In the days leading up to Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway, there was plenty of chatter about cars, with Chevrolet unveiled its 2018 Camaro, which will compete in the Cup Series beginning next season. Old rivals Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch also engaged in a …
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Once again, the lasting memory from Sunday’s race at Watkins Glen International will be the final lap. As the front-runners battled each other and agonized over their depleted fuel tanks, Matt Kenseth kept edging closer to Martin Truex Jr. Kenseth’s charge proved to be too little, too late, though it …
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The second half of July has shaken up the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff field. Going into New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the 16-driver grid consisted of 10 postseason-eligible winners. That left six spots open for drivers to get in on points. Two of those racers, Chase Elliott and Jamie McMurray, …
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Hendrick Motorsports was riding high in 2014. Jimmie Johnson just came off winning a sixth championship. Jeff Gordon was having his best season in years and had reemerged as a top title contender. Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored his second Daytona 500 victory and snapped a winless streak that had carried on …
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If there was a low point for Joe Gibbs Racing this season, and particularly Denny Hamlin, it had to have been at Texas Motor Speedway back in April. While Kyle Busch looked competitive at times, Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Daniel Suarez each struggled to run in the top 20 for no apparent reason. …
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Brad Keselowski had a rough night at Kentucky Speedway. The No. 2 team, understandably, went to the Bluegrass State with high expectations, having won three of the six Cup Series events held at the 1.5-mile track. While Keselowski ran just outside the top 10 through much of the first stage, …
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It is not unusual to see underdogs perform well in restrictor plate races. However, Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway produced a few more surprises than usual. Winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the only driver to start and finish inside the top 10. Additionally, no driver who entered …
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Kevin Harvick is no stranger to Victory Lane. He was a fixture there this weekend at Sonoma Raceway, winning both the K&N Pro Series West race on Saturday and the Monster Energy Series race on Sunday. Yet the Cup victory was Harvick’s first ever at Sonoma in NASCAR’s top series, and …
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Race strategy could be more important in 2017 than it has ever been in NASCAR. The implementation of stage racing has created opportunities for crew chiefs to get creative with pit stop decisions and overall plans for each race. Up to this point, the significance of strategy has been most …
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Winning does not come easily in NASCAR. It did not for Ryan Blaney at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. It has not come easily for Wood Brothers Racing over the last decade or two. Yet the newest winner in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series delivered NASCAR’s oldest team to Victory Lane …
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