Championship weekend for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series marks the end of the fantasy racing season. On FanDuel, this is the last chance to win big and ride into the offseason with some money in the bank. The Championship 4 drivers are getting all the hype, and are all …
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Martin Truex Jr. is attempting to hit a walk-off home run. But with Sunday, Nov. 18 being Furniture Row Racing’s last NASCAR event, it’s more like a grand slam. The worst-kept secret in the garage became public this month, as Truex and crew chief Cole Pearn will move to the …
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On Friday, Team Penske’s Joey Logano struggled in opening practice. Changes following the session cured those issues. Now, he could very well be the man to beat on Sunday as he swept Saturday’s practice sessions for the Ford EcoBoost 400. “I think we were pretty good,” Logano said after practice …
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Don’t tell Kevin Harvick he’s the championship favorite. He’ll set you straight. “I feel like we race with a chip on our shoulder every week,” Harvick said heading into Ford Championship Weekend. “For me, there’s always some incentive in proving to people that you can do something that isn’t what …
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Denny Hamlin may not be running for a championship this Sunday (Nov. 18) at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But he’s still fighting for a streak that’s just as important to him: a trip to Victory Lane. Hamlin has one last chance to extend his streak of going 12 straight seasons with at …
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The first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 battle of the weekend goes to … Martin Truex Jr. Truex led practice Friday (Nov. 16) for this Sunday’s 400-mile race that will decide the 2018 MENCS playoffs. Truex, despite just five laps, inched ahead of Kyle Busch by one-eighth of …
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The end of a season always brings change. When the year comes to a close, several relationships, careers and streaks end as well. This weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be no different. We will say goodbye to a countless number of drivers, crew chiefs, teams and sponsors. Some of them, …
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One of my favorite things to see when I was growing up was a NASCAR season finale where two drivers celebrated two different things — the race win and the championship win. I always viewed it as, “One won the battle, the other won the war.” The greatest example of …
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1. The Championship 4 is set, and it consists of arguably the four best cars over the course of the season. Who do you see claiming the title next week? Wesley Coburn: Kyle Busch wins because, even though Kevin Harvick has the best average finish of the four championship drivers …
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No regrets. Just love. Barney Visser started from the bottom and now he’s here. OK, maybe he started on the top since the Rocky Mountains are pretty high up. But the Furniture Row Racing owner literally started from the bottom. He didn’t have a single outside primary sponsor from 2005 …
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