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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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Fan4Racing From the Track News: Volume 1 Issue 1

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Fan4Racing is introducing Volume 1, Issue 1… From the Track News during the NASCAR Pre-Season leading up the season opener races at Daytona in February 2016.

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Winless in 2015, Chase Elliott Remains in Hunt for Second Consecutive XFINITY Series Title

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Chase Elliott took the NASCAR XFINITY (then Nationwide) Series by storm in 2014, winning three races en route to capturing the championship in his rookie campaign.

Elliott won his first race at Texas Motor Speedway and followed that up the following week with a victory at Darlington. After winning the standalone race at Chicagoland, the 18th event of the 2014 campaign, Elliott re-took the championship lead and never looked back on his way to winning the title.

Fast forward to 2015, and the story has been a bit different for the 19-year-old driver. Elliott has yet to visit victory lane in the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, nor has he led the championship standings after 23 of 33 races. Continue reading →

Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk – Monday, August 31, 2015

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Guests include, NASCAR K&N East driver, Sergio Pena, with Rev Racing talking about his home state victory at VIRginia International Raceway this weekend.

NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car pilot, Brittany Force, with John Force Racing talks about competing in the Traxxas Nitro Shootout and her 2015 season.

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 Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk! Joining us is our newest Fan4Racing writer, Brian Eberly.

NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off  is 10 to 10:30 pm ET with Sharon Burton hosting an interactive discussion with co-host Chris Knight. We’re chatting about the hottest topics from the weekend of NASCAR racing at Road America, with the NASCAR XFINITY Series, and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with the Camping World Truck Series, as well as the K&N Pro Series East at VIRginia International Raceway. The Sprint Cup Series teams are racing next at Darlington on September 6th and the ARCA Racing Series returns to action at DuQuoin on September 7th.

Listen to our panel discussion with drivers, crew, and other racing personalities. Call 929-477-1790 OR tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala @Knighter01 or @beberly18

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Our show begins at 8:30 pm ET on Monday, August 31, 2015.

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Wisconsin Native Paul Menard Wins in Nail-biting Road America Finish

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The decision to compete in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR XFINITY Series sixth annual Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville at Road America (WI) paid off in a huge way for Paul Menard who scored his third career XFINITY victory at his hometown track.

Menard, a native of Eau Claire, Wis. started eighth and saw a decision to stay out after pitting on lap 24 work to his advantage as he edged out a relentless Ryan Blaney by 0.573 seconds at the 14-turn road course. After the contest, Menard said had the race extended a lap further, he would not have collected his first XFINITY win since Michigan International Speedway last June. Continue reading →