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Marcos Ambrose to Race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
CONCORD, N.C. – Richard Petty Motorsports driver Marcos Ambrose is set to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series 200-mile event at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada on Aug. 20. Known to many for his expertise in road course racing, Ambrose has come close to winning in Montreal but has yet to visit Victory Lane at the 2.709-mile track. Next weekend, Ambrose hopes to change that stat as he will make his fifth attempt at taking … Read entire article »
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Kurt Busch replacing Keselowski for Nationwide event at Glen
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Brad Keselowski will skip the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Watkins Glen as he continues to recover from a chipped left ankle suffered when he wrecked Aug. 3 at Road Atlanta. Keselowski will still compete in the Sprint Cup event at The Glen, but Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch will drive the No. 22 car in the Nationwide event. This will be the second consecutive week Keselowski will miss the Nationwide race because … Read entire article »
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Austin Dillon takes over truck points lead after Sauter penalty
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Johnny Sauter is no longer the points leader in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Sauter’s No. 13 truck failed inspection after Sunday morning’s race at Pocono Raceway, and on Tuesday NASCAR penalized Sauter six championship points. Sauter was leading Austin Dillon by five points before the penalty was assessed. Sauter’s truck did not meet the maximum right-rear bed panel height in postrace inspection. Sauter finished fourth, one spot ahead of Dillon. Sauter’s crew … Read entire article »
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Stenhouse, Bayne adjust to life with Edwards
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne both had their eyes on the No. 99 Sprint Cup car, knowing that if Carl Edwards left Roush Fenway Racing, they would have been considered for that ride in 2012. With Edwards now staying at Roush Fenway, they likely face another year of full-time Nationwide Series competition—with Bayne returning to the Wood Brothers Racing team (where he has run a limited Cup schedule this season) and … Read entire article »
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Ryan Truex gets Nationwide ride with Joe Gibbs Racing
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Ryan Truex will drive six Nationwide Series races for Joe Gibbs Racing this season, the team announced Tuesday. Truex will drive the No. 20 car Sept. 3 at Atlanta and then at Richmond, Chicago, Dover, Kansas and Phoenix. Sponsorship was not announced. Truex, 19, has 17 career Nationwide starts with one top-10 finish. He is the two-time defending champion of the K&N Pro Series East. Truex, the younger brother of Michael Waltrip Racing driver … Read entire article »
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Sadler Expects a Good Finish at Watkins Glen
Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala will hit Watkins Glen International Saturday for the Zippo 200 for the second road-course event of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Earlier this season, Sadler raced his way to a fourth-place finish with the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team at Road America, the first road course on the schedule. The series will complete its road-course racing for the season next weekend at Circuit Gilles … Read entire article »
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Ricky Stenhouse wins at Iowa in a wild finish
By Jim Pedley Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service NEWTON, Iowa—Ricky Stenhouse Jr. blew an engine and lost control of his car as he was about to take the checkered flag in the U.S. Cellular 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race but was then bashed from behind and pushed across the finish line by teammate Carl Edwards to get the win Saturday night at Iowa Speedway. Edwards, who led 109 of the race’s 250 laps, actually lifted Stenhouse’s car as … Read entire article »
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No full Nationwide scheduled for Edwards in 2012
Carl Edwards will not run the full Nationwide Series schedule beginning in 2012, saying he wants more time to focus on his Sprint Cup car and work with crew chief Bob Osborne. Edwards will run a partial Nationwide schedule. “I feel like there are weekends when I walk away from this Aflac (Cup) car and I go get in the Nationwide car, I’m leaving something on the table,” Edwards said. “I feel like I could be … Read entire article »
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McDowell excited to be back in the No. 18 a second straight week
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service In this Saturday’s Nationwide Series U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, Michael McDowell gets behind the wheel of a car that’s won 38 times in the last four years. But for McDowell, it’s more important that he gets to drive the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for the second consecutive week. Driving part-time is never an easy task in NASCAR, especially when a driver jumps in a car that’s expected … Read entire article »
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