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Kyle Busch outduels Logano for record 50th Nationwide win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—At age 26, Kyle Busch made history in Friday night’s Food City 250 Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In beating Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano to the checkered flag in a near dead heat (.019 seconds), Busch won his 50th race in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, breaking a tie with 52-year-old Mark Martin for the top spot on the career victory list. Behind Busch and Logano, Clint Bowyer … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Nationwide Series
Earnhardt craves a win before Richmond
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—If Dale Earnhardt Jr. had his way, the Sprint Cup winless streak that reached 116 races last Sunday at Michigan would end before he races at Richmond on Sept. 10 with a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup on the line. “That would be really, really, really good, if we could get that done before Richmond, because it’s a lot of pressure to go into that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Ryan Newman Wins the Pole for Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway
BRISTOL, Tenn – For the 48th time in his career, Ryan Newman is the pole winner for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race. Newman will start his No. 39 Bass Pro Shops/Realtree Chevrolet in the top-spot for the 500-lap Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his third Bristol pole and his second pole of the 2011 season. The Irwin Tools Night Race is scheduled to take the green flag 7:30 p.m. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Bowyer again faces a test to make the Chase
By Jim Pedley Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service With three races to go until the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Clint Bowyer finds himself in familiar territory. And in this case, the familiarity is in no way comforting. On the contrary, because for the fourth straight year, Bowyer will arrive at Bristol Motor Speedway for Saturday’s famed Irwin Tools Night Race with his Chase hopes in full scramble mode. “Hey, we’re in one of those … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Harvick wins at Bristol for third straight trucks win
By Jared Turner Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—Kevin Harvick doesn’t make a ton of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series appearances. His competitors are probably glad. Entered in a third straight truck race for the first time in 2011, Harvick notched his third straight victory with a convincing performance in Wednesday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Harvick, riding the momentum of wins at Pocono (Aug. 7) and last weekend at Michigan, pulled away on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Truck Series
Wallace finds the good in hairy incident as he heads to Bristol
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service One of the highlights from last weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Montreal was Steve Wallace’s best career finish. But will anyone remember that after the now-infamous “hair-pulling” incident? “I’m very controversial,” Wallace said. “I don’t know why that is, but that’s kind of how it’s been lately.” Wallace has been a bit of a lightning rod in his brief career, and the best example of that happened after he drove to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Wait ’Til Bristol Sees Us! It Loves Us!
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – In the classic 1978 movie Animal House, while on a road triwith his Delta Tau Chi fraternity brothers, Donald “Boon” Schoenstein notices that the band Otis Day and the Knights are playing that evening at the Dexter Lake Club. As the group enters the establishment, “Boon” enthusiastically yells out, “Wait ’til Otis sees us! He loves us!” As Kyle Busch, crew chief Jason Ratcliff and the rest of the Z-Line Designs team for Joe … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Gordon Can Clinch Spot in Chase at Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Win it, and Jeff Gordon is in it(s). If five-time Bristol Motor Speedway winner Gordon takes the checkered flag in Saturday’s IRWIN Tools Night Race, he will clinch a spot in the 2011 “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.” Along with earning one of those 12 coveted spots in the 10-race playoff, Gordon would also secure the final spot in the Sprint Summer Showdown – joining Paul Menard, Brad Keselowski, Marcos Ambrose … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Outlaws Champion Josh Richards Ready for his Bristol debut
Two-time World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion Josh Richards will make his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway and his fourth career start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) this week. In Wednesday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 200, Richards will pilot the No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra fielded by Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM). This will be Richards’ first time to race at the World’s Fastest Half Mile, but the twenty three year-old did … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
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