Kyle Busch sped to victory in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, taking a giant step toward the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with his second victory since returning from an 11-race injury absence.

Busch won for the 31st time in his career and the second time at the 1.5-mile track. Race runner-up Joey Logano was the only interloper in a top-five that also included all four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers—Busch, Denny Hamlin in third, Carl Edwards in fourth and Matt Kenseth in fifth. Continue reading

Sprint Cup Series, Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Preview

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Next Race: Toyota/Save Mart 350

The Place: Sonoma Raceway

The Date: Sunday, June 28

The Time: 3 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX Sports 1, 2 p.m. (ET)

Radio: PRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90

Distance: 218.9 miles (110 laps)

Pattern Of Parity At Sonoma

No claims here as Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking; anyone watching has noticed the pattern of parity at Sonoma Raceway.

The last ten races at the road course have produced ten different winners. Two of those drivers – Tony Stewart in 2005 and Jimmie Johnson in 2010 – went on to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Continue reading

Big Name Drivers Influence NASCAR Rules Package Change for Kentucky

Photo - Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images

It’s no secret that up to this point of the season, NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers have been unhappy with the current rules package for their cars. The new aerodynamics package for the 2015 has produced sub par racing for several drivers and they have no fear in expressing to NASCAR their desire for change.

The first evidence of the unhappiness from the drivers began when we learned of the newly formed, ‘Driver’s Council’ as reported in early June. Drivers include but are not limited to, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin.

The new package NASCAR announced this week, will début at Kentucky Speedway, and it’s a reasonable to surmise, that new packaged stemmed from concerns expressed by the ‘Driver’s Council.’ Continue reading