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Register for American Muscle’s Annual Mustang Show

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AmericanMuscle’s 11th Annual Mustang Show | June 15, 2019, at Maple Grove Raceway Mustang owners—start your engines! AmericanMuscle.com (AM) is proud to announce its 11th annual Mustang Show (AM2019) will be taking place on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pa. AM2019 is the world’s largest charity Mustang car show, featuring …

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AmericanTrucks Presents Drag Racing with a Silverado and a $5,000 Giveaway

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Frontstretch Readers – After you’re done checking out Adam’s adventure with his Silverado at Maple Grove Raceway, keep reading to learn about the RAXIOM Lighting $5,000 Giveaway on AmericanTrucks.com for F150, Silverado, Sierra and Ram owners, thanks to longtime Frontstretch.com partner, AmericanTrucks! How Fast is a Tuned & Lifted Silverado? Tuned Silverado Takes on the …

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Pocono Raceway’s Ricky Durst: Ticket Sales Are No Longer About Tickets

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Those who attend events regularly at Pocono Raceway know that a weekend at the Tricky Triangle is about more than just a race. An infield Block Party highlighted by bands and fireworks, the Jr. Nation Camping Experience, numerous driver appearances and most recently, the grand opening of the Bark Park for man’s best friend are …

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2015 NASCAR Rewind: Jamie McMurray

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Photo Credit: Mike Neff, Frontstretch

Jamie McMurray entered the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season in familiar territory. While the previous year was statistically strong, featuring a career high 368 laps led for the Joplin, Mo. native, wildly inconsistent finishes prevented the team from making the Chase as they finished the season buried in 18th in the final standings. However, …

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Kevin Heaney: The Man Behind Pocono Raceway’s Social Empire

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Throughout history, humans have consistently pursued ways to become more interconnected. The expansion of the railways changed the course of U.S. history, allowing travel from coast to coast to happen in days instead of weeks. The Wright Brothers’ first successful flight attempt in 1903 was a critical step toward making the world a much smaller …

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Furniture Row Racing: The Little Team That Could… Expand Very Soon

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It will be 10 years this September since the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet rolled out of the Sprint Cup garage for the first time at the Dover International Raceway. Kenny Wallace was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet rented from the now defunct PPI Motorsports team. Wallace started dead last and finished in the …

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Kevin Harvick Paces 1st 2015 Axalta We Paint Winners 400 Practice at Pocono

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The first practice for Sunday’s Axalta We Paint Winners 400 at Pocono Raceway is complete. Kevin Harvick, who has yet to win a Sprint Cup race at the Tricky Triangle, topped the chart in his Budweiser/Jimmy John’s Chevrolet with a speed of 176.932 mph. He was followed by Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr. …

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Marketing Magic: How A Track CMO Delivers Value To NASCAR Fans And Sponsors

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In January 2014, a management restructure at the Pocono Raceway resulted in Ben May ascending to Chief Marketing Officer. While the position is new for May, he certainly is no stranger to the Tricky Triangle, having worked with the Mattioli family since 2001. May sat down with our own Tony Lumbis during the Pocono 400 …

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Beyond the Cockpit: Kyle Larson on the Tricky Triangle, 2014 Aspirations and Home Ownership

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Kyle Larson is having an outstanding rookie season. Photo: CIA Editorial Photography

Kyle Larson has been turning heads as a Sprint Cup Series rookie this year, nearly taking the win at Fontana earlier this season while remaining solidly in Chase contention. Larson meet with Frontstretch.com’s Tony Lumbis at Pocono Raceway, where the rookie won the ARCA 200 and brought home a fifth place finish in Sunday’s Pocono …

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Beyond the Cockpit: Daytona 500 Finish Gives Yeley Great Hope For 2013

_J.J. Yeley has seen it all during his brief Sprint Cup career. In 2006, he was chosen by Joe Gibbs as the successor to the organization’s famed No. 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet after the team had parted ways with 2000 champion Bobby Labonte. It seemed like Yeley had a bright career ahead of him, yet just three years later, the Arizona native was out of the sport altogether, sidelined with a neck injury suffered in a Sprint Bandits Series race at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas._

_The road back has been a long and winding one for the now 36-year-old, who bounced from one team to another trying to find the right fit. If the start of the 2013 season is any indication, though he may have found it with Tommy Baldwin Racing. Yeley’s 10th-place finish in the Great American Race was his first top 10 since the 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in New Hampshire, a consistent run that reconfirmed their status as one of the sport’s top “underdog” organizations. The performance has both driver and team brimming with confidence as they head into the desert this weekend._