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#NASCAR K&N West Driver, Gracin Raz Looks for Redemption at Tucson Speedway

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Gracin Raz at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 5, 2016 Photo - Getty Images

Gracin Raz at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 5, 2016
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Gracin Raz is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West teams head to Tucson Speedway this weekend for the NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 after a long break since their last outing a month ago. This is their third event of the 2016 season and already there are some interesting storylines for fans to follow.

Jefferson Pitts Racing have two drivers looking for a victory this weekend with Noah Gragson as the defending winner and Gracin Raz looking for redemption after finishing second last year.

Now, sixth in the K&N West point standings, a repeat win for Gragson would mean, the series’ first back-to-back victories at the 0.375-mile Arizona oval and his first win of the 2016 season. Raz is now ninth in the series’ point standings and a win for him would mean redemption after battling hard for the victory and finishing as runner-up in 2015.

Raz finished fourth in the series’ 2015 championship standings, earning his first victory at All-American Speedway and his first top-five at Irwindale with a fourth-place finish. With only two events in the 2016 season, Raz has a top-ten finish of seventh at Kern County Raceway.

Looking to challenge both Jefferson Pitts Racing drivers is Bill McAnally Racing driver, Todd Gilliland as he looks to continue his winning streak this weekend. Third-generation racer, Gilliland enters the weekend leading the K&N West point standings after winning the first two races of the season at Irwindale and Kern. He also won the K&N West season finale last year at Phoenix and now owns a three-race winning streak heading into this weekend. The race is a debut for Gilliland at Tucson Speedway.

A win for Gilliland will not come easy with Gragson and Raz both having experience at Tucson.

Fans can follow the K&N West drivers in the NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 at Tucson Speedway on Saturday, May 7th at 8:30 pm Pacific Time on NASCAR Hometracks Race Central powered by Speed 51. NBC Sports Network will broadcast the tape-delayed race on Thursday, May 12th at 6 pm ET.

Todd Gilliland Does it Again! Historic Streak at Four Consecutive Wins

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Photo – Jonathan Moore/Getty Images

Gilliland Matches 50-Year-Old K&N Pro Series Mark with Fourth Straight Win

Todd Gilliland’s unbeaten streak has reached historic proportions.

The 15-year-old Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, driver went from third to first following a late-race restart at Kern County Raceway Park en route to capturing Saturday night’s NAPA Auto Parts 150. It was Gilliland’s second NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win in as many starts this season. More impressively, it was Gilliland’s fourth win in his first four career NASCAR K&N Pro Series starts.

With the win, Gilliland matched the record set by International Motorsports Hall of Famer Dan Gurney. Gurney won the first four NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series races he entered — combination races with the then-Grand National Series at California’s old Riverside Speedway. The Pacific Coast Late Model, which began in 1954, has evolved into the current NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Continue reading →

Justin Haley’s Patience Pays Off at Greenville Pickens Speedway

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Justin Haley
Photo – Grant Halverson/Getty Images

Justin Haley is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, March 28, 2016 at 9:05 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments. 

Patience all night at Greenville Pickens Speedway was Haley’s strategy – until it was go-time.

The 16-year-old from Winamac, Indiana, Justin Haley cleared the dominant car of Kyle Benjamin with seven laps to go and sailed to his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East victory.

It was Haley’s 23rd career K&N Pro Series start. He nearly picked up the win in Phoenix last fall in the K&N Pro West, but late contact while leading cut a tire and ended his night six laps short of the win.

Saturday on the flat half-mile in Greenville, Haley ran second most of the night before making his late move. Continue reading →

Gilliland Does it Again – Another NASCAR K&N Pro Series Victory

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Todd Gilliland on Monday, March 21, 2016 at TBA Photo - Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images

Todd Gilliland on Monday, March 21, 2016 at TBA
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Todd Gilliland is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, March 21, 2016 at 8:45 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

Now three for three with Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Win

Making it look easy to compete, Todd Gilliland wins for third consecutive race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West.

Gilliland started from the pole and took the lead back from Ryan Partridge on lap 123 to win the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 at California’s Irwindale Speedway. His victory was his second consecutive victory in his second straight start in the West.

More impressively, the third-generation driver from Sherrills Ford, NC, now joins the history books as a driver to earn three wins in his first three career starts in both the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West. Continue reading →

Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk with Hot Topic Sound Off – Monday, January 25, 2016

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Guests include NASCAR K&N West Rookie of the Year, Noah Gragson, talks about racing with Wauters Motorsports in the SpeedFest 200 this coming weekend.

From Irwindale Event Center, Hugh Schenkel, Public Relations and Marketing to chat about the future of the organization in 2016.

Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk! 

NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off is 10 to 10:30 pm ET with Sharon Burton hosting an interactive discussion with co-host Chris Knight for the fastest half-hour in motorsports!

We’re chatting about the hottest topics during the NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series, as well as K&N Pro Series and ARCA Racing Series pre-season!

Listen to our panel discussion with drivers, crew, and other racing personalities. Call 929-477-1790 OR tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala or @Knighter01 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Our show begins at 8:30 pm ET on Monday, January 25, 2016.

As always…Thanks for Listening!