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McDowell Gets First NASCAR Win at Road America

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Michael McDowell’s Twitter handle is @Mc_Driver.

After Saturday, he may want to consider changing it — to something like @Mc_Winner. 

McDowell led 24 of the final 25 laps of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville for his first victory in 94 series races.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular finished .534 seconds ahead of his Richard Childress Racing teammate Brendan Gaughan after two late restarts, including a green-while-checkered that pushed the race to 48 laps from its scheduled 45.
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Brad Keselowski Dominates Chaotic Sprint Cup Race at Daytona

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Brad Keselowski had an excellent solution for the massive wrecks that scrambled the finishing order of Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

He stayed ahead of all of them.

Leading 115 of 161 laps in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford, Keselowski sped away from his pursuers after a restart in overtime and posted his third victory of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season in thoroughly convincing fashion.

The victory was Keselowski’s first at Daytona and the 20th of his career, and it reinforced his mastery of restrictor-plate racing—Keselowski already had four wins at sister track Talladega. Continue reading →

Matt Kenseth Dominates at Richmond as Chase Field is Set

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Joe Gibbs Racing brought guns to a knife fight on Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.

But Joe Gibbs Racing’s Matt Kenseth did his teammates one better — he brought a howitzer.

Leading 352 of 400 laps in a race he owned from the outset, Kenseth pulled away from Kyle Busch after a restart with 18 laps left and won the Federated Auto Parts 400 by 0.951 seconds over his teammate.

Kenseth’s fourth victory of the season, tying him for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series lead with Jimmie Johnson and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch, meant the 16 drivers who started the race in playoff-eligible positions stayed there. Continue reading →

Brad Keselowski Wins US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway

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Brad Keselowski defended his 2013 Nationwide Series victory at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night, keeping Michael McDowell behind him by 0.886 seconds

The well-worn script read something like this: Brad Keselowski swoops in from the sky.

The 2012 Sprint Cup Series champion snares a second straight win in the NASCAR Nationwide Series US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, then hops a jet back to Pocono Raceway and competes in Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series event at Long Pond, PA. Continue reading →

Bristol Sprint Cup Series Notes & Quotes

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Check out this week’s Sprint Cup Series Notes & Quotes heading into Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500. (Updated up to Race Day)

The Food City 500 is televised live on FOX on Sunday, March 16, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET, starting with the pre-race show. It is also broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90. Continue reading →