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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. keeps Roush streak alive with Nationwide win at Texas
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas — Streaking away from Denny Hamlin and pole-sitter Paul Menard after a restart with six laps left, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won Friday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The victory was the defending series champion’s second in six starts this season and the fourth of his career. It was also the fourth straight Nationwide win at Texas for Roush Fenway Racing, Menard finished … Read entire article »
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JR Motorsports announces crew chief swap but no changes for Danica Patrick
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – JR Motorsports has implemented a crew chief swap to its No. 88 and No. 5 NASCAR Nationwide Series teams, general manager and co-owner Kelley Earnhardt Miller announced today. Crew chief Bruce Cook has taken over responsibilities for the No. 88 Chevrolets driven by Cole Whitt. Until now Cook has spearheaded the organization’s third team – a part-time entry primarily driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. – while lending assistance to the company’s two … Read entire article »
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Logano cruises to 8th straight JGR Nationwide win at Fontana
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—- Joey Logano kept the Joe Gibbs Racing streak alive. Fighting off challenges from a succession of rivals, Logano gave JGR its eighth straight Nationwide Series victory at Auto Club Speedway in winning the Royal Purple 300 by 1.066 seconds over runner-up Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The victory was Logano’s first of the season, second at Fontana and the 10th of his career. Logano is the first Sprint Cup Series regular to … Read entire article »
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Sadler parlays strategic call into Nationwide win at Bristol
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – Elliott Sadler wasn’t sure about the decisive call in Saturday’s Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway — until crew chief Luke Lambert gave him a history lesson. Lambert’s astute call to keep Sadler on the racetrack under the final caution gave Elliott Sadler the boost he needed to win his second Nationwide Series race of the season, two weeks after he broke a 14-year drought in the series … Read entire article »
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. runs away with Nationwide race in Las Vegas
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dominated the last 50 laps of Saturday’s Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, pulling away from Mark Martin during a 39-lap green flag run the finish. The victory was Stenhouse’s first of the season and third in the series — and his first on a 1.5-mile intermediate speedway, the staple of NASCAR’s top three touring series. Points leader Elliott … Read entire article »
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Elliott Sadler holds off Keselowski for Nationwide win at Phoenix
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – Elliott Sadler got some well-deserved payback at Phoenix International Raceway. At the one-mile venue where a wreck in Turn 3 effectively knocked him out of the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship last November, Sadler took the lead with 25 laps left in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 and held off hard-charging Brad Keselowski for the win. The victory was Sadler’s first at PIR, the sixth of his career and his first … Read entire article »
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James Buescher grabs first Nationwide win in wild finish at Daytona
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In a weekend of unlikely winners, James Buescher took the checkered flag under caution in Saturday’s Drive4COPD 300 Nationwide Series race with wreckage from the cars of the likely winners strewn behind him in Turn 4 at Daytona International Speedway. Buescher, a first-time winner in the series, took advantage of a last-lap wreck involving front-runners Trevor Bayne, Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Ricky … Read entire article »
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Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A day after a jarring crash took her out of the first Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway, Danica Patrick stormed back to win the pole for Saturday’s Drive4COPD Nationwide Series race at the 2.5-mile track. The Coors Light Pole Award was Patrick’s first in 26 attempts and the first for a female driver since Shawna Robinson started on the pole at Atlanta … Read entire article »
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JD Motorsports to field 2nd car in 2012
GAFFNEY, S.C. – To better strengthen its overall program, JD Motorsports will field a second car for the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Johnny Davis, owner of JD Motorsports, will race a No. 4 Chevrolet to double their efforts on the track this season. Mike Wallace will continue to drive the No. 01 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports on a full-time basis with Newt Moore as the crew chief. The second car will have several drivers in the … Read entire article »
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