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Who’s Hot / Who’s Not in Sprint Cup: Fontana-Off Week 1 Edition

Mar 26, 2013
The Auto Club Speedway has sometimes drawn disapproval because of the distinct style of racing that the venue breeds, but that all changed on Sunday when the Gen-6s visited California. Kyle Busch won in the Sprint Cup Series’ annual trip to Fontana for his first victory of the 2013 season and the second overall for Joe Gibbs Racing. But that wasn’t the biggest news of the weekend thanks in whole to some current and past JGR drivers. When is a race winner not the center of attention?
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Five Points to Ponder: Learning Curves, Hamlin’s Back and Missed Walls

Mar 26, 2013
*ONE: Logano Needs to Focus on Driving not Dueling* Another week and yet another driver infuriated with Joey Logano. This is becoming something of a theme, isn’t it folks? No one would argue that Logano should stick up for himself — and it’s certainly better than his Dad doing it for him — but the fact is he’s going about this all the wrong way. If you need any evidence of that, just look at his graceless post-race rant on Hamlin including the comment, “…that’s what he gets.” And then his throwing a water bottle at three-time champion Tony Stewart from behind the safety of his pit crew – hardly the move of a big boy now is it?
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Racing To The Point: Winning on Saturday Makes Rowdy Better on Sunday

Mar 26, 2013
Joe Gibbs is a genius. When working out a contract extension with Kyle Busch in the offseason, Gibbs added in a small wrinkle that didn’t receive much press at the time. It said that if Busch was going to race in the Nationwide Series, he was going to do it in Joe Gibbs Racing equipment.
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Going By the Numbers: The Cup Season’s First Off Week, Before and After

Mar 26, 2013
After these last few weeks, perhaps a breather is the best thing for the Sprint Cup Series. Two straight weeks have resulted in post-race feuds and, on Sunday, a spectacular finish from which Denny Hamlin had to be taken to a local hospital. Now, the series (as well as the second- and third-tier Nationwide and Truck series) faces an off week, giving the teams a week to regroup from the west coast trip to California in preparation for what promises to be an action-packed Martinsville race.
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Couch Potato Tuesday: NBC Sports Does Well; FOX Lucky with Feud Focus

Mar 26, 2013
Hello, race fans. Welcome back to Couch Potato Tuesday, where race telecast criticism is the object of our affection, or hatred. This past weekend, the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series were both at Auto Club Speedway. Meanwhile, the IZOD IndyCar Series held their season opener on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. *Before we start*, I need to rant. I tried to watch NBC Sports Network’s live coverage of the Grand Prix of Malaysia early Sunday morning (gotta love that 4am start time that screwed up my entire Sunday and Monday). I wasn’t even planning on critiquing the telecast for the site. I just wanted to watch the race, because I like Formula One. My cable system (Time Warner Cable) has SD and HD feeds of NBC Sports Network.
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Wanting It All: Why the Last Lap Was the Best Lap

Mar 25, 2013
The sun is shining, engines roar as the machines fly out of the final corner. Side-by-side and nose to nose the competitors aim for the finish line. But, there just isn’t enough room for them. The track isn’t wide enough and the air forces their cars to dance all over. It’s going to be bad! …

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Winning on Saturday Makes Rowdy Better on Sunday

Mar 25, 2013
Joe Gibbs is a genius. When working out a contract extension with Kyle Busch in the offseason, Gibbs added in a small wrinkle that didn’t receive much press at the time. It said that if Busch was going to race in the Nationwide Series, he was going to race in Joe Gibbs Racing equipment. Gibbs …

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Kyle Busch Wins While Hamlin-Logano Feud At Fontana

Mar 25, 2013
Coming into Sunday’s Auto Club 400, Joe Gibbs Racing had never won a Sprint Cup Series race at the fast two mile Auto Club Speedway in the 24 NSCS races at the track. After 400 miles, it looked like either Joey Logano for Penske Racing or Denny Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing would be going …

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Kyle Busch Wins at Drama-Filled Auto Club 400; Stewart and Logano Brawl

Mar 25, 2013
Coming into Sunday’s Auto Club 400, Joe Gibbs Racing had never won a Sprint Cup Series race at the fast two mile Auto Club Speedway in the 24 NSCS races at the track. After 400 miles, it looked like either Joey Logano for Penske Racing or Denny Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing would be going …

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Thinkin’ Out Loud: Fontana’s Wild NASCAR Race Recap

Mar 25, 2013
*Key Moment* – Kyle Busch stayed out when most of the other lead lap cars came to the pits during two crucial caution flags. His two biggest rivals all day chose to stop. Denny Hamlin came in and took tires with 24 to go; Joey Logano got fresh skins with 29 laps left. Those moves, while costing them track position early allowed them to get past Busch and set up the day’s crazy ending.
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IndyCar Race Recap: 2013 Season Opener In St. Petersburg

Mar 25, 2013
*In A Nutshell:* James Hinchcliffe outdueled Helio Castroneves late in the race to deliver his first career win in the IZOD IndyCar Series. The race was marked by attrition and unusual accidents, most notably one late in the race in which JR Hildebrand flew over the top of Will Power’s car under caution. Castroneves stalked Hinchcliffe for the last 26 laps of the race but he couldn’t get close enough to make an overtake. Hinchcliffe coasted home to a 1.1 second victory while Castroneves, Marco Andretti, Tony Kanaan, and Scott Dixon rounded out the top 5.
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Near Catastrophe Mixed With Fontana Excitement: 3 Reasons How And Why

Mar 25, 2013
It was true, though. Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin fighting for the lead post-Bristol/Twitter feud on the final lap of the race and I think we all knew what was coming next. Regardless of all those who were looking to Martinsville for “Round 2”, the 22 and the 11 were just inevitably drawn together in Fontana. Logano slides up the track, into Hamlin, and Hamlin takes the ride of his life that eventually sends him to the hospital.
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