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Keselowski Holds Off Jones and Busch for XFINITY Win at Kentucky

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Brad Keselowski held of Erik Jones and a charging Kyle Busch after a restart with 31 laps left and collected his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory of the season in Friday night’s Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

A late two-tire call put Keselowski in front for a restart on lap 170, and though the No. 22 Team Penske Ford ceded the lead to Jones for 22 circuits, Keselowski regained the top spot with a daring move to the inside through traffic entering the tri-oval on lap 92 and held on to win by less than a quarter-second. Continue reading →

Erik Jones Completes Interstate Weekend Sweep

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Erik Jones’ last-ditch push had a victory payoff on Sunday.

Neck-and-neck with Ryan Blaney entering the last dozen laps, Jones finally slipped ahead after a restart and rolled to a 1.958-second victory margin in Sunday’s Owens Corning AttiCat 300 race at Chicagoland Speedway. Continue reading →

Joey Logano Leads All 300 Laps in Record Xfinity Series Win at Bristol

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Joey Logano was enjoying such a perfect day at Bristol Motor Speedway that the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford kept expecting something to go wrong.

It never did.

Logano led all 300 laps of Saturday’s Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at the .533-mile short track, a record for laps led in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race. It was the first time a driver led every lap in a single race since Kyle Busch accomplished the feat in winning the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond on Sept. 5, 2014. Continue reading →

Xfinity Series Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Preview

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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Next Race: Drive To Stop Diabetes 300

The Place: Bristol Motor Speedway

The Date: Saturday, April 18

The Time: 1:30 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX Sports 1, 1 p.m. (ET)

Radio: PRN, Sirius XM Ch. 90

Distance: 159.9 miles (300 laps)

 

Bristol’s Victory Lane Just Might See A Fresh Face

With the defending winner of the 2014 fall race (Ryan Blaney) not entered this weekend and Kyle Busch sidelined due to injury (won prior three Xfinity Series events at Bristol; spring 2014 and 2013 sweep), the field has four previous Bristol winners entered this weekend.  Continue reading →

Sprint Cup Series Duck Commander 500 at Texas Preview

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Next Race: Duck Commander 500

The Place: Texas Motor Speedway

The Date: Saturday, April 11

The Time: 7:30 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX, 7 p.m. (ET)

Radio: PRN, Sirius XM Ch. 90

Distance: 501 miles (334 laps)

Logano Looks To Lasso Texas Competition

Last spring, Joey Logano wrangled in the competition at Texas Motor Speedway and two-stepped into Victory Lane.

The 24-year-old Team Penske driver will attempt to repeat his spring Lone Star Statement, a feat no driver has ever accomplished, in Sunday’s Duck Commander 500. Continue reading →