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Kyle Busch Motorsports to field full-time Nationwide team
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.—Kyle Busch opened his media availability Friday at Talladega Superspeedway with an announcement—that he’ll field a full-time, fully sponsored Nationwide Series team in 2012. Though Busch said the sponsor and driver lineup would be revealed later, he did allow that he will compete in a number of the Nationwide races in his own Toyota, as well as running events in the series for Joe Gibbs Racing. “It’s safe to assume … Read entire article »
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2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Dates Announced For 30th Anniversary Season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Highlighted by an inaugural visit to one of the most historic race tracks in motorsports, a return trip to Montreal and plenty of driver star power, NASCAR announced today the 2012 schedule for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Full-time rides for Danica Patrick and Austin Dillon plus the addition of action sports superstar Travis Pastrana who plans to run the majority of the schedule, give the 2012 season a huge dose of anticipation. “From … Read entire article »
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Kentucky Speedway gets second Nationwide race
With holes to fill in its Nationwide Series schedule, NASCAR awarded a second date to Kentucky Speedway, which will host five NASCAR events in 2012. Three of those races will take place on a tripleheader weekend in late June, with the UNOH 225 Camping World Truck Series race scheduled for June 28, the Feed the Children 300 Nationwide Series race set for June 29, and the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup event scheduled for June 30, … Read entire article »
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Edwards Rallies For Nationwide Win at Charlotte
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—Rebounding from hard contact with the wall early in Friday night’s Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards held off Kyle Busch on a five-lap green-flag run to the finish to win his eighth Nationwide Series race of the season and the 37th of his career. Busch came home second followed by Trevor Bayne and Elliott Sadler, who claimed the final $100,000 Nationwide Insurance Dash4Cash bonus and … Read entire article »
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Sadler wants a win, but he wants a championship even more
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service A glance at Elliott Sadler’s cumulative statistics in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season reveals some gaudy numbers: 11 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes to go with four pole positions. And he’s second in the points standings heading to the Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. But there’s also a number that Sadler doesn’t particularly care for: The zero under the win column. “Yeah, it bothers me, because … Read entire article »
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Keselowski powers to Nationwide win at Kansas
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Driving a No. 22 Dodge that felt as if it were on rails, Brad Keselowski dominated Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway to win his fourth Nationwide Series race of the year and the 16th of his career. The reigning series champion passed runner-up Carl Edwards with just over 13 laps left and pulled away to win by 2.795 seconds. Elliott Sadler ran third, followed by Paul Menard and … Read entire article »
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Reed Sorenson gets last-minute Nationwide ride for Kansas race
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Dismissed from his Nationwide Series ride in the No. 32 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet, Reed Sorenson didn’t waste any time finding a new set of wheels. In fact, he found two. Sorenson, who found out Tuesday he had been pulled from the No. 32 car in favor of 2003 Nationwide champion Brian Vickers, will try to protect his third-place position in the series standings in the No. 82 Dodge owned … Read entire article »
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Third Place Reed Sorenson Loses His Ride at Turner Motorsports, Brian Vickers Driving at Kansas
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Reed Sorenson’s ouster from Turner Motorsports was sudden and unexpected. Sorenson confirmed to Sirius Speedway’s Dave Moody on Tuesday that he had been fired from his Nationwide Series ride in the No. 32 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet, effective immediately. Brian Vickers will replace Sorenson in the car this weekend at Kansas and for the Oct. 14 race at Charlotte. Sorenson currently is third in the Nationwide standings, 49 points behind series leader … Read entire article »
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Carl Edwards cruises to Nationwide win at Dover
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Carl Edwards pulled away from Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer after a restart on Lap 168 of 200 to win Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway. The victory was Edwards’ seventh of the year and the 36th of his career. Keselowski held off Bowyer in the closing laps to claim the runner-up position, with Bowyer running third. Kasey Kahne finished fourth, one spot ahead of … Read entire article »
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