Twenty drivers will be eligible to compete in the season-opening Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR announced Monday (Dec. 11). For the first time, the Clash is scheduled to be run the same day as Daytona 500 qualifying, Feb. 11. …
Read More »WWII Hero & NASCAR HoF Inductee Walter ‘Bud’ Moore Dies at 92
Walter “Bud” Moore Jr., a revolutionary part of NASCAR, has died at the age of 92. Moore won two championships as a car owner and crew chief in 1962 and 1963 with Joe Weatherly as an owner and in 1957 as a crew chief for Buck Baker. Moore, a Spartanburg, …
Read More »Strong Run for Jamie McMurray at Phoenix; First Top 10 Since Charlotte
Jamie McMurray‘s roller coaster season hit another pinnacle on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. A string of tough finishes over the past month led to his elimination from the playoffs at Kansas Speedway, three weeks ago. However, Sunday saw McMurray run in the top 10 most of the afternoon, and just …
Read More »Chase Elliott Barely Misses Championship 4; Finishes 2nd
You couldn’t have wrote a better story for Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway, but it wasn’t necessarily the ending that Chase Elliott wanted. The race started out with Denny Hamlin showing his strong arm. Fittingly, Elliott wasn’t too far behind him most of the race. The points race was …
Read More »Erik Jones Finishes 2017 XFINITY Schedule With 3rd-Place Finish
It wasn’t the victory like in Texas, but it was still a strong finish to the season for Erik Jones in the XFINITY Series. Saturday’s Ticket Galaxy 200 was still a strong showing for the No. 20 Hisense Toyota Camry, a form seen all season long with all the drivers who …
Read More »William Byron Steals the Show in Phoenix; Championship 4 Decided
With 25 laps to go, it looked like William Byron wasn’t going to make it on fuel. Shortly afterwards, Brendan Gaughan smacked the wall exiting turn 4 to bring out the yellow, which set up the final round of pit stops. Despite working with a somewhat makeshift pit crew, a …
Read More »Kevin Harvick Quickest in Can-Am 500 Happy Hour
The speed has seemingly rolled over from last weekend as Kevin Harvick swept both practice sessions on Saturday. In Happy Hour, Harvick was quickest with a lap of 26.672 seconds (134.973 mph). Harvick was just over one-eighth of a second faster than second-place Kyle Busch. Kasey Kahne was third fastest, …
Read More »Stewart Friesen Posts Strong Finish in Second Phoenix Start
Since the Halmar Friesen Racing/GMS Racing alliance began back in August, Stewart Friesen has been putting strong performance after strong performance. The driver from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario has made 24 starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and has developed quite well since his debut at Eldora last season. Despite not …
Read More »Kevin Harvick Fastest in Can-Am 500 Practice No. 2
On Saturday morning, Texas winner Kevin Harvick was fastest in practice No. 2 at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick’s best time was a lap of 26.800 seconds (134.328 mph). Harvick was 11th in first practice yesterday and will start sixth in Sunday’s Can-Am 500. Harvick was a little more than three-hundredths …
Read More »Johnny Sauter Wins Wild Lucas Oil 150, Championship 4 Decided
Two drivers battled it out in the end for the victory but, those two weren’t the ones everyone were expecting. After making contact with his teammate Noah Gragson, Christopher Bell lost the race he had absolutely dominated after he hit the wall. Bell’s pit stop meant that the race came …
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