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Kyle Busch pulls away for his 51st Nationwide Series win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va.—Kyle Busch found a way to stay out front with a car set up for short runs and pulled away during the final green-flag run to win Friday night’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway. Busch got the opportunity for his career-best 51st Nationwide Series victory and his eighth of the season in 19 starts when Carl Edwards, who had dominated the race, lost three spots … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Nationwide Series
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
Bristol is a special place for Elliott Sadler
Elliott Sadler heads to Bristol Motor Speedway this week for the second time this season. In the NASCAR Nationwide Series’ first appearance at the track in March, the No. 2 team battled bad luck after a cut tire in the first practice session forced the team to a backup car. Sadler went on to earn a fourth-place finish, the team’s first top-five finish of the season. Sadler is no stranger to the Bristol, Tenn., short track. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
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 »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
NASCAR Notebook: Speed gets ride for Brickyard 400, two other races
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Sprint Cup driver Scott Speed, sidelined since being released by Red Bull Racing at the end of the 2010 season, will attempt to qualify for this weekend’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Max Q Motorsports. Speed, 28, has signed a three-race agreement to drive the No. 37 Ford, the team announced this week. In addition to Indy, Speed will drive the following two weeks at Pocono and Watkins … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup, Truck Series
Sadler Returns to Lucas Oil Raceway for First Time in Over a Decade
Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team will head to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis this week for the 21st event of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Sadler will return to the 0.686-mile track in the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Chevrolet for the first time since 1998. The driver has competed at the track a total of three times with a best finish of second in 1997 and 1998. KHI … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Sadler seeks redemption in return to Nashville
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Elliott Sadler could be looking to pad his NASCAR Nationwide Series points lead in Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Or he could be looking for his first victory of the season—and his first in NASCAR Sprint Cup or Nationwide competition since 2004. Or he could be looking to become the ninth different winner in a row in the Nationwide Series. Or he could be looking for his first top … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Sadler Well Seasoned at New Hampshire
Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team will head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend for the New England 200. The team will take to the 1.058-mile track for the first time this season in efforts to score the team’s first victory. In seven NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sadler has one top-five finish with 21 laps led. The Emporia, Va., native has a highest finishing position in a Nationwide … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Keselowski saves fuel to win at Kentucky
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service SPARTA, Ky. – Saving fuel from the start of the final green-flag run, Brad Keselowski held off Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch to win Friday night’s Feed the Children 300 Nationwide Series race at Kentucky Speedway. In winning his first Nationwide race of the year and the 13th of his career, Keselowski beat runner-up Harvick to the finish line by 1.180 seconds. Busch rolled across the stripe 3.796 seconds behind … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
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