Stenhouse Shrugs Off Criticism—with Other Drivers’ Support

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HAMPTON, Ga. – In a Daytona 500 that racked up late-race cautions—Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took a lambasting on social media for his part in a lap 195 multicar wreck that collected Kevin Harvick’s Ford and a half-dozen other cars.

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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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Twenty of NASCAR’s Top Drivers to Clash in Daytona this Sunday

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – This Sunday afternoon’s Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway (3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) features a group of 20 drivers with vastly different experience levels in the 75-lap exhibition event – but all highly-motivated to make this first race of Daytona Speedweeks a statement-maker leading into the Feb. 17 season-opening Daytona 500.

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Sunset Turns Out the Lights on Kevin Harvick’s Championship Run


Kevin Harvick, the driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s Ford, during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16, 2018 in Homestead, Florida.
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Kevin Harvick, an eight-time winner in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series this season, had the dominant car in the daylight hours of Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Only one problem: the sun went down.

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