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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 »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
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 »
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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 »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Gordon wants a similar performance in return to Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kansas – Past statistics are certainly in Jeff Gordon’s favor at Kansas Speedway, but what about futures? The two-time track winner hopes the odds are on his side in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400. In 11 starts, Gordon’s two wins (2001 inaugural event and 2002) at the 1.5-mile track tie him with Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle for tops in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. But Gordon leads the pack with eight top-fives and nine … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Gordon would prefer to keep old asphalt at Kansas
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service SPARTA, Ky. – If Jeff Gordon had his way, the repaving project Kansas Speedway announced Thursday would be scrapped before it started. Gordon concedes, however, that underlying issues might have hastened the decision to repave the track where he won the inaugural race in 2001. Kansas Speedway president Pat Warren cited the harshness of Midwest winters as one of the primary reasons. The project, which includes reconfiguring the track with variable … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Kansas Speedway to be repaved in 2012
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Kansas Speedway will launch a massive repaving and renovation project immediately after next year’s STP 400, the speedway announced Thursday. There’s some question, though, about when that race will take place. The first Kansas race this season was run June 5, with the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the 1.5-mile speedway scheduled for Oct. 9. A June-to-October time frame would be a narrow one for the scope of … Read entire article »
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Childress Statement on NASCAR Penalty from Kansas Speedway
WELCOME, N.C. – The following is a statement by Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing, regarding the penalty announced today by NASCAR regarding an incident he was involved in June 4 incident at Kansas Speedway: First of all, I’m responsible for my actions, plain and simple. As you know, I am a very principled person and have a passion for what we do at Richard Childress Racing. I believe passionately in defending my race teams and my sponsor partners. In this instance, I let that passion and my emotions get the best of me. I accept the penalty NASCAR announced today and, as a company, we will now focus on this week’s races at Pocono Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway. Ed. Note: Lot’s of I statements. … Read entire article »
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