Race Weekend Central

Overnight Ratings Decline for Rain Delayed Texas Race

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Ratings were down again for Saturday night’s Duck Commander 500 in the first rain delayed event of the season. According to Sports Media Watch, the race scored a 2.5 overnight rating. This is down 14 percent from last year’s event that scored a 2.9 rating. This marks the lowest overnight rating for any Sprint Cup …

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Martinsville Overnight TV Ratings Decline During First FS1 Broadcast of 2016

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Sunday’s STP 500 continued the downward trend for Sprint Cup Series TV ratings this season as the race scored a 2.2 overnight rating. According to Sports Media Watch, this is a 12 percent drop from the event one year ago that scored a 2.5 rating. Last year’s event was the first time the Martinsville Speedway …

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Entry List: O’Reilly Auto Parts 300

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After two consecutive off-weeks, the XFINITY Series is back in action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. There are 42 cars presently entered, meaning two will not compete on Friday night, barring any changes. For the second time this season, JR Motorsports will field four cars. Chase Elliott will pilot the No. 5 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet while his …

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XXXtreme Motorsports Owner’s Attorney Looks to Drop Case Against Swan Racing

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NBC Sports has reported that attorney Drew A. Richards, who is representing XXXtreme Motorsports owner John Cohen in a lawsuit against former Sprint Cup Series team Swan Racing, is looking to withdraw from the case as a result of Cohen’s failure to pay for case preparations. The lawsuit stems from Cohen’s failure to compensate former …

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Cole Custer Adds 2 More XFINITY Series Races for JR Motorsports

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JR Motorsports announced today that its Camping World Truck Series driver Cole Custer will compete in a total of five XFINITY Series races for the organization this season. Earlier this month, he was scheduled for three events at Richmond International Raceway in April, Charlotte Motor Speedway in October and Homestead-Miami Speedway in November. He has since …

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Entry List: Alpha Energy Solutions 250

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Following a month-long hiatus, the Camping World Truck Series returns this weekend for a short-track showdown at Martinsville Speedway. With 36 trucks entered, four will go home on Saturday. Sprint Cup Series drivers were absent from the truck field in the opening two races of the season, but Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson will compete …

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Entry List: STP 500

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Following the first off-week of the season, the Sprint Cup Series returns Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Their return comes with a full 40-car field for the first time since the season opening Daytona 500. With the introduction of the new charter system before the season, NASCAR reduced the Sprint Cup field size from 43 to …

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Friday Faceoff: So, Who Should Have Been Fined?

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Both Kyle Busch and Cole Pearn faced penalties for post-race comments over the weekend, and Busch was ultimately fined and placed on probation for not meeting postrace media obligations. Penalties were considered but not given when Busch accused NASCAR of fixing the NXS race on his team radio while Pearn took to Twitter to sling …

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Ross Chastain Adds New Sponsor for Charlotte

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JD Motorsports announced today that Dream Water, a natural, zero-calorie liquid sleep enhancer, will sponsor Ross Chastain in the May XFINITY Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Dream Water is also running a sweepstakes for two fans to join Chastain and team for race weekend. The grand prize is an opportunity to be an honorary …

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