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The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) makes a stop at the 4.048 mile Road America for the fifth straight year this weekend. The race is a stand-alone event as the Sprint Cup Series is off racing at Sonoma Raceway.
No defending winners are in the race at Road America this weekend. The track has produced two first-time winners (Nelson Piquet, Jr. and A.J. Allmendinger) in the last two years. Continue reading
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Going into this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race, only two drivers entered have visited victory lane at Road America before.
Roush-Fenway Racing rookie Chris Buescher won last year’s ARCA race in thrilling fashion and Alex Tagliani won his only Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race at the track. Continue reading
The field flashes under the green flag at the start of the NASCAR Nationwide Series’ Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International August 2012
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Nationwide Series drivers return to Watkins Glen International and television coverage is on ABC this Saturday, August 10th beginning at 2pm ET. Radio coverage is on MRN, Sirius XM channel 90.
With about a month-and-a-half to prepare since the first road race of the season at Road America, the NASCAR Nationwide Series teams head to Watkins Glen for the Zippo 200 and the second of three road-course events during the 2013 season. Continue reading
For Chase Elliott, simply being in contention for a victory at an unfamiliar track wasn’t enough.
Instead, Elliott expresses disappointment about a last-lap mistake that probably cost him a win in the ARCA race at Road America just few weeks ago – an example of just how much the son of NASCAR icon “Awesome Bill” Elliott expects from himself. Continue reading