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NASCAR’s 2014 Nationwide Series Schedule Release

NASCAR Releases 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Schedule

2012-NNS-500x300Return to Nationwide’s ‘Home Track’ Mid-Ohio; Chicagoland Back Under The Lights 

NASCAR today announced the 2014 schedule for the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the 33rd season of racing for the second-most popular motorsports series in the United States. Next year’s schedule once again features a variety of tracks that will challenge drivers, many of whom are quickly transforming into up-and-coming national series stars. Continue reading

Jamie Little Auto Racing Commentator and Action Sports Reporter

 

Photo - Courtesy of ESPN
Photo – Courtesy of ESPN

Jamie Little is a well-known face and voice to fans of NASCAR, IndyCar and X Games telecasts on ESPN and ABC since beginning her television career in 2002.

Working as a pit reporter for coverage of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, as well as the IZOD IndyCar Series, she also reports for NASCAR Now, ESPN’s daily NASCAR news and information program. Little began IndyCar pit reporting in 2004 and joined ESPN’s NASCAR team in 2007. Continue reading

Kyle Busch Wins Nationwide Dollar General 300 from the Pole

Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 11, 2013  Photo - Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 11, 2013
Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Kyle Busch won from the Coors Light pole—as he almost always does—and the race for the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship remains excruciating tight.

Busch held off charging series leader Austin Dillon in Friday night’s Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Earlier in the day, Busch won his ninth NNS pole of the season, and for the eighth time in nine tries this year, Busch won from the top starting spot.

The victory is the series-best 11th of the season for Busch, who won for the eighth time in the series at Charlotte and for the 62nd time in his career, extending his own series record. In Victory Lane, Busch announced that he and wife Samantha are donating all the race winnings to the Pretty in Pink Foundation to combat breast cancer. Continue reading