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Brad Keselowski now has the respect he needs to win a championship
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service It was a stroke of genius. Brad Keselowski’s flawlessly executed move on the final lap of the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway was so effective that Kyle Busch didn’t even know what had hit him. Busch was glued to Keselowski’s bumper down the backstretch at the 2.66-mile track, and he was already planning the slingshot move he would make in the tri-oval to beat Keselowski to the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Brad Keselowski prevails in Talladega thriller
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. — Executing perfectly a move he had saved for the right occasion, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at at Talladega Superspeedway in a green-white-checkered-flag finish. Busch had pushed Keselowski to the lead on Lap 193 of 194 in a race that went six laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Cool-Down Lap: It’s time for drivers outside the top 10 to start thinking “wild card”
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service Is it too early for drivers outside the top 10 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings to take a more aggressive approach and gamble for victories? The answer to that question is an emphatic “No.” For drivers currently outside the top 10, qualifying as a wild card likely is their only viable way to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. After Sunday’s STP 400 at Kansas Speedway, we’re nearly a third of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Late caution, wild restart spoil Hendrick’s 200th victory party
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. — For 497 laps on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, a 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup victory for Hendrick Motorsports seemed a foregone conclusion. The only real question was whether Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson would deliver the win in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Between them, Gordon and Johnson led 440 laps. The teammates — with 13 Martinsville victories and nine championships between them — were fighting for … Read entire article »
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Appeal over, but dispute over Jimmie Johnson’s “C” posts still rages
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. — In the aftermath of Hendrick Motorsports’ successful appeal of penalties imposed on the No. 48 team for a Daytona rules infraction, Jimmie Johnson made a bold assertion Friday at Auto Club Speedway. “Through the appeal process, we proved that those ‘C’ posts were legal,” Johnson said of the parts NASCAR confiscated on opening-day inspection Feb. 17 at Daytona. NASCAR president Mike Helton would take issue with that statement. In … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Cool-Down Lap: Bristol faces challenge in rebuilding its fan base
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service On Friday afternoon, track owner Bruton Smith promised that Sunday’s Food City 500 Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway would draw a large crowd. Not a sellout, mind you, but a large crowd. It was a large crowd, but not for Bristol. In the box score distributed after the event, attendance was listed at 102,000. That’s an estimate — not turnstile count — and a cosmetic estimate at that. Most of us … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Brad Keselowski keeps cool, scores repeat Bristol win
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR racing has a new Ice Man. As he completed the final lap of his victory in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Brad Keseloswki needled Paul Wolfe, his crew chief. “Paul, are you nervous?” Keselowski radioed to Wolfe, his voice exuding of confidence. As he crossed the finish line six car-lengths in front of runner-up Matt Kenseth, Keselowski allowed himself an excited whoop. The driver of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Could NASCAR racing flourish on Monday night?
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – The Daytona 500′s move to Monday night may have been happenstance, but the solid TV numbers generated by the event — particularly in the coveted 18-49 age group—should give NASCAR plenty of food for thought. For the first time in 54 years, the 500 was postponed from its scheduled day as rain drenched the track on Sunday, Feb. 26. NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway originally rescheduled the race for … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
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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