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Richardson and R3 Motorsports set to take on Kentucky under the lights on Friday
CHINA GROVE, N.C. (July 5, 2011) – Friday night will be alright for fast cars and fighting for position while racing around the 1.5-mile oval of Kentucky Speedway when the NASCAR Nationwide Series rolls into town. Robert Richardson, Jr. and the No. 23 North Texas Pipe Chevrolet team will be doing their best to join into the Friday night fray as it unfolds over the 200-lap race. For the first time, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be joining in the weekend’s schedule, thus moving the Truck race to Thursday night and the NNS to Friday. … Read entire article »
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Kevin Harvick Kentucky Speedway Nationwide Series Advance
The NASCAR Nationwide Series heads to Kentucky Speedway this week with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the inaugural tripleheader weekend at the Sparta, Ky., facility. Behind the wheel of the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet Impala, Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) co-owner Kevin Harvick will go for his second win at the 1.5-mile track on Friday night. This will be the first start at Kentucky for Harvick in his own equipment. KENTUCKY FACTS: In two previous starts, Harvick has one win, one top-five and two top-10 finishes. The driver led 131 laps on his way to victory lane in 2001. The win was one of five that season and part of a record that scored … Read entire article »
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Elliott Sadler Kentucky Speedway Nationwide Series Advance
The No. 2 OneMain Financial team will unload in the Bluegrass State with driver Elliott Sadler competing at the Sparta, Ky., track for the first time in his career. Although he has never participated in a race at the intermediate track, Sadler has tested at the facility multiple times. DOUBLE DUTY: Prior to the Nationwide Series race Friday night, Sadler will compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at the track Thursday night. Steering the No. 2 Hunt Bros. Pizza Chevrolet Silverado, Sadler will log time on the 1.5-mile track for the first time in a truck. This season, he has competed in three Truck Series events, including a second-place finish at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February. … Read entire article »
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Joey Logano’s Nationwide win a big boost for driver
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Joey Logano didn’t lead Friday night’s Subway Jalapeno 250 until the final half mile, but that was all the 21-year-old driver of the No. 20 Toyota needed to notch his first victory at Daytona International Speedway. As the action in Turn 4 on the final lap unfolded behind him, Logano surged into the lead and held off a charge from Jason Leffler to win his first Nationwide Series race of the season and the ninth of his career. … Read entire article »
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Kevin Harvick Inc. a four-headed monstrosity at Daytona
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service The “mega-team” is a common occurrence in the Sprint Cup Series, but in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, it’s rare to see a team field more than two cars. Turner Motorsports regularly enters four cars in the Nationwide Series race this year, while Roush Fenway Racing has had three in all but one event. … Read entire article »
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Harvick Excited About His Chances at Daytona
At Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway this weekend, OneMain Financial will be on board not only the No. 2 Chevrolet Impala driven by Elliott Sadler, but also the No. 4 Chevrolet Impala piloted by his team co-owner, Kevin Harvick. The duo, both competing for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), will be sporting the colors of OneMain Financial in an effort to promote the new brand of the organization. BACK ON TRACK: Harvick will be back on track in the No. 4 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala during the Subway Jalapeno 250 presented by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway this Friday. The two-time series champion has made 17 starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the “World Center of Racing”. Harvick has captured two poles, one victory, 12 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. He has … Read entire article »
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Bowyer Just Wants to Improve One Spot At Daytona
Clint Bowyer returns to the driver’s seat of the No. 33 Menards Chevrolet Impala this weekend for the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Bowyer and the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team started the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series season together at Daytona in February. The Emporia, Kan., native collected the team’s first pole this season and finished a close second to teammate Tony Stewart in the No. 4 KHI Chevrolet. The KHI one-two finish, which was the third for the company in Nationwide Series competition, also landed in the record books. Stewart edged the No. 33 by 0.007 seconds, the closest finish in the Nationwide Series at Daytona and the third closest in series’ history. … Read entire article »
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Wild finish goes Sorenson’s way at Road America
By Jim Heine | Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Reed Sorenson won the Bucyrus 200 Nationwide Series race Saturday at Road America under caution — and under odd circumstances. Justin Allgaier was leading when caution was called on the final lap of the third green-white-checkered-flag attempt on the 4.048-mile road course, but he ran out of gas at the top of Turn 6, allowing Sorenson to assume the lead on the 57th lap of the scheduled 50-lap race. But as the cars continued toward the finish, Ron Fellows zipped past Sorenson and was the first car to reach the pace car, which leads the cars around the track during cautions. Sorenson and Fellows crossed the finish line side by side, and after deliberation, NASCAR ruled Sorenson the winner. Cars … Read entire article »
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10th Anniversary of Stewart Getting Joe Gibbs his First Road Course Win
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of stories In honor of Interstate Batteries’ and Joe Gibbs Racing’s 20th anniversary together in NASCAR. By the 2001 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) had built an impressive trophy collection in just 10 years as an organization competing in America’s premier form of motorsports. Dale Jarrett drove the No. 18 Interstate Batteries car to victory lane in the 1993 Daytona 500, and when Bobby Labonte took over for Jarrett in 1995, he won the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Five years later, Labonte would win the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway en route to winning the 2000 Sprint Cup championship, meaning that in less than a decade, … Read entire article »
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