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Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Preview

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Most agree Hendrick Motorsports is good. 219 wins good, eleven Sprint Cup championships good. Fourteen overall national series owner championships good. And their success has lasted three decades – with winning roots extending all the way to the site of this weekend’s race at Martinsville Speedway.

For Hendrick Motorsports 30 Rocks! In 2014, Hendrick Motorsports is celebrating their 30th anniversary in NASCAR – and this weekend, specifically, their first win at Martinsville Speedway. Continue reading

Kyle Busch Avoids Tire Issues and Wins Auto Club 400 in Overtime

Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 23, 2014  Photo - Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 23, 2014
Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

In a race that saw tire problems turn the contest upside-down, Kyle Busch won Sunday’s Auto Club 400 in a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event of the year six laps past its scheduled distance.

The first driver on four fresh tires for a restart on Lap 205 at Auto Club Speedway, Busch passed Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart on the next-to-last lap, bringing rookie Kyle Larson with him. Continue reading

Kyle Larson Captures a Nationwide Series Victory at Auto Club Speedway

Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 Cartwheel Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series TREATMYCLOT.COM 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 22, 2014  Photo - Jerry Markland/Getty Images
Kyle Larson, driver of the #42 Cartwheel Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series TREATMYCLOT.COM 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 22, 2014
Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images

Kyle Larson’s fan base grew a bit larger on Saturday as the California native and 21-year-old driver held off a late-race charge by Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch to win his first Nationwide Series race at his home town track. Continue reading