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Did Jeff Gordon’s Chase just go up in smoke?
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—A promising run unraveled for Jeff Gordon late in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 and put any hopes he has of winning a fifth Sprint Cup title in serious jeopardy. Gordon spent most of the afternoon in the top five at the 1.5-mile track, but his day started to come apart on a restart on Lap 225 of 272, when slight contact with Tony Stewart’s Chevrolet sent Gordon back … Read entire article »
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It’s not a win, but Carl Edwards is elated with fifth-place run
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Carl Edwards failed to keep his promise. Nevertheless, his fifth-place run in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway certainly felt like a win, given the handling issues his No. 99 Ford experienced throughout the race. After speeding on pit road and throwing away a chance for a victory last Sunday at Dover, Edwards promised his crew a win at Kansas, but prerace adjustments to a car that had qualified second … Read entire article »
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Despite third-place finish, Brad Keselowski wants more
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Brad Keselowski has at least one trait that’s very beneficial to a racecar driver—he’s never satisfied. Yes, Keselowski combined aggressive driving with excellent strategy to finish third in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. But he was still rueful about the one that got away. Though he’s fourth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, 11 points behind leader Carl Edwards, Keselowski was thinking more of … Read entire article »
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Jimmie Johnson runs away at Kansas
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—He’s baaaack! Jimmie Johnson answered all questions about his readiness to contend for a sixth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup title with a dominating performance in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Johnson held off hard-charging Kasey Kahne in a green-white-checkered-flag finish set up by Jeff Gordon’s blown engine on Lap 265. Johnson beat Kahne to the finish line by .548 seconds in a race that went five laps … 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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Stewart-Haas Racing Hollywood Casino 400 Qualifying
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City by qualifying 11th for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman turned a lap of 31.029 seconds at 174.031 mph on the 1.5-mile oval. “I didn’t get everything I wanted out of it. It did get most everything I wanted, but just the overall speed was … Read entire article »
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Teammates Biffle, Edwards pace Kansas qualifying
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Greg Biffle edged teammate Carl Edwards for the top starting spot in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400, as Roush Fenway racing swept the front row for the fourth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Biffle turned a lap at 174.887 mph (30.877 seconds) to claim his second Coors Light Pole Award of the year and the eighth of his career. Edwards was a close second at 174.571 mph. Third-place qualifier Kyle Busch (174.447 … 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 »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Keselowski out to send a message this weekend at Kansas
By Jim Pedley Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Brad Keselowski proved a lot of things to a lot of people earlier this year when he won the June Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway. When Keselowski returns to the 1.5-mile Kansas track for this weekend’s Hollywood Casino 400, it will be proving time again. This time, he will be out to prove that he can bounce back from last week’s disappointing 20th-place finish at Dover in the third … Read entire article »
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