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#NASCAR K&N West Driver, Gracin Raz Looks for Redemption at Tucson Speedway

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Gracin Raz at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 5, 2016 Photo - Getty Images

Gracin Raz at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 5, 2016
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Gracin Raz is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West teams head to Tucson Speedway this weekend for the NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 after a long break since their last outing a month ago. This is their third event of the 2016 season and already there are some interesting storylines for fans to follow.

Jefferson Pitts Racing have two drivers looking for a victory this weekend with Noah Gragson as the defending winner and Gracin Raz looking for redemption after finishing second last year.

Now, sixth in the K&N West point standings, a repeat win for Gragson would mean, the series’ first back-to-back victories at the 0.375-mile Arizona oval and his first win of the 2016 season. Raz is now ninth in the series’ point standings and a win for him would mean redemption after battling hard for the victory and finishing as runner-up in 2015.

Raz finished fourth in the series’ 2015 championship standings, earning his first victory at All-American Speedway and his first top-five at Irwindale with a fourth-place finish. With only two events in the 2016 season, Raz has a top-ten finish of seventh at Kern County Raceway.

Looking to challenge both Jefferson Pitts Racing drivers is Bill McAnally Racing driver, Todd Gilliland as he looks to continue his winning streak this weekend. Third-generation racer, Gilliland enters the weekend leading the K&N West point standings after winning the first two races of the season at Irwindale and Kern. He also won the K&N West season finale last year at Phoenix and now owns a three-race winning streak heading into this weekend. The race is a debut for Gilliland at Tucson Speedway.

A win for Gilliland will not come easy with Gragson and Raz both having experience at Tucson.

Fans can follow the K&N West drivers in the NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 at Tucson Speedway on Saturday, May 7th at 8:30 pm Pacific Time on NASCAR Hometracks Race Central powered by Speed 51. NBC Sports Network will broadcast the tape-delayed race on Thursday, May 12th at 6 pm ET.

Todd Gilliland Does it Again! Historic Streak at Four Consecutive Wins

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Photo – Jonathan Moore/Getty Images

Gilliland Matches 50-Year-Old K&N Pro Series Mark with Fourth Straight Win

Todd Gilliland’s unbeaten streak has reached historic proportions.

The 15-year-old Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, driver went from third to first following a late-race restart at Kern County Raceway Park en route to capturing Saturday night’s NAPA Auto Parts 150. It was Gilliland’s second NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win in as many starts this season. More impressively, it was Gilliland’s fourth win in his first four career NASCAR K&N Pro Series starts.

With the win, Gilliland matched the record set by International Motorsports Hall of Famer Dan Gurney. Gurney won the first four NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series races he entered — combination races with the then-Grand National Series at California’s old Riverside Speedway. The Pacific Coast Late Model, which began in 1954, has evolved into the current NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Continue reading →

Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk – Monday, May 4, 2015

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Guests include K&N West driver, Noah Gragson, with Jefferson Pitts Racing, talking about his first series victory this weekend at Tucson

Then the Young Guns of Irwindale – Five Under 21 including Christian McGhee, Lacie Price, Blaine Perkins, Ricky Schlick, and Trevor Huddleston, talk about their season in the Seidner’s Collision Centers Late Models at Irwindale Event Center.

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!

NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off  is 10 to 10:30 pm ET with Sharon Burton hosting an interactive discussion with co-host Chris Knight and Fan4Racing writer, Zach Roethlisberger.

Listen to our panel discussion with drivers, crew, and other racing personalities. Call 714-202-9918 OR tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala @Knighter01 or@ZRoethlisberger during the LIVE Broadcast to join the conversation about the hottest topics leading up to the next race!

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Chris Eggleston Celebrates his Second K&N West Career Victory at Irwindale

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Chris Eggleston at 9:30 pm ET Monday, April 20, 2015 - Photo - Getty Images

Chris Eggleston at 9:30 pm ET Monday, April 20, 2015 – Photo – Getty Images

Chris Eggleston is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala during the LIVE broadcast your questions or comments. 

In the second event of the K&N Pro Series West season at Irwindale Event Center, Bill McAnally Racing driver, 26-year-old Chris Eggleston  brought home his second career victory. It was the tenth victory for Bill McAnally Racing at Irwindale.  Continue reading →