NASCAR President Steve Phelps Sees Exciting Days Ahead for the Sport

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. – With a new rules package coming in 2019 for NASCAR’s foremost series, with significant schedule changes under consideration for the year after that, and with a groundswell of new corporate interest in the sport as a marketing vehicle, NASCAR President Steve Phelps was upbeat when he took questions from reporters on Sunday morning before the Ford EcoBoost 400 (at 3 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90) at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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Martin Truex Jr. Expects Business as Usual in Approach to Sunday’s Race


Crew members push the No. 78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, driven by Martin Truex Jr., out to qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway on Friday. 
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AVONDALE, Ariz. – Martin Truex Jr. has two paths to the Championship 4.

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Cole Custer Locks Up Championship Berth with Last-Lap Pass at Texas


FORT WORTH, TX – NOVEMBER 03: Cole Custer, the driver of the #00 Autodesk Ford, celebrates by placing the Winner’s Sticker on his car after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 3, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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FORT WORTH, Tex. – In a race that produced a last-lap pass for the win, a record 13 cautions and an unmitigated disaster for favorite son Christopher Bell, Cole Custer moved past Tyler Reddick on the backstretch to win Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Joey Logano Wins at Martinsville in Wild, Controversial Finish


MARTINSVILLE, VA – OCTOBER 28: Joey Logano, the driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, poses with a Monster Energy girl and the winner?s decal on his car in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 28, 2018 in Martinsville, Virginia. 
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Joey Logano provided his own interpretation of the Golden Rule in Sunday’s First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway, as in

“Do unto others as others didn’t do to you.”

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Strategic Calls Can’t Save Brad Keselowski’s Playoff Hopes


Brad Keselowski, the driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford, stands by his car during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 20, 2018, in Kansas City, Kansas 
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Brad Keselowski desperately needed a caution in a race that produced only three—for two stage finishes and a blown engine.

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