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Dillon Bassett at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, August 17, 2015 Photo – Mitchell Leff/Getty Images
John Scargall at 9 pm ET on Monday, August 17, 2015 Photo – Courtesy of John Scargall.
Christian McGhee at 9:30 pm ET on Monday, August 24, 2015 Photo – Christian McGhee Facebook
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NASCAR Whelen All-American driver, Christian McGhee talks about his victory at Irwindale Event Center this past weekend.
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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 Michigan International Speedway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the Camping World Truck, XFINITY and Sprint Cup Series, as well as the K&N Pro Series at Motordrome and Evergreen Speedways.
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We apologize for the technical difficulties at Blog Talk Radio for this episode. Two interviews did take place with Dillon Bassett and John Scargall, Christian McGhee is rescheduling his appearance to next week’s episode at 9:30 pm ET Aug. 24th. Unfortunately, we also did not get to air NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off with Chris Knight. We’ll return on Thursday, Aug 20th with our NASCAR Weekend Preview.
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota, lead the field at the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 16, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota, lead the field during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 16, 2015 Photo – Chris Trotman/Getty Images
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 16, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 16, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 16, 2015 Photo – Nick Latham/Getty Images
From Matt Kenseth’s point of view, the competition package NASCAR used at Michigan International Speedway could well have had a big, bright bow on it.
The Coors Light Polesitter for Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, Kenseth quickly exhibited his mastery of the high-drag aerodynamic package, leading 146 of 200 laps in winning for the third time this season, the third time at Michigan and the 34th time in his career.
The 2003 premier series champion had to survive a restart with 13 laps left, after Jimmie Johnson spun off turn four to cause the eighth and last caution of the race. With a push from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, Kenseth cleared Kevin Harvick after the lap 187 restart and went on to win by 1.722 seconds. Continue reading →
A mere 11 races after returning from a broken leg and foot suffered in February, Kyle Busch has cracked the top-30 in the point standings and is now eligible for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Busch will qualify for NASCAR’s playoffs if he can stay in the top-30 at the end of next month’s Richmond race.
Busch currently mans the 30th spot in the driver standings, six points ahead of 31st-place Cole Whitt and one point behind 29th-place Justin Allgaier.
The No. 18 Toyota driver started off slow with just one top-ten finish in his first four races back (Pocono), but has been on an absolute tear since, winning four of the last seven races along with a runner-up.
Over the last seven races Busch has dominated most of the statistical categories, leading the series in wins (4), driver rating (116.3), laps led (317) and points (283). No other driver has multiple wins during the span. Brad Keselowski’s 209 laps led marks the next-best total, while Kevin Harvick’s 107.5 driver rating is the second highest. The 283 points are 22 more than Joey Logano’s second-best total (261).
Busch’s run of wins has overshadowed the consistency of some other drivers in the Sprint Cup Series. Harvick and Joey Logano rank tied with Busch with five top-five finishes over the seven-race span.
Furthermore, Harvick and Kurt Busch lead with six top-tens each in the last seven races compared to Busch’s five. Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth also claim five top-tens. Continue reading →
