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Kyle Busch Dominates Rain-Shortened Nationwide Race at Phoenix

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 1, 2014 Photo - Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane with the trophy after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 1, 2014
Photo – Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

You can change the cars.

You can change the qualifying format.

You can change the weather from cloudy to sunny to rainy—multiple times.

But, no matter what you do, you can’t keep Kyle Busch out of Victory Lane at Phoenix International Raceway, at least not where the NASCAR Nationwide Series is concerned.

In Saturday’s Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at the one-mile track in the Sonoran desert, Busch dominated—again—leading 155 laps en route to his unprecedented third straight NNS victory at PIR and his seventh overall. Continue reading →

Sprint Cup Series The Profit on CNBC 500 at Phoenix Preview

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Sprint Cup Series teams are at Phoenix International Raceway this weekend for The Profit on CNBC 500 presented by Small Business Fueling America taking place on Sunday, March 2nd for 312 laps of racing action. Television coverage begins at 2:30 pm ET on FOX with the green flag waving around 3 pm ET. Race coverage is also available on MRN and SiriusXM channel 90.  Continue reading →

Suárez Overcomes Penalty to Grab Fourth Consecutive Victory

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Daniel Suárez, front left, battles for the lead en route to his fourth consecutive win, with a victory in the Toyota 120 at Phoenix Photo - Getty Images

Daniel Suárez, front left, battles for the lead en route to his fourth consecutive win, with a victory in the Toyota 120 at Phoenix
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After a pit road mistake, Daniel Suárez comes back with a last lap pass to win the Toyota 120 at Phoenix International Raceway.

After starting from the outside pole position, Suárez wasted no time in racing around pole sitter Rubén Pardo and holding the lead until his stop for fuel on lap 46. That’s when Suárez was speeding on pit road, with a resulting pass-through penalty placing him at the end of the field.  Continue reading →

Cole Custer Gets Redemption with First Win at Phoenix

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Cole Custer wins first K&N Pro Series West race at Phoenix International Raceway on February 27, 2014 Photo - Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

Cole Custer wins first K&N Pro Series West race at Phoenix International Raceway on February 27, 2014
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Cole Custer holds off Newberry and collects his first K&N Pro Series West Victory

For the last four months, Cole Custer has held his vision on the checkered flag at Phoenix International Raceway. He patiently waited until Thursday to get his first win at the track where he was denied a victory last November.  Continue reading →

Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix Preview

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nnspirbjgg200oglThe Nationwide Series teams are at Phoenix International Raceway for the Blue Jeans Go Green 200 presented by Cotton, The Fabric of Our Lives and on Saturday, March 1st at Phoenix International Raceway, they’ll run 200 miles in 200 laps on the one-mile track. ABC starts their pre-race coverage at 3pm ET and the green flag will wave around 3:45 pm ET. Race coverage is also available on MRN, Sirius XM Radio, channel 90.   Continue reading →